The road freight industry will lose around five million driving hours a week when the EEC daily limits take effect in Britain...

Socialist MPs press for quantity licensing — and 'social' subsidies for rail freight from our political correspondent • The...

• There is no evidence of significant misallocation of traffic between road and rail, said the Freight Transport Association...

by Martin Hayes • A super luxury coach produced by Metro-Scania went into trial service on Midland Red's Birmingham-Bristol...

• A Danish container lorry driver who whiled away the North Sea crossing from Esbjerg to Great Yarmouth by drinking a bottle of...

• Peak Commercial Vehicles Ltd, the trailer manufacturer, has been sold to Trailor SA, the French subsidiary of the American...

Limited scope for road to rail transfer, says Peyton from our political correspondent • A Government document on transport is...

by John Darker • Next week the TGWU, Britain's largest union, stages its 25th biennial delegate conference at Brighton. Mr Jack...

• Only 385 journey authorizations will be available for distribution among the 18 member countries of the European Conference...

by CM reporter • Reading Corporation has launched a three-week campaign to promote the idea of flexible working hours and thus...

• A guide to the design of storage areas, dispatch buildings and loading bays will be a major feature of an industrial storage...

• Mr Geoffrey Rippon, the Environment Secretary, has been accused of "softsoaping" the transport industry. The attack has been...

• A revised edition of VAT notice No 701 is being issued to all VAT registered traders this week. It includes changes announced...

• The total weekly cost of operating freight vehicles in the UK has risen by between 15 and 20 per cent since May last year...

CM Tables of Operating Costs 1973 will be published early next week. Readers who have already placed advance orders will...

• Ben Thompson Cabs Ltd of East Kilbride has failed in its "dial-a-bus" application to the Scottish Traffic Commissioners which...

John Beasley, 37, has joined DAF Trucks (GB) Ltd as parts manager from the Greenhous Group where he held a similar post....

• A circular advising local authorities on means of "boosting the bus and civilizing the car" was sent out by the DoE on...

• A deficit of £3.5m in 1973-4 will result, says the new Glasgow PTA, if Traffic Commissioners reject a fare application to...

• An experimental system of giving buses priority at traffic lights is to be tried by the Greater London Council and London...

• Mr Bob Bailey is chairman of the Public Road Transport Association and not of the Association of Public Passenger Transport...

Dimensions: length, 39ft 3in; wheelbase, 2Ift 4in; width, 8ft 2fin; height, 10ft 3in; swept turning circle, 75ft 7in; door...

• Refused a variation of his threevehicle licence by the North Western LA in January, John O'Hare, a Blackburn haulier, had the...

• An appeal against the decision by Norwich magistrates that a job agency was not the employer of the lorry driver which it...

• K. Stainier Haulage Contractors (Macclesfield) Ltd, the Cheshire haulage firm whose new 0-licence application has received...

• Trust form sections that are readily adjustable to accommodate steel coils or circular components of varying diameter and can...

• Announcing a dividend of four per cent to shareholders at the agm of Saviem, the president of the company, Mr Bernard...

• Six York Freightmaster van semi-trailers have recently been supplied to Rivington Carpets Ltd and have been fitted with...

National Travel's first service to Europe by Martin Hayes BRITAIN'S road transport links with the Continent were strengthened...

by Jolyon Drury, MA, Dip Arch {Cantab), MIMH. An architectural consultant with transport experience advises on the provision...

by Johnny Johnson THE ADOPTION of modern mechanical handling methods to speed up loading and unloading of distribution...

by Gibb Grace IN RECENT YEARS there has been a mushroom growth in demand for demountable or swop bodies, underlining a growing...

Arlington Bodybuilders Ltd, High Road, Ponders End, Enfield, Middlesex. Arlington is well known for its lightweight van bodies...

H. Clarke and Sons (Camera) Ltd, Bitteswell Road, Lutterwm1h, Leics. Clarke offers two basic demountable body systems; the...

Davies Magnet Works Ltd, Thundridge, nr Ware, Hertfordshire. The Automount system is among the most automatic demountable...

W. E. & F. Dobson Ltd, Colwick industrial Estate, Nottingham, NG4 2BT Dobson is an hydraulic engineer and naturally its Clear...

Freight Bonallack Ltd, Paycocke Road, Basildon, Essex. Freight Bonallack's Loadspeeder system uses electro-hydraulic lifting...

Freightaids Ltd, Studland Road, Northampton NN 2 ME. Freightaids manufacture a demount kit which can be applied to any chassis...

Hazlemere Motor Co (Waltham Abbey) Ltd, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Hazlemere produces three types of "D - -mount low cost...

Marsden (Coichbuilders) Ltd, Longshaw Street, Warrington, Lancashire. The Marsden demountable is in many ways similar to an...

Mollicargo Systems Ltd, 292 Monkmoor Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Multicargo is a wholly owned subsidiary of Multilift Ltd,...

Pengco Transport Systems Ltd, Oxney Road, Peterborough PEI SYN. Pengco Transport Systems offer a range of seven integrated and...

offers four distinct demountable systems designed to suit varying levels on intensity of operation. The basic Jack Leg system...

Ronway Engineering Co Ltd, Manor Works, Western Road, Southall, Middlesex. Ronway offers a wide range of demountable equipment...

Flo/along Ltd, Southampton Road, Ringwood, Hampshire B H24 1JB. Rollalong offers four different demounting methods — on...

Northern Transport Engineering's (NTE) Loadlift system will appeal to the more intensive user of demountables. Loadlift is a...

Ray Smith Demountable., 18 West End Road, Maxey, Peterborough. The Ray Smith demountable system employs the roller and...

Reynolds Boughton Ltd. Bell Lane, Amershem, Bucks. The Turnabout system consists of a sub-frame that can be fitted on to any...

Report reveals low training levels and only basic motivation MOST hauliers rely on drivers having had previous experience with...

When National Travel's first scheduled run to Frankfurt left Victoria Coach Station last Friday (see page 30) there was a good...

The author of the article giving advice on depot design for turn-round, in the editorial colour section of this issue, is...

Tomorrow (July 7) and on Saturday of next week the quiet acres of Bramcote — where the Lorry Driver of the Year finals are held...

I know airships have little to do with our normal topics, firmly feet on ground, but when CM learned that Goodyear's airship...

Who's splitting hairs? CM's June 22 story on London Transport's leasing of Telstar House mentioned a figure of £500,000 year....

Preparation of cost data for own-account transport can be an aid to efficient management decision making by Johnny Johnson THE...

ALTHOUGH under-3-ton vehicles with hgv licensing in mind, are now as familiar in the animal transport world as in goods...

by Anthony O'Toole UNTIL April 30 this year, shop delivery vehicles were among the few wheeled machines allowed access to the...

Making the best use of cubic capacity in terms of loadability and load storage is a common challenge to bodybuilders that...

time-consuming A MANAGER WITHOUT VEHICLES CAN GET ON WITH THE JOB OF DISTRIBUTION By lain Sherriff Pictures by Dick Ross...

by Philip Robinson GETTING TONS of fish — everything one firm can net in the West Country, in fact — to retailers in less than...

A Brighton manufacturer has found that running his own transport fleet helps to enhance business — but back loading just...

THE "Convention Relative au Contrat de Transport International de Marchandises par Route" (CMR) is not limited to Common Market...

Dunlop's traffic , clearing house' Big savings from rationalized transport by John Darker, AMBIM A NEW traffic control...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEO, MIMI. AMIRTE The Attachment of Earnings Act (1) THE RECOVERY of debts and ensuring that an...

again from one of my yards to another, a distance of a few hundred feet, for repairs and loading on to barges. The tracks are...

say that in order to give hgv instruction for a fee, the instructor should hold the DoE ADI qualification. How does this...

coach (24ft long) and I have a Class I hgv driving licence and a psv driver's licence, which is restricted to psv not exceeding...

a gritter lorry, a four-wheeled vehicle, for my local authority, and when I applied for my transitional hgv licence, I claimed...

surfaces of the combustion chamber of petrol engines and diesels could improve output. Is this correct, and if so why? A A...

Whose side are you on anyway? "COUNTER-INFLATION, as the Government calls it," said Maggie's brother Cromwell, "seems to be no...

Round the horn THE VEHICLE MECHANIC can, as I said before, do quite a lot towards ridding a radio-equipped vehicle of local...

range of low-cost packaged itomatic dock levellers suitable r installation in existing loading nks has been introduced by...

sseph Billingham is marketing one-piece self-locking steel nut hich is known as the Serpress id incorporates an inner embrane...

High-intensity and durable reflective sheeting suitable for road signs is produced by 3M. The new material has an assured life...

A rechargeable dry chemical fire extinguisher from Van Dusen contains a free-flowing potassium bicarbonate dry chemical...

A diesel fuel pump test bench capable of handling all known pumps is produced by Merlin. The Hydra CH1215 /3 has a work table...

Intended for specialized 20-ton gross six-wheel-drive vehicles, a transfer box developed by British Twin Disc offers increased...

Super-Flex welding cable from Lyte-Arc has been designed to help eliminate operator fatigue, improve weld quality and, through...

A machine which secures loads to pallets by shrinking a tight polythene film over the package has been introduced by A. N....

A portable oil transfer and filtration device introduced by Hydraulic Power Services weighs 30Ib and measures 8in. by 15in. by...

Dynaflex has introduced a range of air operated mobile lubricators for use in vehicle maintenance shops and garages. All...

The problem of matching vehicle finishes when re-spraying a damaged section is, it is claimed, overcome by the lnmont R-M...

A 12N./ fluorescent inspection lamp which operates on a 0.33amp current and does not interfere with radio communications is...

From Compton comes a brochure giving details of its range of buildings, accessories and services. Divided into three main...

An up-dated 16-page version Automotive Filler Caps frE from Enots catalogues th company's range of filler caps fc radiators and...

A more efficient wipe, quiet operation and resistance 1 windlift are advantages claime for CBS Rainmaster safety wipi blades...

An epoxy binder system for sk resistant road surfacing has bet jointly developed by Bakeli Xylonite and Midland Yorkshi...

a publications from ICI will ;rest those concerned with fire vention. The first, a four-page llet describes the BCF and nnex...

A process which enables two layers of stretch nylon material to he knitted together has been developed by Southfields, and the...

The BEM 665 junior PL commercial vehicle wheel aligner from Muller is now marketed in the UK by Caminades. The equipment fixes...

A dummy coupling for stowing unused palm couplings and Susies has been introduced by lntertruck. Made from aluminium, it bolts...

Known as the Giant Model 2000-HW, a washer introduced by Kira Engineering operates with warm or cold water, is fired by oil or...

by Trevor Longcroft curate wheel and axle gnment plays an important 1 in tyre service life. But rkshop methods of aligning as...

Five categories of power cleaning machines, known as Powerclean, are produced by Andrew Industrial Equipment. they comprise ....

Dynaflex makes a pump to drain engine sumps, gearboxes and rear axles in workshops and service bays direct to bulk Storage....

Goodyear's latest G800 and Unisteel radial truck tyres have a new form of steel bracing wire with a spiral wrapping. The rubber...

From Allchin comes the lndestro range of cylinder hones which, in most circumstances, can be used with the engine in situ....

For identification of rolled paperwork such as chassis drawings, Tagonit has introduced the Tag-on-it: a rubber ring keeps the...

Gunk has been reformulated and is now also available in a 14oz aerosol container and called Engine Brite. This will remove...

The Smiths engine hours meter. The six-digit display engine hours meter from Smiths has a solid-state electronic drive and is...

From Barlow Myers comes the SR range of four Saxby fork-lift trucks: these are the SR224, 5R30, SR35 and SR45, with capacities...

Fleet Tekaloid polyurethane enamel, from Thornley and Knight, is quick-drying and tough, suitable for application by hot or...

The three-point leverage whe brace from Hi-Line weighs 1 and makes a slim, 12in. lo package when dismantled. 7 wheel hub cap is...

Designed by Shelvoke a Drewry for use with a wheel container with 2 Cu yd capac the Vertipak Static compactor readily handled...

A lightweight combined Si axle and suspension unit for li! trailers marketed by A. ' Hunton incorporates rutin under-torsion...