The ordinary wooden pallet is such a simple, useful, time-saving tool of transport and storage that its major drawback—the...

• A national pallet pool is practicable and would be of major benefit to users and to the country as a whole, states a report...

Essential services for factories, and services r isolated areas, for recreational, touring and , rtain long-distance duties...

The signing of a £6.5m contract between ibery Owen-Rockwell Ltd. and Crane Frueuf Trailers Ltd. for the supply of semi-trailer...

• Transport managers were not equipped to cope with the changes that were taking place in transport today, many having neither...

• When the Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers met in London on Wednesday the proposed new limits announced by the...

• Basic list prices of the new BMC Mastiff range described on pages 55 to 58 are: MS 1600, 16-ton-gross four-wheeler. 12ft lin....

dabblers by John Darker • A one-day seminar on the theme "The efficient use of a road transport fleet" was organized last week...

• A study tour of Australia and the Far East is being organized by Independent Trade Missions, in association with our...

• The Commission of the European Communities has recently adopted a regulation determining the conditions and procedures for...

men from boys says RHA's Eric Voller • That the new licensing system will bring profound changes to the whole of the road...

• A road-rail-sea through-transport freight service has been started between Britain and Portugal by a new company called...

• One of the subjects for close investigation by the British Standards Institution's packaging of horticultural produce...

• The fee for a full heavy goods vehicle driving licence will be £1 a provisional licence will cost 10s. These amounts are laid...

• Production of commercial vehicles (including buses and coaches) in the UK during 1968 totalled 409,186, announces the Society...

• The Minister of Transport has laid before Parliament new regulations about driving licences and driving tests, which will...

Students who attended the first RHAionsored senior management course at shridge last November would like to see a ore advanced...

As part of the security training programme hich it offers. Letchworth College of Tech)logy is arranging a half-day conference,...

"Distribution in the 1970s" is one of six inferences for senior and executive manageant personnel announced by the Manageent...

AN ARPAX resin-bonded finish is applied to the ISO plywood-panelled containers produced by the Able Bodywork Co. Ltd., Firwood...

CONTRANS, the Continental container operator, has appointed Grisar and Velge SA, of Antwerp, as general agents, making...

ON APRIL 18 the first of four container ships will leave New York to inaugurate a service with Benelux ports; the first vessel...

THE Manchester Challenge, the first of Manchester Liners' deep water cellular vessels (CM November 8) has now been joined by...

A HALF-HEIGHT 14ft high) open-top container, designed to carry high-density cargoes like machinery, engines, steel stock, etc.,...

• Doubts as to the ability of the authorities to enforce the safety aspects of Transport Act legislation were voiced by a...

• Development of road transport in Britain had been distorted by the retention of an outdated, protectionist carriers'...

of the operators' licensing regulations, said Mr. G. Turvey, secretary of the FTA, in Newcastle upon Tyne on Tuesday. It was...

:o be heard from our political correspondent None of the seven petitioners who object parts of the Transport (London) Bill is...

a recent Reting of Liverpool City Council to represent oerpool on Merseyside PTA are: Cllr. Stanley lulfield, deputy chairman...

• Manchester has appointed its six nominees to serve on the SELNEC PTA. They are Aldermen D. J. Edwards, R A. Fieldhouse, A....

• The PVOA dinner and dance will be held on Tuesday, April 15, at the Connaught Rooms, London. This function should have taken...

• With sales to East Germany, Poland and Romania already established, the Truck and Bus Division of British Leyland Motor...

• The entire share captal of Super Coaches (Upminster) Ltd. was acquired on February 25 by its parent company. P.V.S....

by Derek Moses • Six buses currently being delivered to Gosport and Fareham Omnibus Co. Ltd. (Provincial) by the bus and coach...

• At a meeting with London Transport on Monday union leaders agreed to drop their demand for extra pay for operating two-way...

A High Court trial, in which a man and his 9 are seeking damages for injuries suffered an a British coach ran off the road near...

rtinued from page 25 ortant to the steel industry and, the °dation claims, the only practical way to rate it is by sharing the...

• The second leader in Commercial Motor of February 14 was quoted to the South Wales Traffic Commissioners at Cardiff when...

• Whippet Coaches Ltd., of Hilton, Hunts, has celebrated its golden jubilee and to mark the occasion has bought six more...

• The application by R. Hanson and Son Ltd., Wakefield, to put all its 268 vehicles on A licence and the re-hearing of the...

• If his 'firm was not granted a licence variation as requested it might be forced into bankruptcy, a haulierfrom Tamworth,...

• "We must say we do not feel particularly confident about the future of this company," commented Mr. R. R. Jackson, chairman...

Timber, steel, sacks, cartons, pipes, scrap, fruit crates—these and many other commodities are vulnerable to bad loading, and...

An application for a B licence variation by h Delivery Service was refused by the :fish LA, Mr. A. B. Birnie, in Perth last k....

PTAs and politics • Legislation to regulate the political complexion of Passenger Transport Authorities did not find...

J. W. Tweedie has been appointed general manager of Scottish Omnibuses Ltd.: G. D. Ramsay becomes g.m. of Western SMT Co. Ltd.:...

u I B rocking ton . new 28-ton gross frameless tipping of the retractable wheelbase type, is known as the Ratesaver, was...

• What are body cords in radial tyres? In the absence of any accepted technical meaning Sheriff Paterson of Jedburgh has...

• A vehicle-floor conveyor system known as the Hydro-Auto has been evolved by Container Conveyors (Scotland) Ltd.. Overtown,...

Vlanpower, maintenance lnd the MoT (35) by Handyman This week I am still dealing with 'tidy roping. For instance I often...

* Hospitality The usual murmur of surprise at association and institute dinners when members rise to toast the guests, and...

. epresentation of PTAs ■ Announcing the publication of the lesignation Orders to set up the first four assenger Transport...

PRIOR to the introduction of one-man buses in Ashton-under-Lyne a study was made of the various systems of fare collection that...

Special authorizations However, because each of the five vehicles had a plated weight in excess of 16 tons Mr. Bloggs was...

ALTHOUGH the main spotlight in road transport training inevitably plays on the Road Transport Industry Training Board, some...

discounts r bulk purchase, for such items as fuel and res, which are available to operators? We a investigating a claim for...

time ago to a sales book for secondhand vehicles. I cannot now find the reference; could you let me know what the publication...

2in. wide, have axles with a 7ft spread and are equipped with two-line air braking. On the Continent they are allowed to run at...

ABOUT TWO MONTHS remain before the majority of transport examinations take place. Some candidates live in a fool's paradise...

Trapeko (UK) Ltd. Cap.: .11,500. Object: To carry on the business of carriers of passengers and goods, etc. Dirs.: J. 0. Rudd,...