O NCE in a while it is not a bad thing for operators to take a few moments away from the political turmoil that is once again...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT "THE Ministry of Transport has now J. received the comments of the National Road Transport...

A GENERAL increase of 5 per cent in haulage rates fromlune 1: that was the recommendation made by the •R.H.A. rates committee...

w E are concerned only with the efficiency of transport," said Mr. K. C. Turner, president, at the annual dinner in London on...

A FTER discussions between the management of the Co-operative Wholesale Society and the Transport and General Workers' Union it...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT D iRECTION of heavy traffic from the roads to the railways in the interests _of road safety...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE E.E.C. Commission last week submitted its new proposals on international vehicle weight and...

T HE possibility of new legislation to govern working conditions in places . like road transport depots not already covered by...

4 -1 A CRITICAL time for road haulage ' as a whole would come in the next few months, said Aid. W. R. Hargrave at Ilkley on...

O N Tuesday night Coventry ; City Council agreed to defer a proposal by its transport committee' which would have meant...

Mr. L. G. T. FARMER, president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and executive vice-chairman of the Rover Co....

Minister Announces Licensing inquiry 1-I-i • setting-up of an independent nquiry into the licensing of road E haulage was...

THE Transport Tribunal in London on Tuesday partially allowed an appeal by R. G. Tait and Sons. of Haydon Bridge,...

A DESIRE to avoid the necessity of renewing licences at two-yearly intervals could not be a reason for granting an A licence in...

B-to-A Battle at Chelmsford A N . application by a Southend-on-Sea haulier to convert a 12-vehicle B licence into an A licence,...

A N application by British Road Services for six additional articulated vehicles for its Cardiff fleet was refused by the South...

Mr. J. H. Vincent has retired from London Carriers Ltd. after some 22 years with the company ; he served as transport en g...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT B Y adding only about 100 buses to its fleet of 4,600 and by increasing its annual mileage by...

DEFORE any action is taken on the Beeching report, Lord Provost Mrs. Jean Roberts wants a study made of the effects it would...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT lkAUNICIPAL busmen are to renew IVI their efforts to win a 40-hour week. As forecast in The...

p AY negotiations on behalf of 100,000 company busmen made a little progress this week when the special subcommittee appointed...

'THE East Lancashire bodies for 20 J. Leyland Atlanteans ordered by Sheffield Corporation are to be built in Sheffield itself,...

THE profit, after taxation, made by B.E.T. Omnibus Services Ltd. for the year ended March 31, 1963, was £577,326, an increase...

MEWS was released on Wednesday by / 1 the Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, U.S.A., of an experimental Ford tractive unit powered...

D URING the first quarter of 1963, British commercial vehicle exports totalled 39,000, an increase of 246 on the figure for the...

P RODUCTION of integral van bodies on the Commer Walk-Thru 2-ton and 3-ton chassis has been started by J. H. Sparshatt and Sons...

orders for Bedfords is one from the Inland Transport Authority, Egypt, for 200 SB bus and coach chassis. The chassis, powered...

nES1IGNS representative of contem porary practice in ambulance construction have figured in this week's exhibition at the Royal...

the use of elec. r E t i lic vehicles in Great Britain was maintained in 1962, reveals the annual report of the Electric...

E QUIPMENT to facilitate the removal of containers from vehicles, without the need for an elaborate handling system or overhead...

'Two new items have been added to I the Dotloc range of parts made by Carr Fastener Ltd., Stapleford, Nottingham. These are...

T O meet the growin g demand for multiple garages the British Cast Concrete Federation commissioned the design of a standard...

CARROTS are better than kicks with a donkey, they say. " This theory might well be applied by the Government to get some of the...

once again the prickly subject of the farmers' C licence' L IVESTOCK has the distinction of being the only traffic...

By John F. Moon 4 s NE must be able to enter it, there must be room enough for sitting without muscular strain, one must be...

BY H. BRIAN COTTEE Chassis makers put thc . oducts to the test T HE TORTURE can be swift and brutal or long drawn out and...

A COMPLETE understanding of the effects of temperature changes on the performance, reliability and fuel consumption of a piston...

O NE of the interesting novelties tucked away among the gallery exhibits at the Earls Court Commercial Motor Show last...

By A. J. P. Wilding B RITISH trailer and semi-trailer manufacturers have, in common with the makers of rigid vehicles, for...

British specialist coachbuilders have secured a substantial share of the growing world-wide market for reliable well-equipped...

M AINLY because of the exceptionally bad weather conditions prevalent last winter, but partly because there always tends to be...

A KEY factor of the road haulage industry is its multiplicity of small units. It has undoubtedly provided --and continues to...