Bill concessions from our political correspondent • Transport Minister Mr. Richard Marsh tossed a one-ton concession to road...

• Government action in the field of municipal busmen's pay was firmly requested by the Prices and Incomes Board on Wednesday....

says police chief by Tony Wilding • Regulations defining noise-level limits come into effect on July 1 and could mean trouble...

notified PLATING CODE WILL LISTTHEM by Tony Wilding • The Plating and Testing Regulations require that certain types of...

• On Monday of this week the Road Transport Industry Training Board started its first practical training course. It is a...

in some cases outside them. This would allow the provision of works' and schools' services in any place they are required. The...

FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS HANDLING REPORTED BY JOHN DARKER, AMBIM • A transport-oriented management...

• Formed last year, the Transport Group of the Co-operative Wholesale Society incorporates under one management the functions...

Pressoturn Ltd. and Tote Systems International. Mr. Cooke defined unit load handling as: "The acquired science and skill in...

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION PREVIEWED by John Darker, AM BIM • If there are any road...

• Allegations that British Railways was undercutting rates to capture container traffic were denied this week at the...

• For the first time, the quarterly total of cases of theft of and from commercial goods vehicles in the Metropolitan Police...

• As the French strikes built up this week the pattern of UK-Continent ferry traffic altered. By Monday the BR Newhaven-Dieppe...

by John Darker • "British Railways buy traffic: they do no compete for it", said Mr. Jackson Moore general secretary of United...

from our political correspondent II Eight ways in which bus services could lecome more efficient, without the bureau:racy of...

• The House of Commons faces a marathon stint next week to fulfil the Government's timetable for the Transport Bill. writes our...

from our Parliamentary correspondent • An emphatic verdict in favour of competition rather than co-ordination as a criterion...

• A plan for the "rationalization" of all road transport in Zambia has been drawn up following discussions in Lusaka between...

from our industrial correspondent • There are fresh hopes today (Friday) of a return to work at the end of the 11th week of...

• If all London's car commuters were to transfer to buses the average journey time for all passengers could be reduced by as...

• Edinburgh's busmen are taking an extremely tough line over two vital issues in the city's transport—their £1 a week "frozen"...

• The Minister of Transport has turned down an appeal made by Hebble Motor Services Ltd. against the decision of the Yorkshire...

• Amendment of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962 to eliminate the weight of all fixed plant and equipment when calculating the...

• The Metropolitan Licensing Authority, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, on Tuesday reserved his decision on the two applications made by...

• -The Minister of Transport has dismissed an appeal by three operators against the renewal by the West Midland Traffic...

• Wherever Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles go. Mercedes service goes too. World-wide, there are 3548 servicing points. Most...

• The House of Commons will soon be finished for the time being with the Transport Bill, which will then pass to the House of...

• William Rainford Ltd., Liverpool, was granted a new B licence for 43 vehicles at a resumed inquiry (CM March 22) in Liverpool...

• Because of a complicated licensing history connected with two associated companies, a variation application was adjourned in...

• Seeing a lack of small tippers, Perkins Commercial Services of Leyton, E10, decided to build and market some at com petitive...

• A new tanker has been designed and built for Esso Petroleum Ltd. by Yorkshire Engineering and Welding Co. (Bradford) Ltd. The...

• A V8 diesel which is likely to supersede the V8-265 VINE within the next 12 months has been announced by Cummins Engine Co....

• Mr. W. Hodgson, of 36 Ashdale Crescent, West Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne, has provisionally patented an axle-load sensor,...

• A new service depot has been set up by Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd., at the Polo grounds Industrial Estate, New Inn,...

• A breakthrough in the use of reinforced plastics for road tankers is claimed to have been achieved by the Purle Waste...

The Dyson "wind-off" canopy body can now be obtained with detachable vertical support pillars. This enables pallets of...

A latex foam sealant for mending and re-inflating punctured tyres has been developed by a Dutch company and is to be...

by Handyman Vehicle recovery: tricks, trucks and tactics (17) • From time to time, it can be the load rather than the vehicle...

By R. D. CATER, AMInst BE MANY IMPROVEMENTS were to be seen incorporated in well-established units at the third "Autovak"...

*Ted v. the lady The Ruislip LDOY organizers always try to give spectators that little bit extra to make it a real day out....

INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL HANDLING EXHIBITION REVIEWED BY JOHN DARKER, ARABIM THE SPEED of development of mechanical handling...

FOLLOWING Mr. Edward Heath's assurances to the Road Haulage Association, Mr. David Webster, Conservative MP for...

THE GROWTH of the British tourist trade and the challenge to the public transport industry to claim as much of this traffic as...

"IT IS a sobering but challenging experience to be asked to present a paper to this Association at a time when so many major...

retarder was introduced into Britain by Eesubrake in 1965, passenger vehicle operators appear to have become increasingly aware...

the action of the retarder; slowing down was much smoother than would have been the case with the service brakes. Tests were...

10) on the proceedings of the IRTE Conference on the Saturday morning. In the last paragraph on the first page it states that...

TODAY, the British Leyland Motor Corporation announces the V8 diesel engine designed and developed at AEC Ltd., Southall. The...

WELL BEFORE the announcement date for the AEC V8 Mandator, a tractive unit and three-axle trailer loaded to 32 tons gross was...

WHATEVER the success of last night's rally at the Albert Hall, the campaign conducted by the Road Haulage Association has had...

Professionalism in training THE Road Transport Industry Training Board last week published a booklet on group training and...

A The varying categories of drivers' wages are at present determined by the carrying capacity of the vehicle and not by the...

A Three types of records should be kept and be available for inspection by the Board's staff on request: training records,...

A The British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education, 16. Park Crescent, Regent's' Park, London, W1 , published a...

A - Check-off" is an arrangement by which employers deduct trade union dues from the wages of members in their employment and...

when new legislation by the Ministry of Transport comes into effect, covering the emission of smoke from diesel-engined...

A The Minister of Transport and Minister of Technology have jointly set up this committee consisting of experienced government...

a reference to a new company entitled Quay Handling Ltd. What is their address? A The address is Quay Group of Companies,...

I MENTIONED last week that the issuing of model answers formed part of the successful residential weekend revision course for...

REGULATION 13 in Part II of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1966 requires that all motor vehicles first...