Is the Ministry of Transport intent on squeezing the road goods industry until it squeaks? That is the assumption which could...

WORRIES ABOUT WORKMANSHIP OF THE REPAIR TRADE: REPORT OF SOUTH WALES MEETING ON MAINTENANCE by John Dickson-Simpson • In the...

• Many small hauliers have told the North Western Licensing Authority, Mr. Charles Hodgson, that they are giving up their...

:habit of' • • , It is the view of counsel that isolated : • driving of heavy goods vehicles during • • the...

• "Do not allow yourselves to be blackmailed by these or any other threats"—that is the message Mr. Noel Wynn, RHA...

CM TECHNICAL EDITOR DRIVES FORD TURBINE TRUCK ON BRITISH ROADS • First showing of the American Ford gas-turbine truck to...

from a special correspondent • The management of National Carriers Ltd. is wrestling with a knotty problem, I understand. A...

• The Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association are deeply concerned at the effects of the recently...

• An international road haulage agreement between the British and Netherlands Governments was signed at the Foreign and...

from our political correspondent • Mr. Marsh, Minister of Transport, will be asked to outline the Government's plans for...

• The National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers has asked the Ministry of Transport to allow removers...

• A finish almost as close as that between Ryder Cup golf aces Jacklin and Nicklaus was seen in London on Sunday at the final...

• Following the "protest or no protest" dispute after this year's Lorry Driver of the Year Final, the National Executive...

The Road Haulage Wages Council on Wednesday published Wages Order RH (89) which contains the proposals for increases in pay,...

• Most employers within the scope of the Distribution Industry Training Board are to pay a levy equal to 0.5 per cent of...

• At a Press conference last week to mark the first anniversary of the National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors, a...

o Mr. H. R. Featherstone, FTA director. advised the Association's Merseyside and North Wales division in Liverpool on Tuesday...

• From today, the Freight Transport Association is extending its maintenance inspection service to cover four new classes....

• Mr Alan Law, Birmingham TGWU trade group secretary, on Monday called action by 40 striking BRS lorry drivers "totally...

• Following a Press report last week that police intended to impose a ban on 36ft attics and coaches in London, a spokesman...

• At last week's Press conference on board the m.v. Vortigern, British Railways' latest allpurpose passenger, vehicle and...

Group of Companies, BIVIC truck and van distributor Notts, held its first open-air Commercial Vehicle Show recently at the...

the next two weeks to give two-day courses in staff training to road transport company executives and foremen. The courses...

J. D. McGregor has been appointed a director on a full-time basis of the Owen Organisation Integrated Handling Systems as from...

• Hauliers using the Forth Road Bridge will have to pass on to trade and industry the cost of increased tolls which will come...

• Directors of a Scottish road haulage firm and a chemicals company gave a lunch on September 17 to honour a lorry driver who...

• The R HA has asked local authorities through the MoT to check that arrangements for switching on street lighting have been...

A. A. HAMPSON RESIGNS GENERAL MANAGERSHIP • The British Leyland members of the board of directors of the new Leyland...

• Proposals by Sheffield's public transport group to break from the "normal procedure" of accepting the lowest tender for new...

• George Ewer and Co. Ltd., operator of Grey-Green and Orange Luxury coach services to the South and East coasts, announces a...

• Bus crews employed by Newcastle City Transport withdrew, on Tuesday, a threat to ban late evening duties because of...

SCOTLAND STILL FAITHFUL TO DOUBLE-DECKERS by Derek Moses • Just announced by the Scottish Bus Group—the main p.s.v....

• The financial committee of Inverness town council decided on Monday to mount a massive protest against a proposal to...

The tipper illustrated above is certainly hard working. Less obvious is that its body of self-hardening aluminium alloy is...

• An application by Ferrymasters Ltd. for eight artics on a new A licence, based at Preston, has been refused by the North...

• S. and H. McCall Transport (Glasgow) Ltd. failed in an application at Glasgow last week to replace one artic of Sf tons by...

• Directors of two firms were strongly criticized last week for failing to attend S.178 public inquiries in Glasgow. Mr. A....

Short-term express granted • The application by Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd., for tours from Edinburgh and Dundee to...

• A former Harlow coach proprietor, Gerald St. Clair Goodger, ran his business on a shoestring and was now "on the precipice...

• The application by Mr. R. Watson of Selby, to add a 7!_ton artic. to his B licence, was refused in Leeds on Monday. The...

by Colin Ley • Mr. W. C. Williams, of South Elmsall, was successful in his appeal at the West Riding Quarter Sessions last...

• The West Midland Traffic Commissioners this week announced the i r decision into the application by Midland Red and Andy's...

• There were 11 objectors to an A variation application by G. Plant (Haulage Contractori Ltd., of Macclesfield, heard in...

ACT and BonaIlack II Orders placed with two British firms for 150 insulated and 650 general cargo containers, together worth...

• Two additional models have extended the EA van range offered by Austin Morris division of British Leyland. The new...

• Next week: • • • • ▪ a new truck • • • • • One of Britain's biggest manufacturers • • will be...

• The Institute of Road Transport Engineers' intended change in title and scope Ito the Institution of Transport Engineers)...

• Two senior management courses sponsored by the RHA are shortly commencing and on each there are still a few vacancies. They...

• The Transport Manager's Licence and training in general will be the theme of a seminar to be held at the Charing Cross...

by Handyman Loads and forces (19) • Although the regular trunker usually has the load made up with reasonable time to make...

• A drive to increase the sales of Vredestein commercial vehicle tyres in the UK is being made by NV...

• A new public weighbridge has been opened by R. J. Seaman and Sons, the Norfolkbased agricultural merchants at their...

• A new air-pressure operated tipping-gear control is to be featured by Edbro Ltd. at the Scottish Motor Show in November....

• Three of Europe's major radiator menufacturers—Serck of Britain, Behr of Germany and Chausson of France—have joined...

• Investment in highway construction has been boosted to nearly Elm a day, despite the country's economic difficulties,...

Report by lain Sherriff, John Darker and Ashley Taylor NEARLY 400 delegates attended Commercial Motor's sixth Fleet Management...

THE TWO-DAY conference held in conjunction with the International Freight Container and Container Handling Exhibition was...

by P. A. C. Brockington, MIMechE All-steel v. the rest WHEN the container has been accepted as a routine mode of transport,...

by David Lowe, M I nstTA Emphasis on loading THE advent of containerization was the cue for manufacturers of mechanical...

by the Hawk *Mini attraction Peter Land, managing director of British Express Carriers, was well in evidence at the NCL...

FUTURE INTERNATIONAL TRENDS AND POSSIBILITIES REVEALED BY ECE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN INTERVIEWED BY DAVID SPAIN I SUSPECT that the...

Clearing the decks NOT a single protest was raised against the quite arbitrary decision to give the holders of A and B...

THE Prices and Incomes Board has been doing some serious study about the next phase of incomes policy. The Board itself has...

brought into force this year about vehicle headlamps and rear lamps. Could you tell me when these regulations apply and also...

a haulage contractor fined for not having the required third-party insurance on his vehicle when infect he had paid his premium...

A Most manufacturers of ropes and sheets for commercial vehicle use will readily give advice and in particular, British Ropes,...

and productivity negotiations which have referred to the "Birmingham drivers' differential". Could you tell me what this is and...

removable bodies used for transporting waste and have been informed that these units are made in different ways, that they are...

A An alkaline battery normally has a con siderably longer life than a lead-acid type, notably if the battery is out of use for...

I OUTLINED some of the steps last week that can be taken in preparation for higher management posts in road transport through...

iftiE UN BY LES OLDRIDGE, A.I.R.T.E., AM/MI. Registration marks REGISTRATION MARKS, or number plates as they are more...