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O N April 17 1967 Mrs. Barbara Castle, ads essing members of the TRTA at their a nual dinner, said of her proposed National...
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Transport Minister's licensing proposals would: • remove distinction between haulage and own-account • free all light vehicles...
Introduction and summary 1. In the White Paper on Transport Policy published in July, 1966, the Government accepted the view...
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For most readers the accompanying details will be the first sight they have had of the Minister's full licensing proposals. To...
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So often is the Land-Rover used over rough country and poor tracks and roads, that there is a demand from owners fOr seating...
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"T ET no one be deceived into JLJ believing that the proposed restrictions on heavy lorries will contribute one whit to either...
1Z EPRESENTATIVES of the Road Haulage Association will have a long list of questions to put to the Minister of Transport for...
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the licensing proposals on Tuesday, the editor of COMMERCIAL MOTOR was granted an exclusive interview with the national...
W HILE some parts of the carriers' licensing proposals are being strongly criticized, that appertaining to quality control is...
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by Norman Douglas Minister's plans for goods vehicle licensing contain many imponderables—among them the qualifications...
'T E commercial services officer of the ransport and General Workers' Union, Mr. K. Jackson, said that although he had not seen...
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T DRY transport leaders in Parliament are to launch an all-out campaign to get rid of Transport Minister Mrs. Barbara Castle...
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THE 51st edition of COMMERCIAL MOTOR Tables of Operating Costs was published on Wednesday this week. It is available through...
handling of the Ministry's proposals to reduce drivers' hours was voiced at a recent meeting of the agricultural hauliers group...
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A RACEHORSE trainer had been granted a horsebox licence in the face of objections from horse transporters because of the...
BENCH Divisional Court on Friday granted S. H. McCall Transport (Glasgow) Ltd., haulage contractors, of Helen Street, Glasgow,...
F REIGHTLINER finances are not to be 'made public—Mrs. Barbara Castle said so this week. In the Commons, Mr. Edward Taylor...
UARE increases on 67 per cent of the 'routes operated by the Northern General Transport Co. were approved by the Northern...
FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT U SPITE the Transport Minister's ecently-declared "no-nationalization" policy for road...
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LIALWOOD BROS. (Road Transport) Ltd., of Wigan, at a resumed hearing before the North Western deputy LA, Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, in...
THE NORTH WESTERN Traffic Commissioners, in a written decision, have refused the application by Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd. for...
A BALANCED service was envisaged Et between his company and Heatons Transport (St. Helens) Ltd., Mr. J. P. Moore, managing...
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DASSENGERS on Sunderland Corpora tion Transport buses have paid £125,000 more in fares than they need have done since...
9 -1 1-1E go-ahead for fare increases on I Sunderland Corporation's experimental conductorless flat-fare buses was given by the...
PRODUCTIVITY deals for one-man bus operation are to be examined by the Prices and Incomes Board. A number of proposed...
NEWCASTLE-on-TYNE's Traffic, Highways and Transport Committee has no intention of accepting the Minister of Transport's plan,...
THE Corporation transport committee at Walsall, Staffs., is planning to dispose of all its assets before the Government can...
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"COUR new Leyland Panther Cub rear-engined single-deck buses with 45-seat front-entrance, central-exit bodies by Marshall of...
Smiths Industries Ltd. has appointed O. A. J. Steele as group transport manager in succession to A. K. Garraway, who has been...
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A DEFECT' card itemized from 1 to 57, printed in a round-the-clock fashion, will be hung on each goods vehicle entering the...
A UNITED KINGDOM type approval scheme is to be established soon for the manufacture of freight containers. The scheme was...
AS replacements for its popular Gay Hostess double-deck motorway coaches, Ribble Motor Services Ltd. plans to introduce next...
THE Industrial Transport Association, to mark its 40th anniversary, is to hold a congress at the North British Hotel,...
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'IN RETROSPECT, it may have appeared Aan easy task to draft out a scheme for improved maintenance control and the impression...
flEEST INDUSTRIES has bought a further 30 Scammell Challenger T trailers and five Scammell Handyman 4 x 2 tractive units to...
A book that gives new hope TRANSPORT operators have good -Icause to complain that they are often left out of the picture when...
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INTRODUCED by Dines Plastics Ltd.-I a corner protection for goods roped in transit. Called a load protector, it is a tough...
CATER for the need for a portable " high pressure cleaner, where no electricity supply is available, Flexican Hydraulics Ltd....
TNTERNATIONAL hauliers handling 'import clearance for their customers will find useful information in a booklet recently issued...
C HURCHILL is making a wheel lifter for the first time. It not only saves time but does the job of two men and reduces the risk...
A HEAVY-DUTY pneumatic tyre for tip dumping and similar operations claimed to be at least five times as resistant to punctures...
A RANGE of 31 screwdrivers known as the 5000 Series—with regular, Phillips and Pozidrive tips—has been added to the existing...
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FOR SEVERAL MONTHS readers have enjoyed a controversial but constructive debate on the merits of various systems to improve the...
YOUR CORRESPONDENT Mr. F. W. Knight (July 7)— who is, I note, sales director of a trailer company—is so anxious to bowl...
ALTHOUGH the article "Rail to the Help of Road?" was published over my name, I did make it clear that the views were those of...
MY HOBBY is collecting photographs and information on road transport fleets. To date, I have over 4,500 photographs of vehicles...
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View BY THE HAWK The Portsmouth Case T S the House of Commons committee ruling on the Portsmouth case likely to hit at some...
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r fact that time is money has general application to trans-. pt E rt operation. But in the movement of perishable produce and...
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By John Darker, AMBIM T HE constant need of transport and warehouse managers for efficient, low-cost operations imposes the...
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v. 'UNIT LOADS' NY comprehensive review of the contemporary revolution in transport—expressed conveniently if inelegantly in...
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and service BY S. BUCKLEY, Assoc Inst T M ANY EFFICIENT organizations run their own fleets of goods vehicles. Many prefer to...
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a key feature of Sainsbury's planned expansion By John Darker, AmBim W HEN a business expands, its management sooner or later...
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survey DELIVERY VANS I N last year's Transport for Traders issue (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, July 29 1966) we reviewed light vans...
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trunker delivery fleet of Dring's Ltd., of Wembley, are two Ford DT800 dieselengined vans equipped with Polarstream liquid...
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A NEW system of aluminium bodywork construction, based on a 4 ft. module, was announced on Wednesday by Unit Body Developments...
D ESIGNED in conjunction with the Swiss Aluminium Co., of Zurich, a new range of all-aluminium van bodies has been announced by...
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0 (APPOSITION to Mrs. Barbara Castle's new deal for goods Ni-lvehicle operators is likely to concentrate on the proposals...
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riF ITS 29 British foundries, Allied Ironfounders ILlLtd. has eight established in central Scotland These production plants are...
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cleaning service for commercial and other vehicles. My immediate problem is to determine which districts are likely to offer...
5-tonner fitted with Luton van body when averaging around 600 miles a week and on what basis are the estimates calculated? A...
A Over the first six months of 1967, UK production of commercial vehicles was about 20 per cent down compared with last year,...
A Following an increase to staff employed by the municipal undertakings, the staff of the provincial company operators received...
cially applied to the transfer of a container from a road vehicle to loading deck? How much power is required to provide for...
A A stainless steel hydraulic pallet truck which, it is claimed, is completely resistant to corrosion for operation in brine,...
unscrupulous gentlemen are still mixing kerosene and dery . . and getting away with it. But I understand that further...
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T HE publication this week of the 51st edition of the COMMERCIAL MOTOR Tables of Operating Costs comes at a time when all...
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The way to use books as an aid to study TUDGING by queries I have had, students taking various al transport examinations...