Welcome as is the publication by the RHA of "Productivity in the road haulage industry" it would have been more appropriately...

• A new statement on productivity in the road haulage industry, issued by the Road Haulage Association this week, calls for...

• Elimination of cab doors, thus reducing complexity and providing very safe entry and egress for the driver, is the most...

The Institute of Road Transport Engineers is thinking of dropping the word "road" from its title and widening its activities to...

place at Nice by Tony Wilding • One of the most important coaching events in Europe is undoubtedly the International Semaine...

II Major-General Sir John Potter, who was appointed chairman of Traffic Commissioners and Licensing Authority for the Yorkshire...

• A six-day course in transport management opened last Friday in Exeter. Organized by the Exeter Technical College, it covers...

• There will be no subsidies for rail freight services, the Minister of Transport assured members and guests at the Road...

• At the RHA national executive council meeting in London on Wednesday Mr. Noel R. Wynn was re-elected national chairman....

• As well as encouraging all its drivers to enter for the national Lorry Driver of the Year competition, sponsored by...

Commercial Motor has vacancies for a senior and a junior shorthand typist in its London editorial office. The senior shorthand...

• If any other professional body wished to join the Institute of Traffic Administration, it would be welcomed, said the loTA...

• This year sees the third Scottish International Materials Handling Exhibition, to be held in the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, from...

• A light, transportable weighbridge was demonstrated by Weighwrite Ltd., of Falcon House, Perimeter Road, Woodley Aerodrome,...

• The Transport Act 1968 will have two divergent effects on traders who run vehicles to carry their own goods. Their fleet...

• The Dynair thermostatic fan-drive system is now offered on Bedford diesel engines as an option. With this equipment there is...

• The Ombudsman, Sir Edmund Compton, has criticized in a report published last week, the MoT's handling of the case of the...

• National Carriers Ltd. has concluded a new agreement with the NUR, the TSSA and the Confederation of Shipbuilding and...

• "Transport in the Southern African economy" is the theme of the Institute of Transport's second overseas lecture, to be...

• To the directory of bodybuilders published in CM on May 2 should be added the following:— Arlington Bodybuilders Ltd., High...

• A three-day exhibition of bulk handling and bulk storage equipment, pneumatic conveying systems and ancillary equipment for...

Economy via wheels and workshops • With annual taxation on heavy vehicles rising by £13 10s. with every increasing step of ....

by lain Sherriff • The Lorry Driver of the Year competition welcomes its newest recruit from the Principality. The professional...

by Bob Holliday • It was a real whip-cracking wagon train that went through the Torbay eliminator on Sunday for, faced with a...

• "The operation of bus services is essentially a local matter. Most of the problems are local problems differing from one...

from our political correspondent • A new round of London bus and Underground fare increases were up for approval yesterday by...

• The widely reported 17 experimental o-m-o double-deckers to be introduced by London Transport will seat 44 passengers in the...

Towards AD 2,000 by David Lowe • "One of the most precious achievements of modem civilization is mobility. It enriches social...

by Derek Moses, reporting the opening stages of the UITP Congress • "Today I believe we stand on the threshold of a phase of...

• Governments can ill afford to make hasty intuitive decisions about urban transport. which involves massive investment and has...

kPPLICATIONS Slay 7 1969 I . Cullen and Son. Newport. New 8 lic., 1 T1410. All goods within 25 miles. Short Bros. (Plant)...

• There was something in the matter that needed investigation and when the company applied for its substantive licence he would...

• G. H. Pearse and Sons Ltd., building contractors of Bolton, were granted a new B licence for two tippers to carry waste...

APPLICATIONS May 8 1969 Stubbs Transport, Helesowen. New A fir. 1 veh. 1401. Castings, sheet metal, drums of paint. London,...

APPLICATIONS May 6 1969 G. L. Baker (Transport) Ltd., Bristol, A var.. add. 2 art. (19t 10c). G.g. Within 250 miles. Link...

APPLICATIONS May 7 1969 J. R. Snowdon, Bishop Auckland. New B lie, 1 T (Si). Road and building and site preparation mats, and...

APPLICATIONS May 7 1969 Humber Warehousing Co. Ltd., Scarborough. New A lie., 4 art. (560. Mainly frozen foods and other goods...

APPLICATIONS Nlay 81968 A. T. Campling, Harrow. New B lic. 21 1140. Coal and scrap iron within I 50 miles. A. W. Cheshire, Ni....

APPLICATIONS May 9 1969 V. A. D. Webb, Ardwick New B lit.. 1 T (40. Coal and smokeless fuel (coke) within 25 miles. P. D....

APPLICATIONS May7 1969 S. W. Wreford and Sons Ltd., Far Cotton. A var.. add. 1 veh 15t 10c), 0,9 within 140 miles. Derbyshire...

• A man who 18 months ago took over a one-vehicle A licence applied in Liverpool on Friday to add another van to that licence...

• C. Wright and Son, Penycae, Wrexham, will be permitted to vary the duration of the eight London excursions granted to the...

• A scheme whereby unlimited travel for seven days on all Crosville Motor Services Ltd.'s stage carriage services and on...

• The specialist service provided by Norman's Removal and Transport Services Ltd., of Manchester, earned the company an...

• John Glyn Jones, of Bodhygest. Podmadoc, was refused a new excursion and tours licence by the North Western Traffic...

• There is a continuing shortage of tipper vehicles in Lanarkshire to handle the expanding volume of road and building material...

• Additional day excursions have been granted to A. and J. R. Davison Ltd„ Brighouse, and its subsidiary Charles Wood Ltd.,...

Combustibles and spontaneous heating Safe and unsafe storage (6) • Earlier in this series I mentioned the heterogeneous...

Gi Dennis Bros. m.d. resigns B. Stacey resigned last Friday as managing director and from the board of Dennis Brothers Ltd.,...

N ext week's issue of Commefical Motor will be a large special number devoted largely to materials handling systems and...

Even this early in the season, the lists for the National Final of the Lorry Driver of the Year competition are filling with...

Dear old Britain gets sneered at so often for its shortcomings that it's nice to be able to report on an activity where we seem...

At the IRTE conference reception the president, G. E. Liardet, revealing plans to change "institute" into "institution", said...

Another anniversary: the Institute of Traffic Administration is celebrating its silver jubilee this year. And celebrating with...

I was interested to learn from George Wardle, who is public relations officer for IoTA's London centre when he is not immersed...

I hear that when Marshall of Cambridge received an order from the London Transport Board for 50 single-deck bus bodies to be...

from a special correspondent HELSINKI is not one of the European cities normally found in international motor show records....

I was extremely perturbed to read Lord Stokes' statement in the Press that his group was to release to the market a new or...

Our plans to introduce a new or modified car every six months are confined to the AustinMorris and Specialist Car Divisions of...

The cost of road transport is being pushed right into the background, and it would seem that the higher the cost, the better...

We are planning to start a photographic library. One section of the proposed library will contain photographs taken by...

by P. A. C. Brockington, MIMechE THE OBJECTIVES of the Transport Act 1968, planning a do-it-yourself maintenance scheme with...

a golden opportunity missed? by David Lowe SINCE the Government first introduced the Transport Bill in December 1967, the...

by Roger Howell JUST what type of equipment is the Minister of Transport likely to specify if he ever decides to implement the...

REPORT BY R. D. CATER, AMInstBE PICTURES BY HARRY ROBERS TO MEET the severe competition from the private car, a fair degree of...

kins V8. The vehicle was all British but the Finnish importer had added an extension to the air inlet of the air cleaner...

Status symbol ONCE AGAIN a transport study provides involuntary evidence that the subject has only a superficial resemblance...

Flow line accounting for road transport operators MUCH INTEREST was aroused in January when Mr. Reg. Block announced his...

of drivers hours and how it affects mechanics. Suppose a couple of men had been working eight hours in the vehicle repair shop...

of a pulse-converter? I understand that an experiment with such a system has been conducted by the Sulzer company on fourstroke...

smoke is produced by lubricating oil being discharged as a mist with the exhaust gases. A colleague states that it can be...

to fit side windows in the body of a vehicle which was purchased free of tax after a period of three years from the original...

molybdenum-disulphide-based lubricant additive in the diesel engines of a number of light-delivery vehicles. Could you give any...

by George Wilmot University of London. EACH of the various organizations —professional, university, local college —offering...

ONE of the lesser-known traffic offences is contained in Section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1962 which provides a maximum...

'IN" Ribbons Ltd: is producing a range of nylon webbing for lifting slings, which are claimed to have greater resistance to...

Esterglass Ltd„ which specia.. lizes in making high-clarity glassreinforced polyester sheet, has developed a process, known as...

haulage operators, engineering contractors and others as an aid to planning vehicle and machine maintenance and testing. Two...

information about its service organization in Britain and the Continent. Maps of each country show the main-road routes and are...

A range of optical inspection in struments—the Endoprobe Series II—from Inspection Instruments (NDT) Ltd., permits brightly lit...

A high-pressure wash pump (the P 400) capable of delivering a 2.1/2 gal/min jet of water at 1,000 p.s.i. has been developed by...

Clayton Dewandre Co. Ltd.'s air-operated splitter gearbox control for heavy vehicles is now in production. The design was...

Tipco Tools have brought out a range of metric open-ended spanners made of high-quality chrome steel and designed to provide...

Dexion Cantilever Racking, an addition to the Dexion range of storage and materials handling equipment, permits greater space...

The 1.S.-12 adhesive, produce( by the Intercontinental Chemica Co. Ltd., is claimed to effort 50 per cent of its maximurr bond...

The Key-Lock security recording system announced by VeederRoot Ltd. permits unsupervised, individually recorded 24-hoursa-day...

with Ron Cater „ The subject of driving mirrors is one that is often thrown at me both by drivers and operators. Operators...

and laboratory work has been announced by DCMC I ndustrial Aerosols Ltd. The Spray contains MS 4 Silicone grease which is...

Wolf Electric Tools Ltd. has introduced an additional modal into its Wolf Sapphire electric tool range, the Model 5160, which...

be ideal for use in the garage has been added to the range of lifting and pulling machines produced by Tic - for Ltd. Called...

In response to a demand for a small fork-lift truck to operate in very congested areas, Kelvin Engineering (Basingstoke) Ltd,...

A disposable-cleaning-paper dispenser suitable for use out of doors as made by the Wyperoll Paper Co., is particularly suitable...

A compact, easy-to use instrument which gives a quick and accurate detection of corrosive elements in cooling systems is now...

A range of micro filters with flows up to 40 gal/min (182 litres/min) has been announced by UCC Hydraulics Ltd. The filters...