OF THE '19 people who objected to an 0-licence for one vehicle at Chelmsford last week, only three appeared at the public...

AS MANY as 1,000 jobs could disappear this year in a major drive to reverse climbing losses in the National Freight...

CONTROVERSY is expected at the National Freight Consortium's third annual general meeting on February 23 when shareholders will...

SEVEN Atlas Express depots have been closed and 230 jobs have gone as part of a plan to restore the parcels firm to...

By David Wilcox Exclusive OVER a fifth of the visitors to the Motor Show last October were there primarily to see the...

THE WINTER wage round is edging towards a quiet conclusion with agreements reached in Liverpool and Leeds and Bradford....

TRANSPORT Secretary Nicholas Ridley told the Greater London Council last week that it needs his consent to go ahead with its...

GLOUCESTERSHIRE haulier! George and Richard Read an entering their third round cr legal action to prevent blacking of their...

A TIMETABLE for the complete abolition of the quota system and introduction of 40-tonne lorries in Britain is under discussion...

AUSTIN ROVER and Ford have won major fleet orders totalling over £23m to supply car-derived vans to British Telecom and the...

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport has published an amendment to the European Agreement concerning the international carriage of...

THE FULL reopening this week of the frontier with Spain faces Gibraltar's few hauliers with some unwelcome problems. During...

EIGHT of the first 10 places in the seventh Paris to Dakar Rally were won by teams with Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The 20-day...

case brought be By Karen Miles This is the first rebound from last June's legislation which imposes environmental standards...

CARGOFAX, the electronic load matching and information service, has secured an estimated 1.5m to 2m extra tonnes of traffic for...

A SMALL independently chaired body to review some aspects of traffic law and to promote road safety and efficient traffic...

ROLL-ON roll-off freight services to the Isle of Man are to be concentrated on the Lancashire port of Heysham from the...

SALES and marketing director Df British Road Services, Richard Lovell, has been apjointed to the same position mith SPD Group....

TWO new posts with United Transport Distribution have been filled by Paul Hawkings and Gordon Morris. Mr Hawkings, who was...

COLIN RAYNOR, who retired as transport manager of Lincolnshire County Council in January, is joining the management consultancy...

GORDON SCHAEFER succeeds Lee Morgan as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Caterpillar Tractor company. He...

INTERNATIONAL haulier Ferrymasters has made four new appointments as part of its divisional reorganisation programme. Alan...

THE WEST Midland Traffic Area has lost its battle to get the Post Office to fit tachographs to vehicles carrying goods other...

THE IRISH Revenue Commissioners have moved against the practice of converting cars to vans to avoid paying import taxes. Vans...

MUNRO'S Transport (Aberdeen} escaped with a warning last week when it appeared at disciplinary proceedings before Scottish...

By Jack Semple More frequent roadside checks are being held over a much wider area than before, and officers are now stopping...

AN OWNER driver who believed that his bankruptcy had been discharged in January 1984 was told last week that an application had...

Council failed to stop S. G. Greenwood (Builders) of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex from obtaining a restricted operator's licence for two...

GARDNER is planning to cut its by September. The Patricroft, Manchester factory of the diesel engine manufacturer will lose...

AUTOSENSE Systems of Bicester has won a contract with £1.4m to supply the Cummins engine Company with engine test equipment for...

UK base for ENGINE ACCESS, always difficult with Luton-bodied or integral vans, has been tackled by two horsebox bodybuilders...

CLEVELAND Trading Standards Department has completed the calibration of its 1,000th tanker since its testing centre, designed...

MAN-VW has transferred operation of its 24-hour rescue service to Mondial Assistance, phone 01-686 2444. Under the new scheme,...

FODEN dealers will have been delighted to see the fuel consumption comparison charts used on last week's Seddon Atkinson 301...

A MECHANICAL skate-andtrack system produced by Joloda Loading Systems of Liverpool for loading and floor level movement of up...

Barnard Castle, County Durham, giving the Swedish company a production base in the UK and its established aftermarket...

B ill THE LONG-awaited Transport Bill to deregulate Britain's bus routes was published last week and thrust into a hostile...

THE BUS industry was in a state of "chronic decline" and the Government's duty was to do something about it, Junior Transport...

LABOUR MP George Foulkes has protested that the Government has backed down on its promise to alter school bus seating...

BUS INDUSTRY criticisms of Nicholas Ridley's deregulation proposals have merely extended the industry's period of uncertainty,...

COACHES are continuing to break the speed limit on motorways as much as ever, according to the latest speed survey. Transport...

His company has attempted to establish stage bus services in the area. Mr Hughes, who was seeking a licence for three...

MAINTENANCE problems that led to Seamarks Coaches and Travel of Luton appearing at disciplinary proceedings before the Eastern...

The Transport Bill was published last week, detailing Nicholas Ridley's controversial plans for a free market for buses. Alan...

Good load capacity, reasonable cab comfort and a high standard of finish are marred by poor fuel economy and indifferent...

CM's report "LRT in decline" (January 5) was correct to point out that bus services will decline under LRT's new business plan...

IN the last paragraph of the article by The Hawk in Birdseye View (CM January 19), he mentions a challenge by Multiparts' parts...

MY 1982 Scania 82H sixwheeler bought secondhand has had a catalogue of mishaps. After only a week on the road a half-shaft...

Converting vans into minicoaches was an expedient started by Stockport coach operator Charles Dixon because there was nothing...

THE LOSS of 2,400 jobs at the Michelin factory in the Potteries is tra g ic, but what g ood would a Parliamentary emer g ency...

WHO wants free passes for four people for the Car Care plan £110,000 international g olf tournament at Leeds from May 9-12?...

fV1AAKS and Spencers' remarkable g rowth durin g the past three g loomy years in what is widely re g arded as the wasteland of...

IF YOU WANT to explore the inside of a bus without buildin g one, call in a CAD. This, Prime Computer (UK) explains, is a...

OPINION on the merits of lorry racin g may differ, but John Hai g h, marketin g mana g er of Leyland Parts, has been honoured...

Roadrunner, but this model has been quietly helping Bedford haul its share of the 7.5-tonne market to over 21 per cent....

0811 Cargo fitted with a 3.78:1 rear axle managed over 17.1mpg running in our recent 7.5-tonne group test (CM November 24,...

KENT-MOORE has introduced a revised diesel engine compression tester and cylinder laakage tester. The new diesel engine...

HEAT outputs of up to 12,000 Btu/h are available from the range of free-standing and trolley-mounted heaters from Tilley...

The mirror can be applied in a few seconds to a door, wing or interior rear-view mirror and extends the driver's field of...

A TWIN-blade windscreen wiper system with its own screenwash jets has been introduced by Sabre Motor Accessories in five sizes....

AN ANTI-H1TC1-4 lock costing £35 to prevent lorry trailer thefts, introduced by JMF Enterprises, was developed by three...

NON-HAZARDOUS loadmarking signs on self-adhesive vinyl and rigid aluminium, which provide immediate identification of chemicals...

AT LEAST one British and one European bus manufacturer are already planning major vehicle launches at the first-ever...

Some insurance brokers go off the boil as soon as they have clinched your business. Others display more interest and will even...

ms' 1985 Ordnance Survey Motoring Atlas [375 THE 1985 and second edition of Britain's best-selling motoring atlas Ordnance...

OPPONENTS of bus deregulation point to the dangers of competition eroding profits to the extent that many existing systems...

ANOTHER one for coach and bus enthusiasts is The Picture Postcard, an Early View of Transport (Omnibus Society; £2.20 post...

NEW BOOKS on buses and coaches are becoming an almost weekly occurrence these days, and the subject matter is becoming...

HALF a century of eightwheeler rigids on the roads is celebrated by the publication o . The Rigid Eight (Peter J. Davies; £1.20...

Last month Sumitomo quietly completed its acquisition of the tyre manufacturing interests of Dunlop amid excitement about the...