The force and directness of Britain's attempts to make 10 tons the axle weight limit for Europe have obviously surprised the...

EEC proposals put super-heavies eight years away: Britain still pressing for 10-ton axle limit • Britain is insisting upon...

• The resolution introduced by Mr G. K. Newman, director-general, Road Haulage Association, advocating improved facilities for...

from our Parliamentary correspondent I Strong pleas for special treatment for lorry drivers threatened with disqualification...

• Sixty miles of new motorway will be opened in 1972 — the lowest for three years and less than a third of the 229 miles...

PRODUCTIVITY THAT 'ANTIQUATED RED HERRING' • Stung to defend the validity of its CAPS reports as a fair basis for rates...

• "European Community Information", a new publication from Financial Times in association with the European Commission, records...

Employers too are criticized by NIRC in judgment on Hull Docks 'blacking' by John Darker • The Transport and General Workers'...

• At last drivers in the LDoY eliminating rounds appear to have found a method of completing Test 1 reversing into the loading...

• The Employment Secretary is to consider whether some measure of control over the storage of liquefied petroleum gas in...

• A number of new sections are included in the Motor Trader Handbook 1972, which is in more compact form than previous editions...

First left-hand-drive vehicle to be operated the Cave Wood (Transport) fleet is this olvo F80 unit to be used on international...

• British Railways' losses last year amounted to £15.4m and the prospects for 1972 are "bleak". A sharp fall in the carriage...

• The Medway Ports Authority opened its new roll-on-off ferry terminal at Sheerness Docks with the arrival on May 17 of the...

• Kent's first inland clearance depot was officially opened on Wednesday by the Minister for Transport Industries, Mr John...

• The directors of Longton Transport (Holdings) Ltd, of Stoke-on-Trent, advised by Industrial Mergers Ltd, announce that...

• Members of the Leeds and District Hauliers' Federation are to increase their charges by 7+ per cent from June 1. Commenting,...

professional qualification, from the driving licence which was the basic ticket to drive on the road. Far too often the...

Council meeting also accepted. as working outlines. the Luxembourg Minister's proposals for vehicle dimensions. These largely...

• Panalpina (Services) failed on Tuesday morning in its bid to break the unofficial blacking of its containers by members of...

• A new fast weekend coach service is being introduced by W. C. Standerwick today (May 26), linking Keswick with London...

• Congestion was caused by the stationing of large numbers of motor coaches in the vicinity of certain buildings of historic...

• Does Britain lack a suitable coach chassis to meet Continental operators' requirements? This was an impression gained by...

• Western SMT Company failed in an application at Glasgow this week for a new series of tours starting from the new Erskine...

• The bilateral agreement between the UK and the Netherlands on the International Carriage of Passengers by Road (signed in...

• During 1971 the South Shields and Newcastle - upon - Tyne bus undertakings of Tyneside PTE earned a surplus of £310,000 which...

Ford builds a lot of tandems, and because tandems are used for all sorts of different applications we build them to a lot of...

• Midland Red is to slash 40 minutes off the journey time of its Birmingham to London motorway express coach service from...

• Allegations by Bradford University Conservation Society that the Bradford Corporation diesel buses emit excessive fumes are...

• It is considered essential that a comprehensive public transport centre be established in Dundee so that both city and...

• A party of UK travel agents recently participated in a one-day tour in one of the latest 48-seat coaches with which Fourways...

• Scottish Omnibuses Ltd was granted in full applications to withdraw from a wide range of Border county routes in...

• A Pontypool coach operator who had been running a free service for the past two months between Cwmbran and Llantarnatn had...

• Wallsend-on-Tyne corporation has investigated complaints that fares on certain local bus services had been raised illegally....

• Sharp criticism of the DoE's approach to the problem of persuading travellers to switch from private cars to public transport...

• Bus maintenance and bus operational problems are among subjects to be covered during the 27th annual conference of the Public...

Geoffrey S. Moss, 46, is to succeed Eric W. Tonge as managing director of Edbro (Holdings) Ltd and Edbro Ltd on July 1. Mr...

• A Stoke-on-Trent haulage company which had its 0 licence curtailed by six vehicles at a public inquiry in Birmingham last...

• A Fife haulage contractor's offer to pt a fine at the rate of £40 a week was reject( at a means court at Kirkcaldy Sheriff...

• Extending the working day of a caravan transporter by carrying two drivers had resulted in breaches of the law regarding...

• Cartransport (BRS) Ltd, the Coventry. based subsidiary of BRS, appeared before the Metropolitan LA last week to have an...

• A company whose licence was curtailed )y 50 per cent to leave three vehicles last September was also given a stern warning is...

• Alexander Goodfellow, Perth, admitted overloading of one vehicle on one occasion and a conviction in Perth court. The firm...

• Two one-vehicle operators had action taken against them by the South Wales LA, Mr R. R. Jackson, in Cardiff last week as a...

• A new aluminium superstructure for the Crane Fruehauf Continental TIR semitrailers has been introduced. The new 12-metre...

• Beginning in the London area from approximately June 12, demonstrations in various parts of the UK over a period of two to...

• A mobile exhibition with £25,000 worth of electronic equipment produced by Redifon Telecommunications is currently making a...

Leading haulier highlights the problem of excess transport capacity THE possibility of legislation which would determine even...

WITH BRITAIN firmly in Europe and an increase allowed in the permissible gvw, the potential for the road haulage of refuse to...

view by the Hawk • Invisible image Where have all the symbols gone? The Road Haulage Association has issued thousands and...

by Trevor Longcroft THE four-cylinder 2.4-litre diesel engine introduced by the Ford Motor Co earlier this year is an option...

axle-load device. One is a reading on a dial, the other a positive go/no-go signal using a green and .a red light. The green...

by John C. Vann • A certain insurance company likes to carry out occasional surveys on various aspects of the policies on its...

by Handyman Auto-electrics for the mechanic (21) THE contact breaker gap controls the time the points are closed at any given...

Ken Flight • The new national chairman of the Institute of Traffic Administration, Ken Flight is a man of forthright views who...

The isle is full of noises NOW is the mating season for the Hungarian laughing frogs, which were introduced to the Romney...

six-wheeled tractive units with lift-up axles. These vehicles are designed and constructed to have more than four wheels on the...

when applied to an engine lubricating I have been told that viscosity of a multigrade oil is constant at all temperatures. Is...

matters by John Darker AMB M What motivates a man? Showers, separate tables or the old-fashioned Friday night pay packet?...

by Les Oldridge, AMIBTE MIMI The Construction and Use Regulations (20) REGULATION 115 of the Motor Vehicle (Construction and...

'A' level or degree start to transport management ladder by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of...

Conditions of carriage • The RHA still sets its name to two sets of Conditions of Carriage: those of 1961 were not completely...

an inch. Giant 880's and 580's excavating hundreds of tons of soil. Lorries loading and unloading mountains of sand and gravel....

by Trevor Longcroft Jtetic Co Ltd, Feltham, has eveloped a technique of aiding cast-iron cylinder ocks, drastically reducing...

T.T, Boughton model 2H oh range now includes a ton capacity winch. is designed to fit any tractor ch has an in-built hydraulic...

The 1972 UK Konnpziss Register, containing details of the products and services of more than 28,000 British companies, is...

Kelseal has introduced a non-stringing sealant for the smaller coach builder and repairer. Called Kelbond F, the sealant is a...

Polyethylene rope with a breaking strain of approximately 3000lb, produced by Industrial Ropes, comprises three strands red,...

Heavy-duty, fibre-reinforced, moulded-rubber mud flaps, available from Intertruck have beaded edges for additional strength and...

A multigrade oil which has been formulated to retain its viscosity of 20-50 between recommended oil-change periods, has a been...

Kirkstall Forge is marketing a transmission drive line assembly aimed initially at the 'fork-lift truck industry. As the...

A ramp constructed from bolted steelwork sections for ease of erection and subsequent movement has been produced by Tay Lyn...

A retractable ISO container twistlock, the TL113, weighing 15lb, is now available from Jost. Because of its cast steel...

Shell's existing Alvania rangr industrial greases for ball roller bearings has been repla by greases R1, R2 and R3 give...

fuel pump delivery recorder m Bowen Automation will tomatically record the amount fuel, or price equivalent, livered by a pump...

Ner take-off units suitable for with the Volvo R51 and R61 trboxes and giving ratios of and 1.2:1 respectively have 3n...

Because of the axial thrust exerted on bolts by the Schnorr patented washer, the likelihood of the bolt becoming loose is said...

A multi-purpose hoist weighing only 641b and having a lifting capacity of 20001b is available from Dolmar (UK). Called the...

The Sesco Porta-Guard security system is designed for both goods vehicles and containers. High-freouency vibrations caused by...

An instrument to giVe mobile crane operators an .immediate visual indication of the degree and direction of inclination of...

Two additions have recently been made to the Autobooks series of do-it-yourself workshop manuals published by Autopress. One is...

Firestone's Transport 1000 tyre available in C20/900-20 14 PR and 020/10.00-20 16 PR sizes. It has wider than usual stabilizer...

The Girling manual provid step-by-step instructions 1 every job on Girling brakes, frc simple adjustment to fai finding and...

Four drills and a rot; percussion drill comprise recently introduced Wolf S. phire drill range. The percuss drill weighs just...