CM on to holiday halt show at Brussels :HRISTMAS and New Year tolidays brought havoc to laulage firms up and down the...

FODEN, the Sandbach-based commercial vehicle manufacturer, has taken a giant stride along the road to recovery by moving back...

AMONG the new exhibits at the Brussels Commercial Vehicle Show next week will be Commercial Motor. For the first time CM will...

or small hauliers PROSPECTS for operators in 1977 are looking grim, according to the trade associations. Road Haulage...

A NOTE of optimism and enthusiasm comes from Sir Daniel Pettit, chairman and chief executive of the National Freight...

RANSPORT personnel were .rongly represented in the few Year's Honours List. wards were made to operairs and engineers in both...

THE first of 30 AEC Reliance luxury coaches for London Country Bus Service's Green Line is expected to be delivered within the...

Mr Fox said that it was the rule rather than the exception for road tolls to be charged in European countries. It could cost a...

HE IDEA that heavy vehicles m be kept out of urban areas y building transhipment spots could be a non-starter, .!.cording to...

by 11 per cent in qovember over the same period in 1975 — but the figures for the eleven months to November show a drop of four...

INTERNATIONAL haulier Jac. W. Herreveld Continental has placed a E200,000 order for 13 DAY trucks and 12 tilt trailers to add...

ROAD transport legislation is to be the subject of a 14-session training course for transport managers and trainee managers in...

MOVES to speed up distribution of grain by road from the Royal Seaforth Grain Terminal are being made by the , Mersey Docks and...

THE Government is not attracted by the idea of introducing more mandatory rules to combat motorway madness in the fog. Eldon...

DATA on transport in 152 countries is contained in the new second edition of the International Road Transport Union book World...

NATIONAL Carriers has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Paul Rivett as its new director of marketing. He...

an interitional freight manager was eared at Cardiff Crown ourt on Friday of allegations [at he forged international oad...

'HE Government is to take teps against garages which all to display petrol prices. "I shall take action," protiised John...

PLANS to ban heavy goods vehicles from the 12 routes into Windsor and two other routes in the area should be delayed for at...

DISCUSSIONS of drivers' hours by European Transport Ministers has revealed almost unanimous support for several years further...

A ONE-DAY seminar on marketing transport services is to be held at Coventry Esso Hotel on January 18 to teach hauliers the...

service with the Tyne and Wear PTE. The 79 seaters with two doors are destined for Newcastle. Sunderland is to benefit from...

EXEMPTION from psv licensing from March 1 and changes the size of vehicles subject to EEC Regulations have been urg4 on the...

TWO Leyland Lynx articulated tankers with a prototype gearbox arrangement are being evaluated by Tunnel Cement Ltd, at...

AN in-cab heating system using engine oil as a heat source has been developed by Magirus Deutz. Capable of warming the cab...

A sixth semi-trailer with Ratcliffe l'-ton elect r hydraulic tall-lift has be added to the Wilkins Transport Ltd fleet to he...

LEX TILLOTSON of Kingswood, Bristol, part of the Lex Commercial group, has entered into the bodybuilding business with a...

t likes them. U. SECRETARY of State for Transport William Rodgers has stated that he will not sign an order implementing EEC...

On my desk after Christmas, a clutch of cuttings and letters — including one in verse. Keep writing: we like to hear from you;...

At least when I read American cuttings I can criticise their writing. Some cuttings from Germany gave us translation problems...

From Barbara A. Cartwright (hgv Class 3) of Eccleston, Lancs, comes a letter in verse She — I can't tell whether it's Mrs. Miss...

A more mundane piece of sex talk comes from the European Communities Commission. A draft directive ensuring equal treatment for...

Finally, a letter from a self-confessed fanatic — of Bristols. Mr P. Monk of Fowey Bus Services, Lostwithiel, has been reading...

The new managing director of the Volvo truck division in Sweden, Sten Langenius, has an unusual background for a transport man....

THE EINDHOVEN-based company of DAF is well represented in the upper weight market in the UK with both rigicis and artics. As...

The tribunal was told that after a long record of absences from work the man, employed by Tate and Lyle Transport Ltd as a bulk...

COMPENSATION of £370 for unfair dismissal was awarded to a depot manager formerly employed by F. J. Everett (Refrigerated...

In approach to lower rtaintenance costs is what David tilion is aiming at when he pens his new maintenance and epairs workshops...

down-to earth series starts off with problems dealt with on the road... SUMMER TIME is always the easiest time of the y Aar...

under full, but I had had fuel stolen before and gauges can easily go wrong so the first thing I did was to dip the tank with...

CM puts the Colortune 500 kit through its paces THE operator with one or two petrol engined vehicles doesn't necessarily want...

For those of us in the haulage business with substantial interests in serving the building industry, the outlook appears even...

I read with great interest your item on running costs (CM, December 3). The first point I should like to make concerns running...

beat the Continentals" (CM, December 10) begins with the statement . "The typical British touring coach is still basicallly...

of Tom Blake, removal driver Today's removal is an easy one, thanks to a client who's tidy and has everything at her...

exhaust gases could promote power unit efficiency and economy . . . ALTHOUGH the announcement by Volvo of the Lambda-sond...

As transport costs continue to soar, companies with their own fleets look mon and more to savings on their V, vehicles. Avalon...

IS IT an improvement to reduce the intake of new hauliers'While encouraging own-account operators to enter the field of hire...