There is nothing intrinsically unusual about the decision by nine Hull hauliers to band together into a federation that will...

• Of loads passing onto the Freightliners at the Longsight, Manchester, depot, 41.67 per cent was the trunk-haul part of...

From our Political correspondent • Two Scottish Labour MPs, reflecting anxiety north of the border, have tabled amendments to...

• Concerned at falling—or disappearing— profits, nine leading Hull hauliers operating 177 vehicles announced this week that...

• Front-wheel-drive commercial vehicles are to be developed by Dennis Brothers Ltd. The company expects to introduce these new...

• The European Agreement on the • International Carriage of Goods by Road (ADR), to which the UK is a signatory. • came into...

by Derek Moses • As forecast in COMMERCIAL MOTOR last week, -Hartlepool Town Council has agreed to offer the local busmen a...

• If a group of 10 or 12 parcels carriers formed a consortium it would be feasible to purchase a computer to carry out many...

• Every Saturday from now until March 16, hauliers belonging to the North Staffs Action Group are running at least one of their...

• Starting this week, a new form of marking for commercial vehicles will be tried out on 16 Metropolitan Police vehicles, for...

• Last week's meeting of the Northern division of TRTA with the Northern group of Labour MPs was a highly successful operation,...

by our industrial correspondent • There may be angry strike demands from Britain's 200,000 lorry drivers if their claim for...

• Hopes that the success of the Freightliner system would be achieved not by political direction but by customers choosing of...

• Determined to start the heavy goods vehicle testing scheme on July 1 as planned, but faced with the fact that some official...

• French potatoes could be sold in London at a lower price than the Scottish product if the Transport Bill is passed (writes...

NO ACES ARE BEING SLIPPED IN, MR. SWINGLER TELLS BRISTOL AUDIENCE • The National Freight Corporation is neither backdoor...

• "Never again will it be possible for a normal size boat built in the North East to be shown at the Boat Show. The cost of...

• An indispensable reference book for own-account transport operators—that is the TRTA 1968 Yearbook. Members receive copies...

• Vehicle security day in Luton is Monday, March 18. Mr. J. T. Brown, chairman, RHA vehicle security committee, and Mr. F....

By lain Sherriff • If the feelings of East Anglian hauliers, their drivers and customers is a fair reflection of the feelings...

• Chaos and stupidity were two words used last week by a well-known and respected transport union official in referring to the...

F. S. Livingstone. Mr. Forrester. 84, who has died at his home in Cupar, moved from Glasgow to Lochgelly in 1912 and with his...

from our Parliamentary correspondent • Opponents of the Transport Bill are up in arms over Ministerial statements about the...

• A joint protest at the calamitous effects of the Transport Bill upon Scotland's economy was sent by telegram to five...

• A history of prohibitions going back to 1964 relating to vehicles operated by a Darlington C-licensee reflected "wilful...

• After lasting most of the day, an application by the Anglo-Continental Transport Agency Ltd. was adjourned sine die by the...

• In Darlington on Monday RAH Transporters Ltd. reiterated its undertaking not to expand the carriage of abnormal and...

• Robinson Demolition Ltd., Blackpool, on Tuesday was granted an application to add three vehicles and delete one from its C...

• What was described as a "cautionary tale to other inexperienced operators" was told at a Leeds public inquiry before...

• The grant of a B licence to a Southsea, Hants, boatbuilder on terms agreed between him and a number of hauliers who opposed...

• The Scottish deputy LA, Mr. L. A. Wells, adjourned a hearing in Glasgow on Tuesday to give the applicant the opportunity to...

• Believing that the industry should propose standards for transport managers' qualifications and not wait for them to be...

• It was not the duty of a lorry driver employed by a firm to examine or maintain his vehicle, and he would not reasonably have...

• A new A-licence for seven vehicles was granted to E. and A. Clegg (Whitworth) Ltd., in Manchester last week, and two vehicles...

for London by Derek Moses • On Thursday February 1 two new bus services were inaugurated by the enterprising firm of F. G....

from our Political correspondent • The Tory Party in Parliament is insisting that the control of bus operations in the big...

• The annual conference of the Public Transport Association will be held in Harrogate at the Hotel Majestic on May 21/23. On...

from our industrial correspondent • Union summonses against local authorities alleging non-payment of the "frozen" £1-a-week...

• The latest bus operator to switch away from AEC double-deck buses due to the non-availability of a rear-engined model is the...

MORE BUSES ORDERED • Within the next two months, seven more Leeds City Transport bus services will become completely one-man...

express • A pilot express bus service to operate in Bristol is planned by the Bristol Omnibus Co. Ltd., subject to the...

• Important new designs are to be introduced by Scania-Vabis of Sweden at the Amsterdam Commercial Vehicle Show which opens...

• No hopper seals, no dust traps and barrier guides, and only four greasing points on the whole body—these features of Eagle...

PUSH-BUTTON POSITIONING OF AIRSIDE VEHICLES by Derek Moses • Two new Hi-Lift vehicles have been developed in readiness for the...

• The Ware-based fifth-wheel and landing gear manufacturing company of Davies Magnet Works Ltd., announced this week that it...

• Following the transfer of its service department to Bamber Bridge, Atkinson Vehicles Ltd. has been able to introduce flowline...

In the article by Paul Brockington on ''The Next Ten Years" Mr. A, Williamson of Vauxhall expressed an opinion that the front...

As a driver of a 24-ton G.V.W. rigid tanker may I be permitted to air my views on halfbarrier type level crossings? Having to...

I have read with great interest Mr. K. W. Hutchingson's letter referring to 24-hour breakdown service facilities. Of course...

At the foot of the letter "24-hour breakdown services" from Mr. K. W. Hutchingson. you invited replies from the garage trader....

Ken Hutchingson of Glazebrook Transport knows what he's talking about (CM, February 2) when he says that it only needs a...

IN accordance with the usual practice those items in the Transport Bill which provide for national or local Government taxation...

Harold Wood, one of the respected elders of the British haulage scene, built his business on a foundation of simple but...

by Handyman Change to shutters Roller shutters made by Howard Brothers now incorporate newly designed end locks. They are of...

by R. D. Cater, AMInstBE ONE of the most interesting passenger vehicles at the 55th Amsterdam Show which opens tomorrow...

joint managing director (works and engineering) and J. B. MILLS chief engineer, Fodens Ltd. MR. TWEMLOW AND MR. MILLS take...

In driver training by A. E. TEER, Road Safety Officer, Schweppes (Home) Ltd. FOR many years formal driver training has been...

How will Mrs. Castle's proposals apply to a North Devon independent? ONE of the more constructive parts of the Government's...

Older readers of CM will recall Press stories in the 30s describing the real or imaginary doings of the politically powerful...

The Transport Bill states that if an operator is without a qualified transport manager for more than a month he can lose his...

Transport managers should not be too sceptical about the "transport game" being developed by Mr. J. F. Hooper, of Ealing...

Do you agree with me that we're far too hidebound and self-conscious in this country? For instance, would we get really way-out...

People close to Westminster tell me that 35-year old Shadow Transport Minister Peter Walker is likely to be the Conservative...

The sort of international diplomacy we could do with a lot of:—German woman and baby fall into icy river at Hildesheim, West...

Next Wednesday in Manchester the ITA has a speaker talking about heavy and indivisible load movements. The venue is a hotel...

WHEN AN eminent economist enters the transport integration controversy with the sort of trenchant remarks reported in last...

to enter the passenger transport industry. What is the appropriate professional body for me to join? A We recommend the...

A Under the provisions of the Transport Act 1 962 the THC assumed, on the transfer to it of certain property, rights and...

Operating Costs minimum remuneration for a basic working week is included in the standing costs regardless of the variation in...

Farm Transport Supplement issued with CM November 24, you show interest charged on the initial outlay of the vehicle. I suggest...

Longmont, Colorado, USA, manufacture a dual-drive hub that can be manually adjusted to step-up the drive ratio. Do any...

seems likely, are there any official figures—as distinct from figures claimed by vested interests—as to the payments made by...

for the growing popularity of the double-reduction spiral-bevel final drive over the worm and crown wheel type for heavy...

THE NEED for "grades" of qualifications for the proposed transport manager's licence which are commensurate with responsibility...