The failure of port authorities and dock employers to take a strong line in this year's dockland disputes is matched by their...

• A Parliamentary row broke out over the 99 haulage permits allocated to Britain by the Common Market (CM last week). MPs asked...

on motorways / 13 17:ch=ows • A warning to tyre fitters about the risk of prosecution for obstruction when attending motorway...

II Regulations now before Parliament will teld two further classes of heavy goods vehicles to those exempted from the need 'or...

Britain's "first foot" into Europe, after )ecoming a full member of the EEC, at least in the coaching side, is likely to be a...

• A robust pick-up truck body for longwheelbase Bedford CF and Ford Transit chassis-cabs has been introduced by York's Truck...

• Rockwell-Standard, the axle-producing division of North American Rockwell Corporation, has bought the Midlandsbased pressings...

• As a measure to prevent congestion by heavy lorries in the City of Plymouth when a new ro-ro terminal becomes operational on...

• P&O Road Services have formed a new company — Munton-Europa Ltd — following acquisition of the international low-loader...

• One-day seminars covering the planning, purchase and operation of a goods vehicle fleet will be held by the Freight Transport...

• Formed last June, the National Study Group for classroom management training for approved driving instructors, of which Mr J....

• Atalanta Shipping Ltd will be mi:virw on January 1 1973 from Edenbridge, Kenl, to larger premises at The Mill, Mill Lane,...

• Two lorry drivers who complained to the Industrial Tribunal that they had been unfairly treated by their union, the TGWU, had...

• To help packers and manufacturers of packaging in the £900m industry BSI is publishing a new Standard in the field of...

• After the end of the Government's wages and prices freeze, higher charges are expected to be introduced for extralong...

• It is now known that the East Sussex advisory lorry routes (CM December 22) apply to vehicles over 3 tons gross weight.

£24 7 m for Nigeria • A contract to supply 470 Bedford trucks worth nearly £2+ million to the government of the Federal...

• Airsea Freight Group, international hauliers and part of P and 0, have opened new headquarters in Kirkintilloch, near...

• The Scottish Transport Group, which failed recently in an attempt to acquire Western Ferries, has now announced plans to...

• A three-day symposium on "Advanced transport systems in British cities" is being organized in March by the Urban Transport...

• Vibrations that would impair the efficiency of a driver after only a short time have been discovered by Motor Industry...

• A new haulage business — Elgin Transport and Storage Co. — is to start up early in January, concentrating mostly on the...

• A Government best-seller — currently 7000 copies a month — is Driving, the official manual of good driving practice prepared...

• The Swedish equivalent of the RHA has formed a special company called AB Akeri Radio (Haulage Radio Ltd) which has its own...

• A total of 57 drivers employed by National Carriers Ltd, Edinburgh, have gained National Safe Driving Awards for 1971, many...

• Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive has made a profit of £33,000 this year, compared with an estimated loss of £426,000....

• Following the cancellation of one-hour Jumbo Jet trips linked to coach tours, because of Government pressure, a substitute...

• Substantial new-vehicle orders placed by Grey Green Coaches Ltd have led to the company putting an unusually large number of...

• The two Welsh National Bus Company subsidiaries have joined forces to sell their holiday and travel activities. Until now...

• Shopkeepers at Houghton-le-Spring, Co Durham, have introduced a free bus service carrying customers to the town's shopping...

Mr Albert Burrows We announce with regret the deaths of Albert Burrows, Charles Morgan, and L. W. Taylor Mr Burrows, 53, had...

• An Alexander-bodied express coach of the type developed for the Eastern Scottish night service between Scotland and London is...

• Cut-price tickets for London Transport flat fare services in the Ealing area are to be sold in shops. The ticket strips...

• Replying to a written question in which the Environment Secretary was asked if he would circularize all road passenger...

• Eight thousand London Transpot drivers and nearly 7000 conductor qualified last year for awards made by th Road Operators'...

• An increase in the• number of old-age pensioners, blind and disabled people using buses in the Merseyside PTE area since...

II Despite achieving a record revenue of Iver £6m in the year ended May 28 last, kiinburgh Corporation transport departlent...

I At a meeting of Sunderland Corportion's transport committee, it was reported hat a deficit of £280,000 was expected for le...

• A claim for a substantial pay increase has been lodged for Scotland's municipal busmen. It will be discussed at the annual...

• A national private coach concern, Associated Coach Travel Ireland Ltd, has told Eire's National Prices Commission that the...

• A fleet of 30 vehicles and 22 trailers was too much for the two fitters employed by W. Lanham and Sons Ltd of Ormesby St...

• When summer visitors look across from Ayr at the striking contours of Arran it is, from the point of view of accessibility by...

• A one-man operator who arrived for a Section 69 inquiry but did not wait for his case to be called had his licence revoked by...

• Judgment was reserved in the case of E. H. Nickolls Junior Ltd, Rainham, Kent, by the South Eastern deputy LA, Mr G. C....

• Overloaded vehicles were a menace on the road and a major cause of accidents, Mr H. R. Aylmer, the Scottish deputy LA, said...

• An appeal against the Road Transport Industry Training Board's levy assessment made to the Industrial Tribunal by SD Freight...

• The driver of a new Atkinson six-wheel tractive unit, which has lately entered service with Cambro Contractors, of Clay...

• ERF and Foden have specified GKN Farr air filters as original equipment on one model in the company's range in each case. The...

• Powdered lime of a special kind used in he manufacture of Marley floor tiles is )eing hauled in bulk by Marley Transport Itcl...

• Whether noise reduction is most realistically achieved by partial encapsulation, by engine redesign, or both, Perkins Engines...

by Paul Brockington • The ready availability of standard hydraulic components obtainable off the shelf, the use of hydraulic...

by Martin Hayes A SERIOUS situation which would almost certainly cost operators money and could even mean some of them having...

view by the Hawk • BRSL spacemen? Now that the Americans have successfully finished their moonshot programme, are British...

Training of drivers I have read with great interest your article in Commercial Motor, December 1, giving a resume of your...

John Copland • Spare a thought this weekend for John Copland who begins a new career in road transport as the managing...

Man in the hot seat AT the end of a year when the image of the commercial vehicle operator has taken a considerable battering,...

by Handyman Details to save. down-time (2) Be prepared for bad weather: check air brake chambers for push rod travel;...

Which way for enforcement now? • In view of the frequent pleas from Road Haulage Association circles for stricter enforcement...

by Johnny Johnson THE SUBJECT of plating and testing local authority vehicles came up when I was speaking to the manager of a...

by Eric Gibbins, MCIT TWENTY YEARS AGO the normal method of transporting timber in Sweden was to float it down the rivers....

about the kind of hgv licence required to drive a drawbar trailer outfit you say that a Class 2 licence is required. Presumably...

business and I am trying to assess whether the price being asked for it, is reasonable. Could you please tell me what sum I...

I wish to hire a truck for five days (its gvw is 9.5 tons) to collect some furniture. The trip is a private one, and not...

2 hgv licence. If the firm sent to the RTTTB-approved training school for a Class I licence, would the firm receive a...

you state that drivers who do not drive more than four hours daily and within a 25mile radius of their base need not keep...

axle limit by Gibb Grace THROUGHOUT most of Western Europe the standard heavy truck grosses 38 tonnes (ie. 37.4 tons). Every...

The Ford range of commercial vehicles offers any number of ways to improve your business profitability. Starting with our 6-cwt...

Commercial Motor is starting two new series of features in 1973, and the first parts of both will be published in the January 5...

matters by John Darker AMBIM N1RC's first birthday In all the public clamour about a few notorious cases, much of the solid...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI The weighing of vehicles (2) THE WORDS "weight transmitted to the road surface by any two...

learning by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London. Grading road transport managers on a...