Nationalization of road haulage is being revived as a political issue. The Labour Party's recent policy document made much of a...

International hire and reward operations will be integrated by CM reporter • A massive expansion of transport operations to...

Lorries shadowed to reveal hours infringements • Strong protests from the Road Haulage Association have been voiced this week...

• A coroner's jury in Preston on Tuesday - eturned a verdict of accidental death, and 'ecommended that haulage firms be urged...

• Metropolitan Cammell, a member of the Laird Group, is studying the possibility of producing its own truck chassis, it was...

• London hauliers are worried about Hilton Transport Services' plan to employ dock labour in its new container depot at Surrey...

• The operations of the National Freight Corporation on the Continent are to be conducted by new subsidiary national companies...

• MPs have received the report by Dr Clifford Sharp, of the University of Leicester —"Living with the Lorry" —with a surprising...

• The Department of the Environment proposes to abolish the prescribed interval of a month before an unsuccessful candidate for...

may be introduced in the next session of Parliament could be the means of providing the legal powers required to introduce a...

• A new manual headed "Road Transport of Hazardous Chemicals" and covering the principal safety requirements for the transport...

• Mr Peter Walker, Secretary for the Environment, is ready to close an administrative loophole which could enable local...

• A plan for implementing a system of road pricing — where car drivers would pay a fee for using congested roads in urban areas...

by John Darker • The Transport and General Workers Union is to press the TUG — and a future Labour government — to introduce a...

• British Rail intends to operate Freightliner-type "block" train services for timetabled movement of unit-load traffic between...

• The Freight Transpoa Association's national conference is to be held this year at the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, from September...

• What has been described by the Road Haulage Association as a stimulating business programme for its annual conference in...

• The Department of the Environment has refuted reports that the obligatory date for tachographs on vehicles carrying dangerous...

• Britain's entry to the EEC is greatly multiplying the number of manufacturing firms needing to understand the transport...

• Operators puzzled about the application of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1973 will find helpful a...

"When the Sentinel steam waggons were introduced late in 1905, they brought new lustre to the name, and a reputation of their...

• Enrolment at Wandsworth Technical College for evening courses in preparation for the intermediate examination of the...

• Part - time day courses and evening classes in the Gracluateship and Intermediate examination courses of the Chartered...

• Sponsored by a number of professional institutions and other bodies a Traffic Engineering and Road Safety Conference is being...

• An illustrated 61-page brochure detailing some 400 factories, warehouses, industrial estates and development sites available...

• The BRS Consultancy Service is the title of a new brochure published by the BRS Group describing the Group's consultancy...

• Copies of the Commercial Motor Index Volume No 135 covering the issues from January 1972 to June 1972 are now available by...

GUERNSEY Rigids Class A: up to 20ft; over 1 ton and up to 30cwt unladen: 1. R. Le Cheminant (Queux Manor Vinery Ltd) Ford, 249...

Roy Wild has been appointed chief engineer of Atkinson Vehicles Ltd. He succeeds Steve Oxley who leaves the company after 18...

Membership without loss of independence wanted by Martin Hayes • Members of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association are...

• Local authorities in the Glasgow area are having to provide a total of £1.9m in the current financial year to help pay off...

• London Transport's plans for a network of Speedbus routes — limited stop services using reserved lanes — is expected to be...

• Two views of National Bus Company policy on selling parts of its operation off to PTEs have been given recently by the...

• Smooth and noiseless — that is how members of the London Transport Passengers' Committee described their ride on Leyland...

• The implications of taking a coach or minibus with more than nine seats abroad and how and where to obtain the special...

• London Transport's front-engined integral double-decker, the Routemaster, proved to be the highest scoring British...

• GLC leader, Sir Reg Goodwin, announced on Tuesday that London's 1,223,515 pensioners will be able to travel free on red buses...

• Giving his decision in a case of an operator called to public inquiry under Section 69 in Plymouth, the Western Traffic LA,...

• Farmer's Boy Coaches of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, have secured a High Court injunction against Eastern Counties Omnibus Co Ltd...

• A public weighbridge is now being operated by a group of six Goole haulage contractors from a site at Trent Street in Goole,...

• A Stilton (Hunts) operator who had been "jogging along in a slap-happy way over the years" was told by the Eastern LA, Mr H....

• A five-vehicle tipper operator, before the South Wale:, LA for overloading, on Monday, pleaded: "Unfortunately I had left my...

• A fine of £50 for failing to issue an employee with a driver's record book was imposed by Norwich magistrates last week....

• The margin of three vehicles was removed and two further vehicles suspended for six months from the licence of Hobbs...

• New Pickfords and Harold Wood tankers, shown at the official opening of the companies' (Tankfreight) depot at Widnes (CM last...

• A steel crew cab conversion for the Bedford CF range of chassis has been developed by B. Walker and Son Ltd, of Watford,...

• An anti-hijacking system which Design Controls Inc of Westbury, New York, designed and manufactured for the Nelson...

• Vehicle costing data will be analysed, for any operator having at least one Ford vehicle in this fleet, by Ford Motor Co Ltd...

• Overland Contracts Ltd, of Birmingham, is now using a low loading semi-trailer fitted with the prototype of a novel...

• A new film on the operation of diesel engines has been produced by the Shell film unit. The film, which shows rail and sea...

by Johnny Johnson DESPITE the conflicting claims of the environmentalists, there is currently no alternative to the road...

FOR a premium specification 32-ton ractive unit the chassis frame should be 'rom one of the quality makes available with...

A buyer's guide to trailers and semi-trailers on the British market will be published in CM next week — as part of the big...

• One lump Jack Jones, the TGWU's masterful general secretary, had some strong words to say about the Lump — the Labour-only...

by Bill Godwin Ro-ro relief to Continental roads The original concept of operating roll-on/roll-off services primarily to...

IN the past six months in this series the main political and economic features of the Common Market have been summarized. In...

costs weekly by Johnny Johnson Comparing the weekly performance of vehicles using the vehicle cost sheet can highlight the...

Lindsay Simpson • Lindsay Simpson, until 1971 chairman arid managing director of William Hudson Ltd, who has recently become...

New laws for old IN spite of the considerable body of literature on the subject, most operators still treat the mass of EEC...

they are indivisible loads. The overall length of the vehicles is 33ft 6in, and the width 7/1 4in. When loaded, the office unit...

a job which involves a whole day's work. The mileage involved is about 150 for a round trip and I expect to have to wait at the...

on disposal of secondhand vehicles? From time to time, we sell off our commercial vehicles but I am under the impression that...

I am contemplating starting a trans port business carrying shoes to Common Market countries. The volume of each load will be...

matters by John Darker AMBIM Road versus rail in the United States Fuel shortage is inhibiting the truckers THE market-split...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEO. MIMI, AMIFITE Electrically propelled vehicles ELECTRICALLY PROPELLED vehicles form only a very...

Avoid engine overspeed ing at all costs Regular valve gear maintenance is of paramount importance to avoid valve damage: too...

portable dust extractor from larron Machines has been ?signed for use in conjunction ith sanders and similar equip lent with...

7.cordIng to Quentsplass, olten metals such as zinc and ad have been traditionally and idely used for filling voids and r...

Robomatic is the name of a diesel engine control unit which is claimed to prevent engine seizure, regardless of its cause, and...

A wing assembly designed specifically for the Bedford TK cab, has been produced by Dunlop. Made from a tough rubber compound,...

The Department of Employment has published a booklet dealing with first aid in the Health and Safety at Work series. The...

The first brochure describing the various applications of its electrohydraulic tail-lifts has been published by John Ratcliff....

A high-pressure single-post, and an improved four-post, vehicle lift have been announced by Kismet. The KEL 3000 four-post...

Grundy has announced its first stainless steel exhaust .system for a commercial vehicle the Escort 6 /8cwt van. The exhausts...

A variable height platform developed by Access Equipment enables the top of a tanker to be easily reached for inspection. The...

The Autoweld 3 metal inert gas welding machine is now incorporated in the Norman Butler range. It has a rate of up 225 dips...

nots has developed a number f optional extras for its range of /2, 3/2 and 5/2 BSP spool 'Ives which include coloured...

Known as the ALF, a self-contained chassis lubrication system evolved by Lubrication Equipment continually feeds all grease...

A lin. NPTF brass quarter turn drain valve has been added to the drain valves produced by Intertruck, all valves in the range...

G & J Hall have added a fourth tool to their Conecut HSS sheet and tube drill range. Using the No 4 drill as a follow-on tool,...

by Trevor Lon gcroft ]rn Filtrade Services comes 3 Uniclean oil filter system iich can be fitted to an engine extend oil...

From IXP comes a security lock — the Ellis-IXP Model BBA — suitable for fitting to all types of door including single, double,...

A leaflet is available from the Industrial Division of Duckhams Oils on the company's range of industrial greases. The leaflet...

A colouring process for stainless steel has been developed by International Nickel Ltd, the first licensee in the UK being...

From Gomo Engineering comes three portable air compressor sets suitable for inflating tyres, or for use with paint-spraying...

A preview of automotive ga turbine electronic control syt tems being developed by CAV given in a brochure (Publicatio No 1700)....