T T is now quite obvious that Britain's exclusion from membership 1 of the European Economic Community has not materially...

DIGEST GOODS The terms of reference of the special inquiry - into road haulage licensing are to be revealed by the Minister of...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT 'THE Minister of Transport will make a statement within the next three weeks giving the name...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT LABOU LABOUR 'leader Mr. Harold Wilson a pledge this week' that a Labour Government would...

A PRESTON haulage company and its managing director appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal on Monday against conviction at...

WHEN he was announcing on Monday vv the sweeping increases he proposes to make in meter-parking fees in central London, the...

T HE Secretary of State for Scotland has confirmed Glasgow Corporation's proposals for refusal of " fire-risk " traffic through...

A NEW Ross Group depot which proI - 1 vides greatly improved facilities for the assembly and dispatch of fresh fish is being...

T HE British Railways Board has signed a long-term contract' with Mobil Oil for the movement of large consignments of oil by...

T HE objectives of the transport policy currently being developed by the European Economic Community are very much more...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT "TNLESS the transport industry can ‘s-i shake its price structures into a rational and...

T HEScottish Division of the Traders Road Transport Association is urgently considering Glasgow Corporation's projected...

Road Transport Association is examining the draft regulations aimed at dealing with the prevention of excessive noise from...

special order exempting the pipelines of the china-clay industry ia Devon and Cornwall from the provisions of Sections 1 and 2...

involving the issue of carriers' licences for haulage work during the construction of Llanwern steel works (The Commercial...

six-cylinder diesel engines now coming off the Vauxhall production lines have C.A.V. DPA distributor-type fuel-injection pumps,...

"THE Traders Road Transport Associa1 tion has appealed to firms to ensure that whenever possible commercial vehicles are not...

and Tibbenham Trophy for the second time at this year's Royal Norfolk Show. The trophy is presented annually to the exhibitor "...

" W HERE there are roads 8 ft. wide we can go", said Mr. Keith Paynter, managing director of West European Transport Ltd.,...

new luxury coaches for the Hellenic Mediterranean Lines was exhibited at the Hendon works of Duple Group Sales Ltd. this week....

scales have still not had their way. An amendment to the Weights and Measures Bill, which would have given local authorities...

thought on this. The first swears by automatic coupling (for up to 12 ton payloads anyway); the second swears by fifthwheel...

sittin g in London on Tuesday, was asked to reverse a decision of the Northern Licensin g Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, in...

'THE Transport Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by Dixon Boot (Transport) Ltd. a g ainst the refusal of the South...

F ARES increases were granted to two major Welsh bus companies by the South Wales Traffic Commissioners at Swansea on Tuesday....

F. J. Elmslie, last week g ranted an A licence to Brewer and Turnbull (Greenup) Ltd., for. 10 vehicles, with a normal user of...

T HE " As and Ds" this week are again dominated by applications for B licences in most areas by Glacier Foods Ltd. which, as...

T HE Minister of Transport is inviting Traffic Commissioners in all areas to publish as soon as possible in "Notices and...

ublic Transport T HE only possible and workable traffic policy for existing cities and towns must be based on a co-ordinated...

NNOUNCING that its works and ri offices have been transferred to Hamble -Lane, Hamble, Hants, with effect from July I,...

H 0PES that standardized weight and size limits for vehicles in Europe may be adopted on the lines which the International Road...

1-1 A NEW medium-duty four-wheeled goods chassis was introduced in Sweden recently by A_13. Scania-Vabis, SOdertalje. The new...

A N offer by a firm of industrial con sultants to review the present arrangements in the various departments of Liverpool...

T HREE additional bodybuilders are offering standard integral van bodies based on the Thames Clearway chassis (The Commercial...

the Transport Development Group, East Riding Transport (Market Weighton) Ltd., has ordered 15 Scammell Spaceframe I2-ton...

Transfer: The north-west area sales office of Chloride Batteries Ltd.. responsible for sales and service of all Exide batteries...

now being offered by the Special Products Division of the Leyland Motors Group. following the announcement recorded in our...

Mr. Richard Le Fevre, g eneral manag er of Halifax Corporation's passenger transport department since 1956, is to retire in...

T HE Rowen-Are type TR a.c.-d.c. welder has been designed as a basic source of power for tungsten inert gas and metallic inert...

T HE AC-Delco division of General Motors Ltd. has greatly increased its range of replacement filter elements. New types have...

A TECHNICAL manual entitled Com mercial Vehicle Bodybuildin g in Aluminium has been published by The British Aluminium Co. Ltd....

T " new processes in its Bonderite 700 series of chromate treatments for bondin g paint to aluminium have been produced by The...

,/k NEW leaflet g iving battery informarx tion of relevance to all users Of Stacatruc battery-operated industrial trucks has...

I N the next five years the number of car transporters on the road are expected to drift down to about two-thirds of the...

for courses ", is to a certain extent true ot vehicles, in that they are often designed specifically to meet the requirements...

Vi!ding, A.M.I.Nlech.E. operated the direction indicators on a number of occasions when intending to operate the lights, but...

Seven-country trip by Stockport charter van shows vital value of detailed planning. W HEN C. and M. Yates Transport Ltd. of...

Extracts from papers presented at the A.S.A.E. symposium at Cranfield 0 N Tuesday and Wednesday The Advanced School of...

The night the Fair ended Mr. Adshead drove on to the country hotel at Gyor where a booking had been made and the next day...

A FREQUENT criticism of "amateur " designers is that they work in a commercial vacuum, letting their ideas have free rein at...

A s reported last week, Mr. Marples has given his blessing to the recommendations of the Worboys Committee's report on traffic...

A LTHOUGH the " catch " for Fleet1 - 1. Wood's first excursion into drivercontest organization may not have been especially...

11DIUT for the fact that the manceuvrLI ability tests were held inside the huge drill shed in Eastney Royal Marines Barracks at...

N ECESSARILY brief reports in the Press of some remarks made by Lord Stonham a short time ago do not indicate clearly whether...

W HEN discussing municipal haulage a month ago in this series comment was made on the common practice of quoting a charge for...