SIX days apart, two shrewd observers of the transport scene have cut through the current political clamour with statements that...

Liberals want jack-knife' legislation, too From our political correspondent THE Conservatives are to table over 1,400...

MRS. Barbara Castle and her two most experienced lieutenants, Mr. Stephen Swingler, Minister of State for Transport, and Mr....

Minister's co-operation By Paul Moody AN offer to get together with a Midlands haulier to produce a memorandum which he would...

THE Commonwealth Secretary, Mr. George Thompson, has agreed to meet long-distance lorry drivers in his Dundee constituency to...

MRS. BARBARA CASTLE was challenged to publish the surveys on which she had based her "repugnant" direction of traffic and...

ASSOCIATED Container Transportation Ltd. will shortly place an order in Britain worth £11m. for some 1,500 refrigerated...

STUDENTS of schools of art and design throughout Britain are being invited by the Road Haulage Association to take part in a...

A COMPANY has been formed by Whessoe Ltd. to manufacture and market an extensive range of liquid-handling equipment. some of...

THE reduction of £122m. in road expenditure over the next two years announced last week has drawn strong protests from...

A TYPE of semi-trailer van new to the UK made its debut at a transport depot in North Woolwich, London, on Wednesday. It was an...

AT the inaugural meeting of the newly formed Leeds and District Hauliers Federation last week it was announced that West Riding...

analysis and customer service" is announced by the British Institute of Management. This is the third of four conferences on...

With a row CORRESPONDENT THE LINE-BY-LINE examination of the Transport Bill by a committee of MPs has started—with a row. The...

A DENIAL that there had been restriction of the issue of licences for moving abnormal loads was made last week by Mr. Neil...

A POSSIBLE BAN on mixed loads of petrol and paraffin was forecast in the Commons last week. Mr. Roger Gresham Cooke (Tory,...

AT the RHA annual dinner on May 14, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Edward Heath, will be the principal guest. This was...

A COCKERMOUTH (Cumberland) plant hire company had been operating lorries illegally for three months, Northern LA, Mr. J. A. T....

By C. Hyams MANCHESTER FREIGHTERS Ltd., Tyldesley, withdrew its appeal 24 hours before it was to be heard before the Transport...

BRITISH ROAD SERVICES' policy of disciplining drivers who failed to keep proper records, checking daily logs against weekly...

"IF people are going to say that others are operating illegally, then they must prove it. I don't think you've begun to prove...

AFTER a conditions amendment had been made and an undertaking given regarding further contract vehicles, objections to two...

THE PURCHASER of a three-vehicle haulage business who moved two vehicles to another operating centre without altering the...

THE East Midlands LA, Mr. C. M. Sheridan, is seeking the approval of the Minister of Transport to appeal against certain of a...

REFUSING to grant a new B licence on Monday to J. R. M. (Plant) Ltd., Metropolitan deputy LA, Mr. W. G. Levitt, advised the...

A BINDING UNDERTAKING that he would pass a certain amount of work to a new haulage company was given by a customer witness...

BRITISH RAILWAYS strongly objected in Macclesfield last week to applications by three Cheshire hauliers to add to the...

TWO haulage companies with a total of 28 vehicle prohibition orders against them had - run their vehicles to the point of...

"QUITE sickening", was how the Scottish deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. L. A. Wells, described the non-appearance of applicants...

AN order for 20 Leyland PD3A.12 frontengined, rear-entrance double-deck buses placed by Leicester City Transport has been...

from our Industrial Correspondent PRESSURE is building up for Mr. Ray Gunter, Minister of Labour, to use his legal powers...

by Derek Moses THE long-rumoured merger of British Motor Holdings and the Leyland Motor Corporation is now a fait accompli....

BRISTOL BUSES are to be equipped with two-way radios in a bid to improve control of services and to guard against acts of...

The PVOA lashes out at the Bill TO waste public money, which this country could not afford, in order to implement political...

H. R. Featherstone, 41, has been appointed to the new post of director of the Traders Road Transport Association. He is...

READY adaptability to various tractive units and gross weights is a feature of the design of a new tanker introduced by...

A TIR body has been introduced by York Trailer Co. Ltd., for fitting to its Super Load Teamster range of platform trailers. The...

TO enable container-carrying semi-trailers to be used for general freight, Highway Trailers (Great Britain) Ltd., Southampton,...

DIESEL engine noise is just about at the top of UK truck manufacturers' lists of "things to do something about", said Ford of...

by A. J. P. Wilding Technical editor NEED vehicle operators fear that the BMHLeyland Motor Corporation merger will result in...

and publications Brakes brochure AN ILLUSTRATED brochure on loadsensed brake-control equipment for commercial vehicles is now...

M OST ENGINEERS are of necessity cost conscious, and always on the watch for a trick-of-the-trade to shave an hour or a £ off a...

MANAGEMENT, financial control and la will be the subjects of course lectures at a summer school at Queens' College,...

IF you see a chequered flag flying on a BMC factory flagpole, it won't be a sign that the British Racing Drivers' Club has...

MIND you, COMMERCIAL MOTOR has been Backing Britain in its own way for quite a long time. I have just had a postcard from...

WHILE on the subject of Russia, I am amused to see that human nature refuses to be squeezed into neat, conforming little...

I HAVE been forced to take strong measures this week to stop colleague Ron Cater from pilfering. Not that he has suddenly...

ONE COMPANY not allowing any economic recession to hamper its growth is Williams Motor Co. Ltd., the mini-coach people. They...

THE WORTHING Historic Commercial Vehicle Group has in its keeping a 1934 SD Freighter with Chelsea refuse collection body, a...

A COUPLE of years or so ago I participated in various discussions regarding the possibility of setting up a museum of oldtime...

MIXED REACTIONS greeted the spate of complaints regarding snow clearance which arose when the first hard weather of the present...

LIGHTER -than the traditional armoured car the Shorland, a well-protected patrol vehicle from Short Bros. and Harland Ltd.,...

how much of a challenge? T HE PROBABILITY that Sir Reginald Wilson will become chairman of the National Freight Corporation...

continued operators in the vast tropical and sub-tropical countries are sensitive. Of course, making the suspension of a truck...

p Williamson and he qualifies this statement with the com ment: "Vauxhall welcomes the current legislation relating to...

IT WAS with interest that I read the article—"Bigger doubledeckers or crush-loaded singles?" (CM, January 5)—on the future of...

months must be spent on the Committee stage of the Transport Bill. Its huge uncouth bulk will be set up like a wax image so...

tractor must employ the driver of a vehicle supplied under a C-hiring arrangement? It has been suggested that some contractors...

A The new Transport Bill now before Parliament is basically a consolidation in legal terms of the several White Papers dealing...

2,000 c. c. car on taxi and hire work averaging up to 800 miles a week and what difference would there be if fuel was purchased...

freight in the UK between various forms of transport? Can any trends be deduced as to future developments? A Accurate...

braking regulations will affect breakdown recovery vehicles. We have one such vehicle and are considering purchasing others. If...

the Road Haulage Industry, I understand figures were given on the average weekly hours and total earnings according to shift...

weighing device for wheel loading of vehicles. Could you supply further information? The manufacturer may have been Hawker...

a reference to the effect with regard to accident proneness of fitting a radio into the cab of a typical long-distance driver?...

A START was made last week in describing the recommended vehicle cost sheet reproduced here which is suitable, in particular,...

THE APPOINTMENT of Mr. Peter Hale as manager, methods and training techniques, to the Road Transport Industry Training Board at...