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10th March 1967
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The unions and Freightliners

W HILE it has been clear that the opposition to private hauliers' use of Freightliner terminals was by no means a unanimous...

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At last road haulage can implement rail trunking plans

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE agreement by the National Union of Railwaymen to remove their three-year-old ban on the...

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Parcels go cheaper, better by road than by rail GPO

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT DOST OFFICE dissatisfaction over the punctuality of services provided by the railways for the...

Thumbs down for UK Transfrigoroute

REFRIGERATED operators have turned down proposals for a British branch of Transfrigoroute-Europe. It is felt that most...

Union slates manufacturing monopoly

AMONG controversial motions down for dis cussion at the biennial conference of the Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union...

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I suspect NNC may soon fold up, says TGWU's Mr. Alan Law

By JOHN DARKER respo nsibilities are much wider—is Mr. Alan Law, regional trade group secretary of the Transport and General...

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ROAD TO LOSE 43 p.c. OF LONDON PORT FREIGHT

A DRASTIC cut in the proportion of freight was forecast by Mrs. Barbara Castle on progress on the £20m. extension project. The...

FREIGHTLINER SHOW FOR TRANSPORT MANAGERS

A FREIGHTLINER exhibition train attracted many transport managers from the heavily industrialized South Yorkshire area at...

CAR TRANSPORT GROUP VOTES TO CARRY ON

F EARS that growing apathy among members of the RHA's car transporter group might lead to its disbandment were dispelled this...

CHARGES W ILL BE FAIR

A TRANSPORT BILL in the autumn would define the constitution of the National Freight Organization, said Mr. Stephen Swingler,...

Drivers fail to use lorry parks

THE RHA executive committee has rejected a resolution from the Metropolitan and South Eastern area urging positive action to...

LONG-DISTANCE RATES

INDIVIDUAL members of the RHA longdistance group will have to make up their own minds on how the year's increase in costs has...

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container ports

M INISTER of Transport Mrs. Barbara Castle told the Commons on Wednesday that she has given the go-ahead to container port...

MORE GPO BUS SERVICES PLANNED

THE Post Office hopes to start a minibus service in Devon or Cornwall soon, similar to that now operating in Montgomeryshire,...

FUEL TAX CUT PLEA

THE British Road Federation this week called for a 7d. cut in motor fuel tax—from 3s. 7d. to 3s. a gallon—in a memorandum to...

Sir Edward Thompson, 65 on June 11, is to relinquish

the chairmanship of the John Thompson Group after the annual general meeting on June 14. Sir Edward has been chairman since...

Barbara looks at travel concessions

GOVERNMENT backing—with qualifications—was given last week to a Private Member's Bill which will allow the extension of travel...

CALL FOR SINGLE BUS SYSTEM IN ULSTER

A CALL for a single bus system for Northern Ireland was made by Mr. Phelim O'Neill in the Ulster Commons. "In a small area...

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Extended tours play valuable role in transport system

TN a hotly contested application, Berresford's Motors Ltd., of Cheddleton, on Wednesday received a limited grant for packaged...

MERCHANDISE TRANSPORT SWITCH SUCCEEDS

A N application by Merchandise Transport Ltd., of Tottenham, to switch 84 vehicles and seven trailers from C to B licences was...

Variation bid brings host of objectors

AN application by a hire firm to change its condition of licence for goods vehicles was opposed at Oxford this week by 13...

FREIGHTLINER ARTICS BID AT CARDIFF

EIGHT articulated outfits totalling 78 tons unladen and based at Cardiff railway station are being applied for by the Western...

PART GRANTS ONLY FOR TWO FIRMS

DECISIONS of the Metropolitan LA, Mr. D. I. Muir, on applications by Forwarding Transport Services (London) Ltd., and J. T....

EASIER NOW FOR FOREIGN HAULIERS

N O longer do Northern Irish and foreig hauliers wishing to make occasional trips t■ this country have to go through the full...

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But surely the whole idea

is to keep things moving O Nthree occasions in five years the Transport Tribunal has been unable to proceed with an appeal...

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The new committees could compromise Commissioners

FRANK BURRAVOE DETECTS MINISTERIAL LAPSE into any S. CASTLE is a determined woman ; once she g ets her teeth thin g , they g...

AND COMPLETING THE SET-UP...

S. BARBARA CASTLE, Minister of Transport, has completed the setting up of the new regional organizations to improve public...

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First major step in London Transport's reshaping plan

TONDON Transport this week out lined its proposals for the first of the suburban "satellite" schemes under its big plan for...

IT'S JOIN OR ELSE AT NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

ALTHOUGH Newcastle upon Tyne Corporation transport department does not operate a closed shop, the transport committee has...

Social service that's public transport

P ROFITABILITY was no longer an accept able norm for measuring efficiency of a public transport organization, Mr. Conor Clune,...

The new committees

Unfortunately, those admirable precepts now look like being endangered. Consider the sort of situation which is likely to...

CO-OPERATION NOT COERCION PTCC AIM

A DRIVE to persuade motorists to use public transport is to be made by the Northern region Passenger Transport Co-ordination...

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NEW FORD 'BABY' ARTIC

From Ford/Hands comes 9.1-ton g.t.w. off-the-peg outfit RD today announces the intro duction of a new "baby" artican addition...

DIESEL ENGINE STANDARD NEARLY READY

A BRITISH Standard specification for diesel engines is nearly completed, said Government spokesman Lord Shepherd in the Upper...

TWO MAKES OF VALVE THE light-laden valve on the Crane

Fruehauf semi-trailer which formed part of the artic outfit test in COMMERCIAL MOTOR on January 27 was, we are now informed, a...

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MCW to make the American Superior in c.k.d. form only

A MANUFACTURING and marketing agreement has been made between Metropolitan-Canunell-Weymann Ltd. and the Superior Coach...

BMC VEHICLES MEET BRAKE REGULATIONS

- pq MC announces that all its commercial vehicles now in production will meet the braking regulations applying to vehicles...

GUY SUPPLIES BRAKING BULLETINS

GUY Motors Ltd. has prepared bulletins for Guy operators, detailing modifications required to bring their vehicles in line with...

COMPENSATION AS FORD BRAKE CHANGES RAISE SOME PRICES

C HANGES have been made by Ford to the braking system of all D Series goods models so that these meet in full the regulations...

GUYS REPLACE TROLLEYBUSES

WOLVERHAMPTON Corporation's last trolleybus route (Wolverhampton Dudley) ceased to operate on March 6 and was replaced by...

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Know-how 14: How did this happen?

IN a previous article, I wrote of the young fitter and his first solo towing Job that did not quite go according to plan; here...

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Tyre inflator

Fr YRE inflation can be simplified using the OPW tyre inflator now marketed by J. S. Webber Ltd. With this unit, the required...

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READERS WRITE

Monopoly mind? WE KEEP hearing about the bad time bus operators are having, but I wonder how much is due to the "monopoly...

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In Police Hands?

"H ELPING the police with their inquiries" took on a rather less sinister note than usual when a g roup of senior officers...

With It

T HE Grosvenor House, Park Lane, was all a- g o- g o and swin g in g and insville on Saturday ni g ht (if this old s q uare has...

More Luck by Road?

T HEAR that a horticulturist near Sahash, Cornwall, is dis g usted 1 with British Railways for losses and delays in transit. If...

One Big Write–off

THAT 17s. 11d , is still with us! The account just published of I loans to nationalized transport undertakin g s shows the...

Tarnished Gunmen

T HE once shinin g ima g e of the heavy vehicle driver had become somewhat tarnished, observed H. E. Robson, the Yorkshire LA,...

Labourers at the Wheel

M ANAGING director Barry Wild said his organization conceived the idea lon g before the Industrial Trainin g Act was on the...

Guessing Game

TT had to happen. Announce the imminent formation of a new body and everyone starts puttin g up his idea of who is likely to be...

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4,250

PROBLEMS...that's the challenge facing new NCB transport chief E. V. IVIOLYNEUX N EW times—new methods. The National Coal...

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TOO MUCH

TOY must be a rare emotion for Ministers of Transport. In welcoming the decision of the National Union of Railwaymen to allow...

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Important-Plating

Here's how you gain with York's plated trailing axle Soon you won't be able to operate a vehicle designed for 12 tons gross...

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Training grants

Fr HE Industrial Training Act, 1964, has three main objects: to ensure an adequate supply of properly trained men and women at...

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Q Can you advise me which companies

produce pneumatically operated jacks „that can be inserted in the corners of a container to enable it to be elevated to allow...

Q I now operate a haulage business pre viously owned and

operated by my father, From the beginning of licensing, a condition on our licence reads - agriculture produce". It has been...

, am considering starting a parcel

delivery service with a 15 cwt petrolengined van, averaging around 100 miles a week. Could you give any basis for calculation...

CI As the newly appointed traffic manager

of an old-established haulage contractor, I am concerned at the goods which my company has carried and still is carrying. The...

Q Can you supply us with names of firms manufacturing air-load transfer equipment for the trailing axles of vehicles?

A There do not appear to be any proprietary makes of such equipment available in this country at present. The four vehicle...

What is a "wide tyre"?

A The term - wide tyre" is now included in the latest consolidated Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1966 No....

Ci What are the relative advantages'— or otherwise—of twin-steer axle layouts

for either rigid six-wheel vehicles or tractive units for use with semi-trailers? A Twin-steer rigid six-wheelers are offered...

Q Are there any recognized qualifications for employees engaged in vehicle body engineering?

A Yes. Details of interim regulations for the award of a full technological certificate in vehicle body engineering have...

Q Regarding braking regulations as they

affect existing goods vehicles, can a multi-pull brake be used as an emergency brake by a number of driver applications as long...

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Road transport passenger law: entering the business

A LARGE number of examination questions on road passenger law are concerned with the many licences obtaining and the problem of...

MONEY MATTERS by Martin Younger

Leyland expansion: Light is still green F ROM out of the prevailing gloom and despondency overhanging stock markets has come a...

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"Deliver the appliance in Y240

good condition, that's the thing." G. W. Scholes, Transport Manager, Sidney Flavel Ltd. Flavel Products are finished in...