Suddenly international road transport is offered the prospect of a big new freedom: the abolition of carnets and the...

by John Darker • If new proposals for Customs simplification are ratified international road hauliers and container service...

• F. J. Lloyd, chief commercial and planning officer, London Transport Board, was appointed director-general of the West...

• Now that pre-registration of vehicles due for plating and testing at Ministry stations has been abandoned, the Goods Vehicle...

• The West German and United States governments have agreed to draw up lists of transport projects which they feel are ripe for...

• More than 220 directors and senior managers attended the three one-day seminars presented in London and Manchester by...

• Heavy goods vehicle driving tests are to be re-introduced in Britain in the near future and now the American Federal Highways...

• Lord Wakefield of Kendal is to accept honorary membership of the Industrial Transport Association having been invited to do...

• The Transport Manager's Licence Committee proposals to the Ministry of Transport are now likely to be delayed for a further...

• The Sun Alliance and London Insurance Group is to introduce a new Commercial Vehicle Policy on July 1. This "plain English"...

• An allegation that lorry drivers were charging their employers parking fees and then leaving their vehicles in the streets...

• The first phase of the new Northern Ireland RTITB Centre began on Wednesday at Nutts Corner, near Belfast, the opening...

• The Minister of Housing and Local Government has upheld an appeal by Kelway and Sons (Haulage) Ltd., Manchester Road,...

• Further consideration is to be given to the proposed rapid transit system sought by Manchester. At a joint meeting of five...

• Serious violations by international road hauliers of the "Community Quota" regulations for goods transport by road may lead...

• Models for both sixand eight-wheel trucks have been added to the range of bucket loader hydraulic skip-handling equipment...

• Reports that an announcement is imminent about the locations of the three main sites at the British end of the Channel Tunnel...

Commercial Motor regrets to record the death. on June 17 after a short illness, of H. F. Button, 89, who was for 43 years head...

• Mr. Richard Marsh visited the Freightliners Ltd. terminal at Glasgow yesterday; today he is meeting the Clyde Port Authority,...

the sole competitor in his class there is usually a nagging suspicion that without a slice of luck he would have been nowhere....

• An agreement between the United Kingdom and the Socialist Republic of Rumania to facilitate road transport between the two...

• Mr. R. G. Lewis. MoT engineer in charge of goods vehicle testing in the West Midlands area, will speak on Testing and Plating...

• Draft German plans for bracket rates to be applied for international road transport movements have been approved by the...

• A Conservative MP has expressed - astonishment at Employment Secretary Mrs. Castle's refusal to refer to the Prices and...

Mr. Heubeck tells CM about 300 new buses, new buildings, and, perhaps, amalgamation with Belfast Transport • Ulsterbus Ltd.,...

• The recently introduced, fully measured incentive bonus scheme of Belfast Corporation Transport has been cited by the PIB as...

• Delivery is currently being made to the East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd. of 20 Daimler Fleetline double-deckers with the new...

• The suggestion that the new metropolitan areas proposed by the Royal Commission on Local Government should merely swallow up...

in ail, each costing about £7,500, is being introduced by Ulsterbus on the Londonderry City services. About half of all the...

minibuses powered by fuel cells and with a top speed of about 7 mph is planned to serve shoppers in Chichester city centre....

per week to Blair and Palmer Ltd., Carlisle, towards the running of the Carlisle to Kirkbride service (CM May 301. The company...

E. G. Hardy, 63. chief maintenance engineer of the National Bus Company, has been appointed chief engineer as from July 1 in...

• Carriers Agency Ltd., Glasgow, which recently acquired a portion of David Maxwell Ltd., Glasgow, a haulage business, had the...

• The North Western Traffic Commissioners reserved their judgment in Manchester on Thursday of last week when the application...

• The application by Purle Bros. (Holdings) Ltd. under Section 180 of the Road Traffic Act 1960, for 84 vehicles belonging to...

• An attempt by C.T.H. Transport (Macclesfield) Ltd., to chande a vehicle from Contract A to B licence failed when a shortened...

• At a Section 178 inquiry in Aberdeen last week Mr. A. B. Birnie, the Scottish LA, suspended one vehicle belonging to Gordon,...

• Duncan, Barbour and Son Ltd., Glasgow, was granted six additional attics. on A licence for carrying coiled steel throughout...

• Three overloading prosecutions (CM, June 6) brought by the MoT Northern area enforcement section, which were to be heard On...

• Thomas Mitchell (Hauliers) Ltd., Ettrickbridge, had one vehicle suspended by the Scottish LA, Mr. A. B. Birnie, for three...

• Mr. A. B. Birnie, the Scottish LA, refused an application by Thomas Rae and Sons, Coldstream, for a variation of its...

• An application by Ferrymasters Ltd. for eight new articulated vehicles on A licence was adjourned by Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, the...

• At a Section 174 inquiry in Leeds on Wednesday, Peter Slater Ltd, Leeds, was granted a continuation of two A-licences in...

• Mr. F. J. Lennon, of Leeds, had six vehicles removed from his B licence when he appeared at a Section 174 inquiry in Leeds on...

• A new tandem axle platform semitrailer designed to match up with the latest quantity-produced two-axle tractive units to form...

• A new commercial vehicle test and servicing centre to be opened in Salisbury next month is claimed to be better equipped than...

• Ford of Britain has announced a £10m expansion programme for its four-year-old factory in Swansea -involving an additional...

• Seven different models of low-loader semi-trailers with detachable front-end goosenecks for loading and unloading purposes...

• A weight saving of 20 per cent, improved stiffness and other advantages are claimed for a carbon-fibre-reinforced glass-fibre...

• Outstanding orders from overseas markets for Land-Rovers are 120 per cent up on the figure at the end of June last year, the...

• In order to help alleviate anomalies which are occurring, we are asked to point out that Neville Industries (Mansfield) Ltd.,...

• Following the report published by the National Economic Development Office— "Motor Vehicle Distribution and Repair"-the...

• An aircraft-loading vehicle costing about £2,000 less than the traditional elevatedloading types used at airports has been...

• Purle Bros. TrIoldings Ltd., the waste disposal company, announced plans on Tuesday to develop its business in Scotland in a...

• An export order for 50 heavy-duty underbody Telelever gears and 6 Cu. yd. capacity steel tipper bodies fitted to Bedford J55...

• The factor responsible for any artic actually over-turning towards the centre of a roundabout—a less common occurrence than...

• Another American vehicle manufacturer has entered the gas-turbine "league - . Mack Trucks unveiled a prototype...

• HWP Engineering Co. Ltd„ of Doncaster, trailer manufacturer, held a reception for suppliers and customers last week to mark...

• A total of f 18m is to be spent by Ford on extensions to its engine manufacturing plant at Dagenham. In announcing this plan,...

• A total of £30,000 has been spent by Thomas S. Whitney and Co. Ltd., Great Howard Street, Liverpool 3, on a goods vehicle...

• Two open meetings on commercial vehicle air brake systems were held last week in Nottingham They were jointly organized by...

• Comrner and Dodge commercials, and the products of some specialist manufacturers, are being displayed this week by Allisons...

by the Hawk * Top turnout? I have a feeling that this year's Newcastle upon Tyne round of the Lorry Driver of the Year...

they're talking about. - What we want is . ." and everyone knows which beer they're talking-about. Just two examples of brand...

HOW does a large contract-hire company regard the importance of livery? The Blox Group, headquartered in south west London, has...

ADDITIONAL investment in the region of only £40,000—in a mobile handling machine —has, virtually overnight, turned the port of...

The need to reduce air pollution could stimulate the development of power units having a separate burner in which the fuel and...

MIkfiR FREIGHT TAANSPORT systems in the UK have not developed through selling but throtigh servicing. The road haulier has...

by Ashley Taylor, AMIRTE, Assoc InstT Seven brothers living in Bolton. Lanes, in the 1920-1930s made their mark on the road...

THE "customer-oriented" attitude of the Transport Development Group was clearly illustrated in last week's article reporting on...

the advantage of rapidly "pumping" the brake pedal on wet or icy roads to prevent wheel locking. I have heard that a device has...

deliveries involving fairly long runs as well as stop-start work. I obtain a considerably greater mileage between engine...

of starting a haulage business with two 30cwt vans and building up from there. Could you tell me if I would need any special...

of which are at least five years old, and in the case of two of the tippers I have been unable to find a cure for clutch...

wants to transfer me to a depot —to do this 1 would have to sell my house and move. I know some firms pay some of the expenses...

charges for medium and heavy commercial vehicles, something similar to the AA and RAC scales for cars? I have just added a...

40) could be read to mean that light vans registered before April 1967 require seat belts to meet legal requirements. This is...

WE are daily bombarded with figures and statistics from almost every possible source about almost every conceivable topic. It...

BY LES OLORIDGE, A.LR.T.E„ AM/MI. Highway Code IN the new edition of the Highway Code the Ministry of Transport, in a...

RM Trailers Ltd. has introduced a two-wheeled liquid transporting trailer (in three sizes, 250ga1, 350ga1 and 500gal...

Following the introduction of its van top poster holder. Martin Katz Display Ltd. has now brought out a combined ladder...

A vacuum load-bearing device— the AABA-VAC—for moving, lifting and loading slabs and sheets of most materials with sealed...

Details of its new range of adjustable wrenches are listed in a leaflet by Britool Ltd. All sizes are obtainable from stock in...

Three spray guns added to the Broom and Wade range have been designed for operator comfort and to meet the exacting...

A luminous safety waistcoat in bright orange or red is available from Lewis Leathers. It is a strong garment made of PVC and at...

A quick. PAYE system suitable for firms with four to 400 employees introduced by Matrix Systems, consists of a loose-leaf...

The Wymark Tyremaster GA130 tyre inflator has its own air reservoir of sufficient capacity to top up about 30 car-size tyres...

A two-wheeled trolley unit has been designed by W. C. Youngman Ltd. to simplify the safe handling of plywood, hardboard....

Battery topping-up is a timeconsuming. frequently difficult, but, of course, essential part of maintenance routine. So...

From Implex Controls and Systems Ltd., a windscreen wiper control which provides a timed, single wipe, readily adjustable to...

A iin. stop valve suitable for working pressures of 6,000 psi. has been introduced by Hale, Hamilton (Valves). It is suitable...

Latest addition to the range of engine starting aids made by Start Pilot Ltd., the VISO-F has been thoroughly tested and...

with Ron Cater, A better deal for its customers is the main object of the Copartnership Scheme recently announced by Kismet...

A twin-tone selective calling system made by Pye Telecommunications Ltd. for large fleets of vehicles using radio' telephones...

Clayton Dewandre has now begun the manufacture on a production basis of its G-matic Mk.2 load-sensing valve which was...

(for use with trailer or semitrailer). The latter model can also be provided with an overriding device for use when a trailer...

An internal light for commercial vehicles which, it is claimed, gives greatly increased illumination over other types with less...

From Volspray Ltd,—an air/ water spray gun designed to remove dirt from all types of industrial and agricultural equipment and...

A method of self-adhesive letter ing marketed by De corettes Kwik-Space Instant Lettering—can be applied to any surface with a...

A pedestrian-controlled and articulated battery-electric truck with low-loading facilities from Bactric Ltd., consists of the...

Two tools developed by Dymo for making Vinyl labels print with a new typeface called Dymostyle, designed for greater...