When plating and testing begins in Scotland on Monday it will be three months later than the date originally planned. A similar...

Delay and indecision are two criticisms which cannot be levelled at the new state company, National Carriers Ltd., which...

£5m ORDER TO MODERNIZE FLEET O A new company—with £5m to invest in 6,000 new vehicles—has been formed to replace, under the...

• Next Monday, December 2, testing and plating of goods vehicles begins at official Ministry of Transport stations in Scotland....

As. announced last week, CM intends to provide readers with a regular detailed guide to the provisions of the Transport Act...

bus ban MAY STOP ALL LONDON'S SATURDAY NIGHT SERVICES industrial corre r p o ol o X • A move will be made to get all 30,000...

• Solly Davis, a director of the London haulage firm of Charles Poulter, and 27 other men— most of them lorry drivers—appeared...

• Following the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of a 10 per cent surcharge on duty for petroleum products,...

save you f20 from our Parliamentary correspondent • Up to £20 might be saved by commercial vehicle owners when they license a...

• A road fund tax of about £13 per plated gross ton is suggested by the Transport Association in a memorandum to the Ministry...

• A profitable year for short-distance haulage but a difficult year for long-distance operation: that is how London and...

• A new body to serve the waste disposal industry was announced in London on Wednesday. The National Association of Waste...

• Mr. Richard Marsh, Minister of Transport, addressing the Motor Industry Research AsSociation in London on Wednesday, told his...

• A new truck centre with extensive service and testing facilities was opened on Tuesday by County Garage Co. Ltd., of...

MAINTENANCE, DISTRIBUTION AND CONTAINERIZATION DISCUSSED AT AIM CONFERENCE, REPORTED BY PAUL BROCKINGTON • "If, with a...

I M H symposium reviewed by John Darker • Developments in containerization occur so rapidly that every conference is likely to...

by Ro g er Howell • Twenty-two security minded road transport men this week attended a two-day course at Welwyn Garden City...

by John Darker • Although the UK transport system was no less efficient than its Continental rivals and was, indeed, in...

Local wage deals • Since 1965, when Mr. A llenL aw, Transport and General Workers Union organizer for the Birmingham area,...

• Substantial increases in operating costs, and the "very ambiguous" PIS report which encouraged transport users to resist...

• The Northern LA, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, allotted a further three days in Durham this week to the application by G. Stiller...

• The Transport Tribunal has turned down the appeal of Transitex Export Service Ltd., Turton, near Bolton, against the North...

• The Transport Tribunal has decided that the South Wales LA was too severe in curtailing the three Fred Jones and Co....

• After hearing Mr. W. Gilboys, a director of W. Gilboys Transport Ltd., Leeds, the Yorkshire deputy LA, Mr. Maxwell Gosnay, at...

• A private enterprise v nationalized concern battle was fought at a sitting of the Traffic Commissioners in Perth on November...

• A Birmingham haulier was told by the West Midland Licensing Authority, Mr. J. Else last week that if the application had been...

• Management by remote control would no longer be possible under the new Transport Act, remarked Mr. J. Else, West Midland LA,...

• The hearing of applications by two Accrington associated companies, which had commenced six months previously, were finally...

• No judgment was given by the Transport Tribunal on the appeal of Chris Metcalfe Ltd., heard in London on Thursday of last...

• The Transport Tribunal has completed its judgment on the appeal of W. G. R. Wightman (CM November 8). The appeal arose from...

• The PV0A has now obtained the results of some research into driver fatigue undertaken by the Systems Research Group,...

• Bus passengers in Oxford last week were surprised when green and red and cream buses stopped to pick them up. Nine buses...

• Newcastle upon Tyne transport committee is to experiment with 10-journey tickets which will be franked by passengers...

• The Bill to provide for the reorganization of the London Transport System was introduced in the Commons on Wednesday by Mr....

• The number of Commander Mk. IV bodies on order for Evan Evans Tours Ltd. is five, it is pointed out by Duple Motor Bodies...

• November 18 heralded the introduction of a number of sections of the Transport Act 1968. The official timetable was published...

by Tony Wilding On Wednesday, Davies and Robson, transport consultants, held a one-day business course in London with the...

by Ron Cater • Provided an engineer could be dispassionate about his own particular specialized field and was prepared to...

• Centrax Gears Ltd., Newton Abbot, Devon, is to produce Stopmaster twin-wedgeoperated brakes of 15in. diameter in a new 40.000...

by Handyman Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (20) A trainee driver can be taught a great deal about tyre care. Quite often...

Arthur Lainson, 57, has been unanimously elected chairman of the Executive Committee of the PVOA. Mr. Lainson is managing...

Co. Ltd., has been appointed with effect from January 1, chief engineer of the Yorkshire Traction Co, Ltd„ in succession to A....

sales director, will assume the responsibilities of deputy chairman of the board from January 1 1969: E. G. (Eric) Smethurst,...

• Sir Barnes Wallis. chief of the Aeronautical R and D department of the British Aircraft Corporation (Weybridge) Ltd. will...

Western National Omnibus Co. Ltd. and Southern National Omnibus Co. Ltd. Anthony Cooper, 36, has been appointed Metal Sections...

We record with regret the death of R. W. Simpson. Mr Simpson, a bus proprietor at Keswick, Cumberland, died in hospital at the...

Only about 10 years have elapsed since the Republic of Ireland Government gave permission to certain British coach operators to...

I sometimes wonder whether complaints of small attendances at meetings of transport bodies cannot be laid partly at the door of...

Vehicle operators in the Doncaster, Wallasey and Barrow-in-Furness areas may not be aware of the fact but they have the MPTA to...

Since it stands well out on Morecambe Bay's northern tip, Barrow-in-Furness is far away from the heavy traffic arteries. Derek...

It is strange but a number of eligible operators who entered the LDoY competition have not claimed a training grant from the...

A film shown by Monsanto in Mayfair last week created a great deal of interest in a very mixed audience. Called Windscreen...

'Star of the night at the BRS Parcels Ltd. safe-driving presentation ceremony in City Road, EC1, last Friday was Henry Bridge...

The recent swing to containerisation and an increasing awareness of the way better food quality and freshness lead to increased...

PART 2 Last week Commercial Motor published the first part of an exclusive interview with the Minister of Transport. Here Mr....

INFORMATION given in a symposium on motor vehicle air pollution control at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on Monday...

We run an overland transport service from England to Turkey and the Middle East. Six months ago we were asked to tender for a...

I was most interested in the report CCM November 1) concerning a statement by Mr. A. Morris, director of Sirroma Transport re:...

Being in a hurry the other day, I called in at a transport café at Watford Gap on M1. You can imagine my surprise when I was...

byJ. P. B. Sherriff, MITA TAKING FROZEN FOODS FROM KENT TO KREFELD-AND BRINGING 'BRUSSELS' BACK TOTHE GARDEN OF ENGLAND AFTER...

by Roger Howell IN the highly competitive world of road haulage it is not always easy to get operators to talk about their...

"IF you're looking for a good story, it might pay you to get down to Smithfield and have a look at what the meat carriers are...

by A. J. P. Wilding, MIMechE, MIRTE WITH CONTAINERS destined to play an increasingly diverse role in transport of the future...

Janus comments EACH GENERATION rediscovers the concept of switched-on transport where the carriage of traffic is the only...

The international movement of foodstuffs is increasing rapidly and the trade is playing a major part in the economies of many...

body from a medium-wheelbase BMC, and propose to fit our own flat platform. How much overhang are we allowed? The vehicle is a...

ing and are having difficulty with our loss of use claims. In one accident a 41-seat Bedford SB1 coach was damaged by a...

would like to start an owner/driver business carrying general goods using a 15 cwt van. Can you please tell me if there might...

Motor you published details of a high-pressure vehicle washer which worked at approximately 500 p.s.i. The price was £750....

A BASIC CONCEPT of the economist is the "demand curve" which indicates the expected demand for particular goods or services at...

by Les Oldridge AIRTE, AMIMI Pedestrian crossings REGULATION 4 of the Pedestrian Crossing Regulations 1954 provides that foot...

Facilities are now available in this country for heavy commercial vehicles to be fitted with the French-made Telma Electric...

A seat belt kit made by Williams Motor Co. (Manchester) Ltd. enables operators of Deansgate / Ford Transit mini-buses and...

Adan Hydraulics Ltd. has introduced to the UK the Delavan axial-piston hydraulic pumps with capacities up to 30 g.p.m.,...

A range of portable power washers, produced by H. J. Godwin Ltd., covers capacities of 2gal/min to 20gal/min at pressures up to...

An illustrated leaflet describes Ferobestos asbestos reinforced plastics and their use in all types of engineering...

Latest and most powerful addition to the Kina range of pressure washers is the 10A dieselpowered unit. The Kina 10A diesel...

"Pneumatic for Road Transport" —that's the title of a 20-page two-colour Westinghouse brochure which is divided into three main...

A barrow mounting for the 793-SH Tork-Rite heavy-duty impact-wrench kit introduced by the Automotive Division of the...

A comprehensive range of flame-proof pallet and fork-lift trucks has been announced by Upton. The trucks have been developed...

The JD Autocharger, an entirely automatic electronically controlled battery charger introduced by JD Electronics Ltd. checks...

with Ron Cater Locating an air leak in the pneumatic system of a large vehicle is a tedious process when using traditional...

The Circloc, a new nylon selflocking fastening element introduced by Firth Cleveland Fastenings Ltd., can be applied to all...

Known as the Chekaload, an axle load weighing instrument announced by Epco Ltd. can be used in conjunction with any jack having...

Most of the vehicle security devices that have come onto the market are either of high firstcost, difficult to fit or permanent...

A British patent has been granted to Thomas Electronics Ltd. for Radolarm, a device for indicating the loss of water from the...

A universal brake analyser, introduced by Tecalemit (Engineering) Ltd., features a four-roller floor unit in which each pair of...

An earth leakage protection system with a breaker rating of 100amp and an unusually high trip speed of 25-28 milliseconds at 15...

Reflective side markers produced by the Trico Development Co. Ltd. are of the self-adhesive type and can be affixed to the...

Designed for testing the brakes of heavy commercial vehicles, a slow-speed roller brake tester developed by Laycock Engineering...

Telehoist has published a pamphlet on remote-drive power take-off units, remote-drive hydraulic pumps, and combined pto and...