Q UITE regardless of party politics, goods vehicle operators will have to face up to stricter inspections of their vehicles....

I N the reorganization which is taking place in British Road Services, the Scottish division has been reconstituted as the new...

A T the Minister's invitation, leaders of goods vehicle operator associations were due to meet Mr. Marples yesterday to discuss...

From our Industrial Correspondent TH E somewhat more conciliatory attitude of leaders of the National Union of Railwaymen...

r- I F 821 goods vehicles examined at roads:de cheeks in and around Leeds on July 8 I– , and 9, which marked the opening of the...

E LEVEN men, including a transport manager, a number of lorry drivers and labourers, appeared at Thames Court on Monday on...

the Road Haulage Association that a rates increase of 5 per cent had been recommended to come into effect from September 1...

I T has now been confirmed that traffic will be able to flow over the Forth Road Bridge immediately after the opening ceremony...

by a I new separate transport company which will be set up jointly by the British Railways Board and the Transport Holding...

A LTERNATIVE transport plans, in take effect when British Railways brings in its greatly attenuated train services from the...

A T a meeting in London last - week, the Traders Road Transport Association reiterated its support for an official Government...

O NE in eight of new cars sold during the past two years was an estate car, according to a survey by S.R.S. Ltd., published in...

WITHIN the next two weeks new VI' claims are being lodged by the transport unions with the Road Haulage Wages Council: The...

THE study group set up by the Road I Haulage Association to investigate the implementation of last year's principal Conference...

MALL parks specially reserved for the overnight parking of heavy lorries, transporters and coaches may be provided by Coventry...

MARPLES does not at present • M intend to propose further regulations for controlling fumes from diesel engines. He said this...

MORMALLY there are at least 12 teams of engineers checking heavy lorries and more were being provided for the current series...

licences under which they operate date back to December 31, 1962. So said Mr. Marples when he was asked for these details in...

'THE number of neglected or not I properly looked after commercial vehicles—even if they were a minority— still amounted to an...

Midland Motor Services Ltd., has been appointed general manager of the South Wales Transport Co. Ltd. in succession to Mr. H....

. 1-1, A SERIES of questions about the number of A licences for carrying bulk liquids received short, and uninformative,...

al Corporation interim transport manager, who retires today, attended his last meeting of the M.P.T.A. last Friday in his...

A N application to enable eight lorries belonging to Eastsacks (Transit) Ltd., of Gorleston, to carry fertilizer from the West...

T HE Transport Tribunal, sitting in London on Wednesday. heard appeals by Arthur Sanderson (Great Broughton) Ltd. against the...

RUSSELL APPEAL UPHELD BY COURT T HE First Division Court of Session in Edinburgh dismissed the appeal by British Railways Board...

One Transport (Leeds) and C.N.C. Transport Ltd. for a 28-vehicle switch from Contract A to A licence was resumed at Leeds last...

I N a written judgment, the Transport Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by Ham Wharfage Co. Ltd. against the refusal of the...

. 1-1 A N old-established haulage partner ship, described by the West Midland Licensing Authority, Mr. J. Else, as virtually...

last Friday the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners granted permission to Hants and Dorset Motor Services Ltd. to introduce a...

Licensing Authority at Carlisle last week a B licence for a six-wheel tipper was granted to F. Brown (Thursby) Ltd. Because of...

IT has been the custom of the Omnibus Society for some years now to mark their Presidential Weekend by publishing a booklet of...

From our Industrial Correspondent EADERS of l70,000 provincial bta.,1-4 men are to meet in London next Tuesday to formulate...

• By F. K. MOSES . Q r I NE of the many facts listed in the NE London Traffic Survey. published on Monday (see pa g e 26 of...

A MODEL of the E.R.F. LV cab to Pl. suit chassis with forward-set axles has now been introduced. Under the proposed new weights...

good deal of clic! Cussion recently on the subject of whether new tyres should be run-in. and Dunlop has now stated that they...

at the Empire Hail. Olympia, London. in the period . September 7-11. Many innovations in all sections of the refrigeration...

suitable route for a new dual carriageway road between East Brent (20 miles south-east of Bristol) and the vicinity of Exeter...

QEEN in an accompanying photograph l•-• 7 is Saro recoverable trackway being laid on marshland near Llanddeiniolen....

A N interesting development in the international sphere is the European Institute for Vocational Training. The Institute has in...

" R OAD transport has developed as the automatic choice for the movement of most freight, not only because it ts. by and...

isherwoods Adjust Petrol Prices: I sherwoods Petrol Co. Ltd., of Eccles, Lanes, have reduced the inner zone price -of Regular...

MANDATORS WITH NEW CABS: Belgian and Luxembourg operators have placed orders for a total of 28 A.E.C. Mandator chassis, to be...

Use of Chains in Transport THE remark that no one in the haulage business ever bought new chain for lashing, lifting or...

and Publications Flexible Closure for Driclad Container A NEW interlocking flexible closure is being 'manufactured by C. and...

IT has been announced by W. P. I Butterfield (Engineers) Ltd., Shipley, Yorkshire, that the company is producing...

THE old-world town of Hythe, which has cleansing problems arising as a result of narrow streets and intensive traffic, has...

LIKE Christmas card manufacturers, the makers of snow-clearance equipment . are in full activity just about the time other folk...

UNLIKE certain public figures, municipal transport managers are not committed to wearing uniforms appropriate to the activity...

AT gatherings such as the Institute of Public Cleansing vehicle demonstration, both manufacturers and prospective purchasers...

let's get down to it Better standards must be accepted for commercial vehicles By JOHN F. MOON, A.M.I.R.T.E. F EW subjects...

By John F. Moon A.IVI .1.R.T.E. S INCE the current basic version of the Daimler Fleetline rear-engined double-decker bus...

p ' RESUMABLY Mr. Ernest Marples must have anticipated the effect of his well-publicized programme of special checks on heavy...

VIEW By The Hawk End of the Line One hears a lot today about new production methods in all branches of industry, and accepts...

AAUCH credit must be given to the iVI organizers of the Leicester L.D.O.Y. competition. This was a very efficiently run round...

F OR the fourth year in succession, Driver L. T. Phesse, driving his G.P.O. Telephones' Morris, has come first in his class,...

And so to Canada I N THE previous article in this series I discussed the Americans' problems over the introduction of diesel...

I N postwar years credit finance has been accepted as a respectable method of providing plant and equipment for trade and...

An aircraft man now in Rhodesia writes inquiring the possibility of setting up in road haulage on his return to this country....

Another Divide crease for Lep D URING each of the past four years LEP GROUP has increased its dividends; for the year ending...

Rate-cutting ' WOULD like to refer to the letter "Forced Out by Rate Cutting" published in your July 3 issue. In company with...

G. Alderson and SOB (Appleby) Lid. cap. £7.000 Objects: To carry on the business of general agents and carriers. etc. Dirs.: a...