Like the Transport Holding Company's annual report, the yearly statement from the Transport Development Group is regarded by...

from our Parliamentary correspondent • An allegation that the Government had organized membership of the new Tyneside...

• The chairman of the British Road Federation, Lord Chesham, said at the week-end that he was profoundly disappointed by the...

Am agreements between Britain and intended to facilitate road transport en the two countries were signed at the in Office on...

;peciai correspondent common education policy for road On is closer than many people realize, ay involve joint syllabuses at...

The day after Mr. Richard Marsh had announced his plans for road developments in England in a Green Paper (CM last week) the...

• Hexham Rural District Council, Northumberland, has agreed to subsidize a bus service between Bellingham and Newcastle upon...

• Delegates from 23 European countries and the USA discussed international commercial road transport problems at the 28th...

• Another group training scheme is to be started in Lancashire next month. Seven companies have formed the Manchester...

• A group training scheme designed for furniture removers is being prepared by members of the National Association of...

• A pre-MoT test centre for commercial vehicles has been opened by Luton Commercial Motors at Leighton Buzzard which is one...

le Transport Development Group Ltd. .roduced a new basis for depreciating :s and trailers, increasing the rate of iation and...

• The Road Haulage Association is offering a first prize of 50 guineas and a gold medal, a second prize of 30 guineas and a...

• A one-week residential road transport managers' course will be held from May 1116 in Warwickshire.. The course, to be...

Ministry of Transport will be inviting d Haulage Association and the Freight irt Association to discuss proposals for : pool...

• No revision of its artic driver courses will be necessary because of the requirements of the h.g.v. driving licence scheme,...

Included in the curriculum will be: choosing vehicles and replacement policy; vehicle maintenance; utilization of vehicles;...

by lain Sherriff • As reported briefly in CM last week, Crow Carrying Co. Ltd. has moved into a new depot in East London. The...

• The interest displayed by operators in a dual-purpose bulk tipper exhibited by Locomotors Ltd., Andover, Hants, on a Seddon...

the National Freight Corporation from York Trailer Co. Ltd., Corby, Northants. Three types of trailer are involved, including...

• White, Child and Beney Ltd., parent of the WCB Group, Stalybridge, Cheshire, has acquired the Salford haulage company,...

• British Road Services Ltd. has acquired Leeds Car Collection Service Ltd., a company operating four car transporters. Mr....

• A comprehensive pre-MoT vehicle test depot was opened on March 19 at Halifax Motor Co. Ltd., Saddleworth Road, Halifax. The...

per cent interest in Purle Waste Disposal (South Africa) Pty. Ltd. which has just been established in partnership with United...

I could prove that containers saved y and I could prove with equal ease that were more expensive; each traffic must , nsidered...

SALS for a £50m Britain-New I container service have been announcfour British Shipping Lines involved New Zealand Shipping...

• New consolidated C and U regulations, including all the amendments made since the last consolidated publication in 1956,...

• A dial gauge that records the pressure in the hydraulic rams of a tipping gear is incorporated in a device, evolved by...

• Three trucks, a bus and two diesel engines will be exhibited by British Leyland Truck and Bus Division at the Belgrade...

• To meet continued requests for doubledrive tractive units Volvo has now introduced double-drive versions of the 88 Series...

• Thermostatically controlled cooling fans designed to maintain engine temperature at the optimum figure for efficient...

• The accounts accompanying the annual report of the Freight Transport Association (the first under its new name), contain...

• When the old Blackwall tunnel re-opens on Friday (April 4) an electronic signalling system will help to prevent over-height...

immonses against three operators ad run supporters to Wembley withroad service licence in May 1967 Barrow had reached the rugby...

ris (Holmes Chapel) Ltd., a holder of a licle contract and a one-vehicle B was granted a new A licence in Manon Monday subject...

• The Minister of Transport has dismissed the appeals by Wakefield Corporation and 1B other local authorities against the...

• A uniform licensing scheme is being • • drawn up by the RI-IA to meet the new • situation created by the Transport...

Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, has refused an application by Mr. F. Sharpies of Nelson to vary his B licence by adding a three-ton flat....

• At a resumed sitting in Leeds last week, the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioner granted Sandown Tours (Burnley) Ltd., a new...

From May 9 the price of Applications and Decisions issued by the Licensing Authorities will be raised from 1s to 2s 6d....

APPLICATIONS March 26 1969 G. Wilkinson Sons and Co. (Leybum) Ltd., Leyburn. New B lic., 1 veh. (61). Limestone and coated...

APPLICATIONS March 25 1969 W. Rolls Ltd., Croscombe. New A hr.. 1 veh. (9t 10c). Round or sawn British grown timber within 150...

APPLICATIONS March 28 1969 T. W. Cook, Congieton. New B lic., 1 veh. 151 1 '0. Straw, provender, manure, roadstone,...

APPLICATIONS March 27 1969 R. W. Green, Dudley. New A lic„ 1 veh. (41t). Furniture. livestock and g.g. within 160 miles....

APPLICATIONS March 26 1969 F. C. Bennett and Sons Ltd., Kingston Blount. A var.. add. 1 veh. (50. Agric. products, building...

APPLICATIONS March 26 1969 J. E. and W. G. Richards, Abergavenny. New B lic., 1 veh. 1451. Animal feeding products, fertilizers...

APPLICATIONS March 27 1969 N. J. Othen, Leytan, E10. New B lic., 1 T (6t 9c1. Building and road-making mats., scrap metals,...

od, chief engineer of South Wales Transport d.. has been additionally appointed chief H . of Thomas Bros. (Port Talbot) Ltd.,...

Ltd.'s new Barking depot which is to be opened late this month or early May. Mr. Quinn's previous appointments include general...

• • • At a private meeting between the • Licensing Authorities and Ministry • • officials at the Ministry of...

ighton vice-chairman A. E. Spinney secretary. npton: E. W. Michell chairman: F. J. Webb, as vice-chairmen: D. R. Wools...

Next week's issue of Commercial Motor is a big special number devoted largely to international road transport. Entitled...

by Derek Moses • Opening the new operating centre of Leicester City Transport on Thursday of last week, Mr. Neal Carmichael...

• A Government spokesman last week resisted demands that PTAs should not be set up in Scotland in the face of local...

ders worth more than lm were placed Leyland Motors Ltd. for Atlantean -deck bus chassis during the past All from British...

• While it was envisaged that ownership of all municipal fleets in the area of a Passenger Transport Authority would be...

peace formula to prevent threatened id strikes by bus inspectors and depot has been agreed by Newcastle upon :orporation and...

• Under a complete local government reorganization planned by Sheffield City Council, nine new "groups" will replace the...

45ft long by Ron Cater • A 45ft-long semi-trailer with a folding and extensible fifth-wheel and a two-position, steering...

• "We have not made the perfect engine, but then I doubt if anyone has", said Mr. J. H. L. Parish, sales training manager of...

The Ford Turbo 360 is a significant step forward in truck engine concept, design and engineering. It combines increased power...

than any other manufacturer in the country: Ford Industrial Engine Division has been producing a turbocharged diesel for the...

The Turbo 360 has been exhaustively tested under actual operating conditions, not only by Ford engineers but by many operators...

an increased box section at the top deck—than the cylinder head on the naturally aspirated 360. Also, a stiffer block is...

drive the vanes of the turbine, thereby increasing the flow of fresh air to the engine. This provides more complete combustion...

The crankshaft utilises the latest technological advances, incorporating more manganese chrome molybdenum steel.

a castiron insert in the top compression ring groove for greater durability. Piston bowls are of 'Gothic arch' design to speed...

to provide maximum durability. Increased utilisation of fuel means increased heat so

The total weight of the Ford Turbo 360 is between 245 and 335 lb less than that of major competitive engines. This means that...

Increased service life and reduction in first t have led to progressive adoption of :ributor-type injection pumps on Leyland...

Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (38) by Handyman II This article is the last in my series in Nhich I have set out to find...

-gross eight-wheeler AN INDICATION of the lack of interest that manufacturers have shown in eight. wheelers in the past few...

he third man ifford, who has held every elected in the RHA at area and national as made a life member of the AssociaJanuary....

A LANCASHIRE OPERATOR PROVIDES A UNIQUE SERVICE OF CONTINENTAL COACH HOLIDAYS FOR CAMPERS WITH CAMPING becoming more...

8-Buxton brence at the two ps pioneered peration teen tipper ators AS READERS of Commercial Motor will know, tipper operators...

he pundits have been forecasting since any days of intermodal containerization, rs are bound to be burned. Almost every ir of...

:GOND casualty is uncomfortably nearer a. Sealord Shipping Co. Ltd. who, only over a year ago joined the growing ranks Drth Sea...

ONE group of road operators who are on a • good thing at the moment are those who haul containers for Bell Line and...

CHANCES are that in the container world of the future hauliers may have to accept even lower rates—unless they watch the...

VISIIORS to this year's Ports and Terminals exhibition at Belle Vue, Manchester, will be interested in a late entry by...

LATEST to switch over to the Egft-high container are Integrated Container Services Inc., the international container leasers....

Sound and fury NOISE is relative, according to the Minister of Transport. It is not difficult to understand what he means....

CORNWALL last week I had the lite experience of "sitting in" on a proivity deal as it was put to the staff of Falmouth...

is aware the octane number of a gasoline tes the knack rating of the fuel and I high-octane fuel should be used in ase of a...

have fore!hat the gasoline engine will make a -back for heavier commercial es. It has been stated that the r life of a diesel...

engine a sr proportion of the heat of combus s wasted and in total less heat has conducted away from the combustion )er to the...

tipper. This vehicle should have been tested and plated by last Monday and this has not been done. Can I be prosecuted for...

licences are introduced later this year will I be able to use two trailers with one tractive unit? With one would operate in...

have been told by the other party to the contract that I must purchase my fuel from his pumps. Can this be enforced? I can buy...

has recently been altered in scope. Do the changes affect road hauliers' position concerning levies and grants? A Road...

to the query regarding whether it is legal for a bus to be operated on the road without a speedo meter. CM's reply quoted from...

May I take, in the first instance, the comments re wall charts. A properly constructed chart, working on a time-and-mileage...

UCH of the discussion which is being :reasingly focused on the transport mager's licence (TML) has been concerned th details....

'esting of vehicles (AVE ALREADY dealt (CM September 6 58) with the police powers to test vehicles ler Section 67 of the Road...

dual-purpose plate holder, icially designed to display Ministry of Transport VTG6 te either inside a cab or on , chassis of a...

lifts capable of raising loads ler newt are now being ?cl to BMC 350 EA vans by A. Neaverson Ltd., of ;ester. 'roduction of...

C. P. Equipment Ltd. has introduced the C-power 500, a robust high-pressure/low-volume mobile power washer for washing down...

From Applied Chemicals Ltd. comes Kleen-Flame--a product claimed to break down sludge and thus enable emulsified water in fuel...

by United Lubricants Ltd., a member of United Guarantee (Holdings) Ltd. group, for its new Aerosol-packed lubricant SI idex....

Dexion Ltd. has brought out a boltless shelving system known as Impex. Side-frames are preassembled at the factory, while...

For those concerned with obtaining the best from petrol engines without expensive tuning equipment, a new type of sparking plug...

Vacu-Lug has extended its range of truck bead-to-bead radial remoulds. Three new patterns— types ZZ. L and B--closely follow...

A tubular ventilator fan from Hella, available in 6, 12 and 24V versions, is adjustable in all directions and places airflow...

( models—from 3,000 to DOOlb capacity—of a new lge of fork-lift trucks are ing introduced by Conveyancer d have been...

with Ron Cater ) cut or break a lighting cable cidentally when working neath a vehicle can result in rious injury or even death...

UCC Filters (Hydraulics) Ltd., has introduced two Bourdon Tube-type pressure gauges for use with hydraulic and industrial...

From Willibald Grammer (UK) Ltd. comes an addition to its range of seats. Known as the OS 21 B, it is a fully adjustable...

iquid detergent to clean up the Jerside of commercial vehicles been developed by Walkers ntury Oils) Ltd. (nown as Century...

ange of compact linear move it hydraulic cylinders – /erline—now available from

A conwex industrial safety mirror of 34in. diameter from Volumatic Co. extends its existing range of wide-angle safety...

Facelift is a liquid vehicle body rejuvenator developed by Halts Products Ltd. with the aim of restoring the original gloss...

The engine paint recently introduced by Porzelack is now to be made available in aerosol packs. The paint is available in...