Many chickens have come home to roost in the transport world in the past few years. We are seeing the latest example in the...

from a special correspondent • The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders is, I understand, seeking a delay of one year in...

1970 Order to be revoked • An extension of the maximum working day for psv drivers from 11 to 16 hours, a reduction of the...

• Mr John Peyton, Minister for Transport Industries, has replied to the Transport Managers' Licence Committee and to the...

• Negotiations between the South Wales road haulage industry joint council and the Transport and General Workers' Union (CM...

• To avoid a tremendous pile-up of test applications, and the need to provide extra facilities, in the third year of the heavy...

• Freight Information Services are arranging a series of one-day training seminars for traffic operators, the first of which is...

• A major simplification of the wages structure of some 20,000 drivers and depot operatives employed by British Road Services...

• One of the highest abnormal loads to be transported in this country arrived, via Normandy Ferries from Southampton Docks, at...

• The Furniture Removers' Institute (IFWRI) intends to provide an advanced management course following on from its well-known...

• Associated British Maltsters Ltd announces that it is considering selling its subsidiary, R. Murfitt Ltd, makers of...

• The RTITB announced this week that the Lorry Driver of the Year competition, which is sponsored by CM will qualify for grant...

• Halls (Finchley) Ltd has opened a truck and car servicing centre on a 11-acre site near Staples Corner, Hendon, London NW9....

• A joint working party to investigate load securing problems has been set up by the Freight Transport Association, National...

• A "significantly greater" exemption of small firms from levy schemes under the Industrial Training Boards has been forecast...

• The Freight Transport Association's annual dinner will be held on the evening of April 26 at the London Hilton Hotel. There...

• A new overnight guaranteed delivery service between Newcastle and London begins on Monday. It is to be operated by Hilton...

• Could some means be found to supplement the power provided by a turbo-charger at low speeds to ease the transmission problem?...

• Mersey Tunnel tolls for some commercial vehicles will rise by nearly 300 per cent if proposals of the Mersey Tunnel joint...

• Reports from round the country this week indicate that the seasonal recession normally felt in transport at this time of the...

• Hundreds of employees of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co Ltd have joined in a campaign to save the undertaking...

• There is a staggering number of withdrawal notices on rural bus services in Scotland at present, said Mr Jim Siliars (Labour,...

by Brian Cottee • Britain's four Passenger Transport Authorities look like having a maximum life of only five years, while the...

Hull Corporation's system a financial success by David Lowe • Since Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation Transport started...

• A further 12 Metro-Scania o-m-o single-deck buses have been ordered by Leicester City Transport, while Newport Corporation is...

• A new bus terminal is to be constructed at Brandon Street. Hamilton, Lanarkshire, as part of the town's redevelopment...

• S and N Motors Ltd, of Glasgow and Preston, has received an order from W. Alexander and Sons (Northern) Ltd, the...

• An eight-week incentive pilot scheme to improve efficiency has been introduced by Sheffield City Transport. Maintenance staff...

• Seat belt manufacturers Smiths Industries and Kangol have announced the formation of a joint company, Auto Restraint Systems...

• Bell Punch Co Ltd, has secured an order for 300 sets of Autofare machines from the West Midland PTE which already has a large...

• If a free public transport system, paid for out of the rates, was adopted in London, the average ratepayer whose day return...

• More than 70 per cent of operators are no longer fulfilling the statement of intent which they made when applying for their...

• A Section 69 inquiry into the Maintenance system and facilities used by Containerway and Roadferry Ltd of Ardrossan was...

• Mr J. A. T. Hanlon, chairman of the Northern Traffic Commissioners, sitting in Newcastle on Tuesday, decided to grant an...

• A new licence for 14 vehicles and 28 trailers, with a margin for an additional six vehicles and seven trailers, was granted...

• Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners at Leeds on Thursday, February 25, granted the application of East Yorkshire Motor Services...

In an attempt to prune unremunerative us services, Western SMT Co Ltd, the :ilmarnock-based Scottish Bus Group ubsidiary. is to...

Mrs Brenda Siddall became the second woman in the history of the Road Haulage Association to become an area secretary when she...

e record with regret the deaths of Robert Hunter, Eric Lora m, and J. T. Steel. r Hunter, 78, had represented private psv...

• All prime movers produced by Guy Motors are to be fitted with load-sensing equipment in both the service and secondary brake...

• A simplified type of sleeping bunk; produced by Mann Egerton and Co Ltd, Cromer Rd, Norwich NOR 38N. is designed for normal...

• An all-new automatic transmission aVailable in two versions—one for gas turbine engines and one for diesels—has been...

• Maps, hotels, motels and fern timetables are included in the 672-pag 1971 edition of the RAC Continentc Handbook and Guide to...

• A Home Office committee investigatir the problems connected with tanker transpo is considering the possibility of using giai...

Drivers' guide • Entitled Professional Drivers' Guide, a pocket-size handbook by B. A. Thompson has lately been published by...

Benchwise: can you solder? by Handyman IN MY EXPERIENCE less use is made of the soldering iron in transport workshops today...

Joe Lyons • Although there is, in the ante-room to his Whitehall office, a cupboard well stocked with the makings for a civil...

's just not true—the other man's grass is A always greener, nor does the sun always Line brighter on the other side, not even...

I was very interested in the ideas of The Economic Development Committee for the Movement of Exports which were discussed by...

The article by John Darker (CM February 19) on wage application is incorrect in the fact that he made the area covered by the...

Your correspondent Mr Maurice Rounding congratulates the RHA for "sponsoring business courses for senior managers later this...

Could I crave your indulgence to allow me clarify one or two points in connection wi the training of heavy goods drivers as...

VHILE the UK was preparing for D-day, our Britons were attempting to land in orthern Europe through the port of Calais. "heir...

" Ii 5. The pros and cons of demountables by John Darker, AMBIM FOR several year now fleet operating managers considering...

It's an imperfect world • Competent hauliers strive for optimum vehicle loadings on both outward and return journeys. But...

AFTER 52 years in road transport Mr Arthur Watts (he was 80 on February 22) is as keen as ever on the business and clearly has...

0 NE conclusion emerges clearly from the Road Haulage Association's list of night parking places. The security problem which it...

Monday to Friday, seven hours a day. During this time the employee doesn't drive more than four hours a day, or travel more...

standards, having difficulty finding employment within the road transport industry—or at least anything that offers any...

transport industry. However, there appears to be no easy route and the only real answer is to do the rounds of the big...

cranes," by Mr Les Oldridge, which appeared in the January 1 edition of CM, was most enlightening on some matters, but,...

my 30cwt van tend to grab if applied during the first mile or two of running. I have been advised that this could result from...

matters By John Darker, AM BIM The status of transport managers and engineers IF the 1968 Transport Act had contained no...

by Les Oldriclge AIRTE, AMIMI Goods vehicles drivers' hours (2) CONTINUING with definitions concerning drivers' hours of...

THE Institute of Transport celebrated its golden jubilee in 1969 with one of its avowed aims to revise its examination scheme...

For the next seven days from March 5 to 11. FRIDAY IRTE (Northern) annual dinner and dance. Dunkenhalgh Hotel....

Instant Calculators Ltd, of Guernsey, has produced a profit calculator designed to save time in the checking of percentages,...

Four separate circuits from one multiple gear pump unit is one of a number of system options made possible by the introduction...

Two additions to the Baco range of products for the commercial vehicle bodybuilding industry are now available from British...

Correct selection of tread design is a vital factor affecting the traction and wear characteristics of "off-the-road" tyres. To...

To meet the needs for a, low-price, all-visible and easily accessible system of storage, the Welconstruct Co Ltd has introduced...

Model 1826X is the designation of the second extinguisher to be launched in the Nu-Swift range of extinguishers for all fire...

A range of engineers' cases designed and made by Topper Cases Ltd has been announced. The cases are moulded in Royalite ABS...

Drivers on services to the Continent should not be without a copy of a new 1971 touring publication—the RAC Continental...

A resin-based, quick-drying sealant which contains a moisture dispersant has been introduced by Sunray (Birmingham) Ltd. The...

John Perks and Son has introduced a meat hook designed for operation between —40deg C and + 20 deg C. Designated the M706 it is...

According to the Department of Employment and Productivity, as prolonged standing at work is • one of the most common sources...

The latest "tool in a tin" from Devcon Ltd is Silite 100, a tough silicone rubber which acts as adhesive, sealant and...

by Ron Cater A new system of automatic lubrication which has been undergoing field trials for some two years was shown to me...

The Robomatic, an engine control unit introduced by Stewart Automotive Equipment will, it is claimed, protect any petrol or...

The BS 7636/2 /TB8 cupboard unit from the Welconstruct Co Ltd is manufactured to British Standards Specification and is 6ft....

A penetrating lubricant known as Graphosol, which is specially formulated to break down rust and to lubricate corroded or...