Motorway Running Costs Less

• A report on vehicle operating costs in 1970 has been published by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory. Net operating cost per vehicle for private cars, vans, other......

Double Disqualification Unfair

• Lorry drivers who lose their driving licences for private motoring offences should not automatically be disqualified from driving commercial vehicles. Former lorry driver Mr......

Ngtm Office Closed

• The National Guild of Transport Managers has announced that Mr Frank Coult is no longer secretary and that the Grimsby office is closed. Further details of the future role of......

Growing Port Traffic

• Container and roll-on traffic accounted for about 15 per cent of total goods traffic, excluding fuels, through British ports in 1970. Giving these latest available figures in......

Call For A National Highway Patrol

• The Government should investigate rumours of many truck drivers being put under severe strains to meet schedules, said an MP in the Commons last week. While it was......

Irish Sea Ro-ro Service

• Northern Ireland Trailers (Scotland) Ltd, a member of the P & 0 European and air transport division, has instituted a new Irish Sea ro-ro freight service. It offers a fast......

`13en's' Jaguar House Now Open

• On Tuesday Princess Alexandra officially opened the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund's new building, Jaguar House at Sunninghill, Ascot, Berks. Jaguar House stems from......