I T is not necessary to seek far for the reason for the sharp increase in the number of bankruptcies of hauliers last year,...

M UCH has been heard recently about the importa n ce of selectin g and trainin g drivers carefully, and of buildin g up team...

I T will not be long before all the scattered staff of British Road Services' South Eastern Division are gathered together...

M R. A. T. WORBOYS, chairman of the London Brick Co., Ltd., seems to be one of the few big industrialists who appreciate the...

BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT B RITISH coach companies are co-operating with hoteliers in the biggest drive ever to persuade...

discover the cab rTh. making the greatest contribution to the comfort, safety and convenience of the driver will be held in...

T HE Minister of Transport has upheld the grant made to Greatrex Motor Coaches, Ltd., Stafford, to run an express service from...

W ORK was due to start on Wednesday on the construction of the new factory of the British Motor Corporation at pathgate, West...

M OST of the difficulties mentioned by Leonard Green (Haulage), Ltd., Rotherham, when they applied to add eight vehicles of 32...

Road Services I. at Swindon, which was part of the car industry production line between the factory of the Pressed Steel Co.,...

'DR. K. W. BRITTAN has been appointed research manager of the King's Norton factory of the Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd. ALD....

A N application by Messrs. Senator Transport, Great Elm, Somerset, which had been adjourned twice, was finally disposed of by...

A LLEGATIONS that completely uneconomic rates were being paid to tipper operators, by the contractors for the Ross Spur...

B US companies in the East Midlands are to ask the Minister of Transport to investigate suspected illegal operation of small...

C ONCENTRATION of peak loadings, which was aggravated by the shorter working week in the engineering industry, was causing...

BY OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT T OLLS for future motorways are being seriously considered by the Ministry of Transport....

A BOUT 100 drivers and mates returnee to work on Monday, following at unofficial strike, at the Ashburton Row depot of British...

B ECAUSE the company's maintenance facilities were located in Scotland, J. and A. Smith, of Maddiston, Ltd., Maddiston, near...

S UGGESTIONS that Western Area operators were obtaining steel traffic from South Wales at the expense of Welsh hauliers,...

Bus Depot Plans: Southend Transport Department is proceeding with plans for the early erection of a bus depot at London Road,...

Advocate : Authority "Misled " A RIDICULOUS heavy haulage proposition was how Mr. A. W. Balne " described the operation of a...

T HE announcement last week' tha Jaguar Cars, Ltd., are to purchase th Daimler Co., Ltd., which includes Trans port Vehicles...

Bid by Furniture Group to Place Fleet Under A-Licence Meets Stiff Opposition IF the Harris Lebus furniture group were allowed...

A N application by an Aberdeen haulier for a second licence to transport new cars and tractors north from English factories was...

A . TRANSPORTER capable of carrying three racing cars, spare parts and full - complement of mechanics has been Presented to the...

P REPARATIONS are being made by Dansk Automobil Byggeri, . the Danish concern associated with Leyland Motors, Ltd., for the...

• P. G. Wilson, Ltd. Cap. £3,000. Dirs.: Mrs.I. Wilson. Orchard House, 89 Rochdale Road East, Heywood, Law, and J. Holden, 467...

R OAD and , rail rates and fares .wil undoubtedly be increased ir Northern Ireland if wage increase 'offer from the Ulster...

A LLEGED to have operated a tn. " pirate " bus service with a minibus, Ian Logan, Church Street, Maryport, taxi proprietor, was...

T HE world's first gas turbine-powered fire truck has reeently been built by the American LaFrance Corporation, Elmira, New...

R EVENUE, passengers and mileage had all increased during a satisfactory trading year which ended on March 31, said Cllr. W....

By Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. F ROM local cartage to removals on a national (or even global) basis—that, iri a - nutShell,...

A RIGID system of preventive maintenance of major components, based on time and mileage intervals, was discontinued by the...

By JANUS T HE chances that the Channel Tunnel will ever be built are very slender, in spite of the opinions of the eminent...

L'OR the first time since the event was I begun 12 years ago, a British coach gained the Grand Prix in the Nice International...

H AVING travelled some 3,400 miles in a Thames-Duple coach during the record breaking London-Moscow run last year, I can claim...

Hand-brake performance was even more unexpected, as I was able easily to achieve a Tapley-meter reading of 42.5 per cent. from...

Dividends T OO rapid expansion has been detrimental to the continued independence of many hauliers since denationalization....

-r-w() Blackhawk tools are now available in this I country from E. P. Barrus (Concessionaires)1 Ltd., 12-16, Brunel Road,...

A HAULIER has inquired whether the mounting of threedeck cattle-carrying bodies would be legal on four-wheel chassis. There is...

A BANDONMENT of the coal allocation system, in April, 1959, had r-k ended the seller's market and made the operation of...

A SURVEY of traffic using crossings Arv of the River Thames from Tower Bridge to Gravestnd-Tilbury ferry is to be made to...

T t WO tippers, to transport agricultural I. lime for their parent company and solid fuel for Thomas Silvey, Ltd., Bristol,...