Crisis in EDC common transport policy Commission acts to re-launch transport plans, but technical unification may be dropped....

• To provide a means of improving the traction of articulated vehicles, Neville Truck Equipment Ltd has developed a sys tem of...

• A £1.9m loss during 1970 was reported by the Scottish Transport Group in its annual report published on Wednesday. The bus...

• The abolition of carriers' licensing has had little immediate effect on British Railways, but is bound to influence rail...

continued from page 19 hydraulic motor and drive assembly weighs about one cwt. It is intended that production units should...

• The all-inclusive fee for CM's 1971 Fleet Management Conference at the Royal Lancaster, London, on September 16 is £10.50 as...

• As from June 1 the fee for eact international road haulage journey permit issued by the Northern Traffic Area, of the...

• As from September courses will commence at the RTITB's second multi-occupational training and education centre at Livingston,...

• Under the Drivers' Hours (Passenger and Goods Vehicles) (Modifications) Order 1971, which comes into effect tomorrow...

• A 3 . 6ft-long coil carrying semi-trailer designed for use in an artic at 32 tons is now being produced by Pitt Trailers Ltd....

• A proposal that the weights shown on manufacturers' plates should appear in metric figures as well as in tons is being...

for CM Next Monday, May 31, Gibb Grace takes over from Tony Wilding as technical editor of Commercial Motor. Mr Wilding, who...

by John Darker • A recent decision of the European Court of Justice touching on drivers' hours regulations will not have been...

by a political correspondent • It is now clear that the Minister for Transport Industries, Mr John Peyton, has no plans for...

• Haulage contractor Mr Arthur Pickles, who was said by his solicitor to be "very small fry. was fined more than £1000 by...

• The adoption of a two-year programme of work with regard to general transport policy will be considered by the Council of...

• Twenty-one operators and drivers were fined a total of more than £160 by Derby Borough magistrates in Derby last week for...

• New secretary for the Norwich eliminating centre of the LDoY competition is Mr Peter Henwood, of the Norwich and Norfolk...

• A firm and one of its drivers faced 19 summonses, six of which are believed to be the first under the 1968 Act relating to...

continued from page 23 being overcome, In the Western area, Mr J. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon 'had much to say about hgv driver...

• Week by week the evidence of public inquiries shows how even well-established operators are having licences curtailed and...

• Two vehicles were removed for a period of one month from the licence of B. E. Barrett Transport Ltd, Luton, when the company...

• A Barnsley company, called before the Yorkshire LA in Leeds on Monday under Section 69, had its licence curtailed by the...

• The new associated company of London and Continental Trailer Services Ltd, Nedgeford Ltd, with its base at Tilbury Docks, was...

• Mr John Peyton, the Minister for Transport Industries, said last week that he hopes to receive the results of the pilot...

• Swaledale is not after all to loose its only bus link with Richmond when Percival Brothers (Coaches) Ltd closes down all its...

From tomorrow (Saturday), the taximum working day of drivers of assenger vehicles may be spread over a eriod of 16 hours, and...

The regulations which will apply to passenger vehicle drivers from tomorrow, ncluding those not modified, are as follows: 9...

• Because he felt period-excursion facilities in the Bradford /Halifax area of Yorkshire were quite adequate, Maj Gen Sir John...

• Mr Peyton said in the Commons last week that he is considering whether to extend the terms of reference of transport users'...

• A 16-seat coach based on a Mercedes 406D chassis has been launched by a newly registered company as the forerunner of a range...

Dennis Hulbert, 37, has been appointed managing director of the transport and distribution division of Miles Druce and Co Ltd....

All production diesel engines will be >attired in the near future to comply with a :Ivised British Standards rating, BS AU 41a...

• By means of a wider-than-normal conveyor a new belt-discharge bulk body from N. Tarnplin and Co Ltd, Chichester, is said to...

• The first-ever Atkinson sleeper cab has been built for Lowe, of Paddock Wood, by Ellis and Son, of Five Oak Green, Kent, and...

• The York Series 4 Freightmaster frameless semi-trailer van range intro-' duced last autumn which has hitherto been built only...

• Many of the four-wheeled artic tractors built by ERF Ltd are now being fitted with 7im instead of 6in.-wide front brakes. The...

• A lower-slung version of the Norde rubber-suspended tandem-axle running gear has been introduced as an option by North...

Co de arlisk 3aker's . ound by Anthony O'Toole I Rival bakeries, W. C. Robertson (Carlisle) td and Solway Bakery Ltd,...

old-timers by David Lowe • Several "old-timers" had a disappointing time at the Newark LDoY round on Sunday, and a number of...

route by John Darker • The Northamptonshire LDoY round at the new Kettering cattle market attracted 129 entrants from an area...

Torbay by lain Sharriff • Last Sunday another blow was struck for Women's Lib when 18-year-old June Southworth, a leading...

by Derek Moses THE ESTABLISHMENT of a statutory Public Track Corporation to effectively control the establishment and...

Diseconomies of scale in the operation of public transport meant at least that the slogan "the bigger the better" was a poor...

I DIY testing he Denniss paper at the IRTE conference :M last week) certainly set delegates talking. guess it also set a fair...

Leyland Redline range is rationalized by Gibb Grace, MIMechE ON the British market as a whole 56.0 per cent of the total...

We welcome letters for publication on transport topics. Address them to Commercial Motor, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London...

workshop by Handyman 3enchwise: Cool it (3) ROBLEMS with fans occur mainly round the drive belt and pulleys, and ispection on...

George Cartwright • The 10,000th Motec graduate, George Cartwright (CM, May 21/, could almost be described as the complete...

by David Lowe, minstTA Plackett's Transport Ltd. CONTROL of a transport fleet to achieve economic ends is important but in...

BENEFITS for both operators and drivers are promised when a more efficient system for the central issue of driver and vehicle...

Meter test for a noisy minority by janus p ROPHETS of doom have a natural temptation to exaggerate the horrors they describe....

Commercial Motor, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London SD'. Q We are principally a haulage company but have become...

matters by John Darker, AMBIM Transport and distribution consultants No 6. Associated Industrial Consultants Ltd Giving...

by Les Oldridge AIRTE. AMIM I Direction indicators (2) IT will be remembered that last week I dealt with the various kinds of...

• The mobility of both goods and passenger vehicles has been the major reason for the vast growth of the road transport...

by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London. Rural bus services TRANSPORT EXAMINERS are...

Mays Transit Co Ltd. Cap: LICO. Objects: To carry on the business of haulage contractors, etc. Subs; M. J. Hope, B. Goldstein,...

provide load simulation during ke testing of heavy goods doles, Raworth Engineering Co ; designed a device which )lies load...

the food, chemical and allied ustries, plastic pallets have !n finding special acceptance :ause of their hygienic and...

meet the needs for signs on icles under The Corrosive )stances (Conveyance By id) Regulations 1971, which le into force on July...

Rad-check is the name given to a radiator water-level probe developed by Tragonic Sales Ltd. The probe is connected by a tube...

Pressure gauge selection has always been a problem for engineers, designers and buyers. There are hundreds of different types...

A range of heavy-duty conveyor and elevator chains has been introduced by the Chain Division of the Ewart Chainbelt Co Ltd that...

The Stainless Steel Development Association has published two brochures giving details of the various types of stainless steel...

A unit that can be used as either a pump or a motor is to be marketed by Andrew Fraser and Co. Comprising the FR range, units...

A pre-delivery service for the installation of automatic chassis lubrication equipment made by Enots Ltd is available to the...

Two units said to be ideal tools for garages and transport centres, where simple, portable mechanical devices for lifting and...

A Bear heavy-duty frame ar axle repair system that claimed to have a prit advantage over competitor equipment of "several...

kit version of the Telelube itomatic lubrication system eviously only used on immercial vehicles, is now .ailable for use on...

iuipment of various kinds, oduced in America, Germany, 31Iand and France, is being arketed in the UK by FIFF igineering...

Ansley Manufacturing (Kinver) d has developed a heavy-duty ofile-cut wheel chock which is all-welded construction and is a...

A range of female fasteners called Flushnuts, having nuts centrally located on 38mm by 18g perforated mild-steel discs, has now...

The Atlas Preservation Co Ltd is to market a range of Foster adhesives and sealants designed for building transport containers...

Speedograph Ltd has introduced a vibratory vehicle recorder that indicates the running time of the vehicle. It can be mounted...

Trevor Longcroft Much of the delay in obtaining spares from a dealer can be attributed to the seemingly endless task of...

elimination of release agents I of polishing between ildings is said to be a ure of a new polyester oat resin for grp mould...

;nding its already corniensive range of Duramold and truck remould tyres u-Lug has announced the lability of three new radial...

igems of distortion and 'age being caused by heat sfer when welding can be come, it is claimed, by the of Weld-Rite paste man...

An improved version of the British-made Mobax 100 YakStak handor power-operated hydraulic stacker has been announced by Mobax...

A restorer which is said to clean, restore and shine vehicle upholstery and facies has been developed by Tak Chemicals Ltd....

A brochure from G. Hunter (London) gives details of its range of gantries including lifting speeds, lift heights and control...