British road transport operators delugedc - vith new legislation and burdened by escalating costs might be forgiven for...

NEW COMMON MARKET REGULATIONS MAY GIVE MR MARSH THE LEVER TO INTRODUCE THEM HERE • Tachographs are to become a legal...

New Elmdon busworks to close by Derek Moses • The bus building works of Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Ltd. at Elmdon, on the...

• The Yorkshire (Hull) area of the Road Haulage Association won an award of merit in Kingston upon Hull Lord Mayor's parade on...

• Pungent criticisms of the Road Transport Industry Training Board were made this week by the Sand and Ballast Hauliers and...

• Mr. Richard Marsh, the Minister of Transport, visits Liverpool today. He is to tour the docks and meet representatives of the...

• Ford Motor Co. has added a 22-tong.t.w. tractive unit to its D series range. The new model is a D800 developed by the Special...

• The EEC Commission has toldthe German Government that, while German plans for the development of feeder lines and integrated...

• "Today, there is nearly £2,500m worth of motorway, trunk and principal road schemes in the programme or in preparation, and...

• Operators of a chain of restaurants in London's West End, Old Kentucky Restaurants Ltd.. set Capital Motor Co. Ltd.. Bedford...

Union men from our industrial correspondent • The 12-man No. 1 Docks Group committee of the Transport and General Workers'...

• Proposed changes in the structure of the Lorry Driver of the Year competition were not confirmed at last week's executive...

• Fatal and serious casualties among drivers and passengers on goods vehicles rose by 14 per cent during the first two months...

• At a recent meeting the Executive Council of the National Association of Furniture Ware housemen and Removers agreed to...

• Allisons Freight Lines Ltd. shareholders received a formal takeover offer from Amalgamated Rubber and Industrial Holdings...

• The Port of London Authority. British Railways and National Carriers Ltd. jointly announce that with effect from the close of...

Extension of Plating and Testing scheme • The Minister of Transport yesterday circulated far comment draft regulations which...

• The National Joint Negotiating Committee meeting which was discussing the TGWU claim for an improved salary structure for...

by David Lowe Wine by the ton CONTAINER cargoes of many differing types have been mentioned in CM recently and one of these...

Container conference • A two-day conference on Containerization arranged by the College of Production Technology will be held...

from our industrial correspondent • London Transport offered a 1 7s a week rise to its 32,000 busmen last week in return for a...

• The name of the director-general for the SEL NEC PTA was expected to be announced yesterday from a short-list of five. The...

• The first 36ft coach to operate in the Isle of Man arrived on the island this week. It is a reconditioned Bedford VAL with a...

Provincial Traction Co. Ltd., which was recently acquired by the Wiles Group, officially became the Swain Group Ltd. For 35...

• A new 16-seat minibus by Strachans (Coachbuilders) Ltd., Hamble, Hants, based on a Ford Transit 1 ; ton chassis, is claimed...

• A must for people in the road passenger transport industry or suppliers to that industry is The Little Red Book, a new...

• Three 33ft Daimler Fleetlines with Willowbrook 44-seat bodies similar to the example illustrated are the first rear-engined...

• Fifteen housewives in the north east of England are travelling more than 6,000 miles between them on buses in a bid to...

a new mayor last week, Brighton Town Council decided to combine the highways and transport committees into one, to co-ordinate...

by David Spain • An automatic chassis cleaner was demonstrated at Leyton (LTB) bus garage on Wednesday. It has been developed...

• One-man double-decker buses could be in operation in Edinburgh this year, forecast Mr. Ronald Cox, transport manager of...

Eric Chadwick has been appointed overseas engineer and export manager of the Primrose Group, Mr. Chadwick is at present on an...

• A meeting called by the North East Tipper Operators' Association this month to discuss a common rates schedule was virtually...

• The North Western deputy LA, Mr. G. K. Newman, removed two vehicles from the A licence of H. R. Morrison Ltd. under Section...

• A new B licence was refused to J. P. Donnelly, a Warrington secondhand furniture and antique dealer, at a public inquiry in...

• Mr. J. Hanlon, the Northern LA, sitting in Penrith on Tuesday of last week, heard five inquiries into haulage applications....

by Ron Cater • Latest in the range of semi-trailers made by Taskers Trailers, the Formula 5 model, was completed last week. It...

• The practical mind of Northants haulier Mr. A. J. L. Partrick has devised an extremely simple method to keep his vehicles out...

• The first York-Neville Tandem-Dump semi-trailer dumper to be exported as a knocked-down build-it-yourself pack, complete with...

• The British Standards Institution has recently published a new standard. BS 4430—recommendations for the safety of powered...

• A Powell Duffryn 17T Dinotrailer semitrailer was recently added to the fleet operated by Thompson Metals ICwmcarn} Ltd. and...

Loads and forces (2) • From my experience of looking into why vehicles turn over at roundabouts. I would say two regular...

• An increase in tyre life from 20,000/ 25,000 to around 40,000 has been obtained by Fyffes Group Ltd., 15 Stratton St.,...

• The company trading at 88-96 Market St., Preston, mentioned in our May 16 issue as importers of Zenith tachographs, is W and...

• John Wallace Greenock Ltd., part of the Glasgow-based John Wallace Group. has appointed the following distributors of...

Anniversaries again. Last week's annual luncheon of the National Association of Warehouse Keepers was the 25th—and the special...

If the NAWK menu was fittingly silver, the latest issue of Hydraulics at Work is appropriately splashed with gold, for it marks...

If it's nostalgia you're after, a little book received this week may be the answer. Entitled Discovering Traction Engines, it's...

Back to anniversaries agaip—last Saturday was the 25th birthday of "B" department of the Metropolitan Police, the department...

Tipper man Les House was this week elected Mayor of the London Borough of Hackney. Les is the first Conservative Mayor of...

Eddie Barber of Essex Carriers and Betty Smith, the admin. assistant to the Lorry Driver of the Year committee, shunned the...

CALLING ALL HAULIERS WITH SPARE CAPACITY BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND KENT. THE KIDS AT JOYDENS WOOD, BEXLEY, PRIMARY SCHOOL ARE...

ONE of the golden rules in the world of finance is not to overstretch your resources or your organization beyond its...

WHEN the Morris 5cwt van was introduced in July 1953 it was heralded as a considerable step forward in light commercial vehicle...

NOISE is virtually a continuous experience to those of normal hearing. Even a person living alone on top of a mountain and...

the most important factors in ensuring the success of a joint or co-operative venture. With a business venture, particularly...

Aliens Transport Ltd., Eastgate, (Seeping St. James. Peterborough. Aclutrorth Transport Co, Ltd.. Wakefield Road, Ackworth....

professional driver is almost bound to be involved in an accident sooner or later, even if only as a witness. Immediately after...

While operators are right to take note of the new penalties for licensing infringements which the Transport Act introduces, it...

Wet blanket I POINTED OUT last week that when speaking to the Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association...

THE Cranfield College of Aeronautics is not a name that springs to mind when road hauliers discuss mechanical handling. I...

trucks are now based on a special type of laminated safety glass. Could you give details of this glass? A All 1966 cars and...

book as a digging machine and hydraulic shovel. Could you inform us what the tyre regulations are concerning this machine while...

tools for my job (forestry contractor) such as chains, saws and suchlike. At the moment this vehicle is taxed as goods; is it...

it be illegal to drive a vehicle to a scrap yard on trade plates when its normal MoT test period has passed? A Among the list...

application form "Without restriction of speed other than statutory speed limits"? A The reason that plating application forms...

plated for 24 tons g.t.w. With the type of irr ivisible load I normally carry! run at 30-32 tons g. t. w. The vehicle conforms...

these buses are used for carrying school children. Can you tell me how many children should be carried on each of them ? A...

Reading that Mr. Galton of the Road Transport Society is about to start a photographic library (CM May 16), I thought it...

I was roost interested to read the letter (CM May 16) regarding the fears, both real and imaginary, of your correspondent on...

I read with some dismay your article "To catch the test dodgers" {CM April 18). Is the Ministry of Transport not already aware...

ALTHOUGH in 1968 there has been a reasonable increase in the number of candidates for the RSA Diploma in Road Transport...

WHEN a person is prosecuted for any offence listed in Part I or Part II of the First Schedule to the 1962 Road Traffic Act he...

A dual-purpose anti-corrosion product, Omnigliss Permanent, has been developed by the Moly kote Division of Dow Corning...

From E. G. Allchin and Co. Ltd. comes a planetary-geared power wrench—the Plarad Model XVK—particularly suitable for...

An air conditioning unit which freshens and circulates air in winter, cools it in summer and also provides the correct level of...

A hand tool, designed specifically for placing Avex break-stem rivets, has been introduced by Avdel Ltd. Known as the Type 759...

Graco has introduced new 'portable air-powered and handoperated lubricating units and accessories. They are the lightweight...

A mobile servicing unit, which enables plant and machinery to be serviced and greased on site, has been developed by Multi...

The 1969 edition of Trader Handbook has now been published. The basic design and layout of this 579-page edition is unchanged...

A new method for repairing collision damage is being introduced into the UK following a highly successful introduction into the...

Rydgeway Plastics Ltd. has added to its range of high-top van conversions with a model for the Ford Escort van. Conversions are...

A range of Dustbane vacuum cleaners, a floor scrubber and a scrubbing/vacuum cleaner come from the New Romney Manufacturing Co....

Holt Products Ltd. has developed an oil additive, known as EP5, which is a viscosity im prover and is claimed to combat wear...

The Baco range of aluminium sections has been rationalized and now includes several new sections as well as a series designed...

A means of protecting boundary walls and buildings in car parks, particularly the multi-storey type, from damage due to...

with Ron Cater Sir William Black, who 10 years ago opened the then new workshops of Commercial Vehicle Repairs Ltd. at...

A small, stationary refuse packer introduced by Powell Duffryn Engineering meets the requirements of stores, offices, etc....

A combined visible red and fluorescent dye penetrant process —Ardrox 9 VF 1—evolved by Ardrox Ltd. is a sensitive method of...

A two-way telephone amplifier from the Magnetic Broadcasting Co. Ltd. increases the voice of the caller sufficiently for it to...

An electric soldering gun introduced by SKIL features automatic trigger feed control which enables the operator to feed solder...

A heavy-duty industrial cleaning fluid has been developed by the hygiene department of Walkers (Century Oils) Ltd., The product...

An aluminium cleanser /brig htener—R aynap Al-Brite—which is said to be particularly suitable for treating the aluminium...

Skid-resistant road surfacing called Shellgrip can greatly reduced accidents at junction approaches. This claim follows tests...