R OAD HAULAGE has become the major sector in the inland movement of goods within the UK for a very simple reason: it has met...

T OTAL opposition to Mrs. Castle's quantitative licensing proposals for goods vehicles was decided upon by the National Council...

TRTA Council thinks the quanti tative proposals are designed solely to transfer freight traffic to the railways without regard...

A "DIRECT attack on the right of trade in and industry to choose the system of transport they consider most suitable for their...

A NEW vehicle ferry service between Ardrossan and Belfast starts in December. Crossing time will be 4f-hours—considerably...

extra costs which will be produced by the Minister of Transport's proposals to reduce drivers' hours have been seriously...

By Sam Buckley A S forecast in CM on June 16, the National Joint Council on Materials Handling has issued a study group report...

on Materials Handling, 3 Dean Trench Street, Smiths Square, London, SW1, price 21s to members or 30s to nonmembers. Contending...

that's the query on twin thinking by Ministers BY JOHN FRIEDMAN A S Mrs. Barbara Castle and the West German Minister of...

From our Political Correspondent 14 G O EASY on those high-flying levy schemes," an influential group of MPs has warned the...

A SIX-MONTH-OLD trailer returned to the manufacturer with fractures in the running gear and chassis; a complete review of a...

S ILVER Roadways Ltd., haulage subsidiary of Tate and Lyle Ltd., world's largest sugar-refining company, has been accepted as...

Ministry orders "16 big probe T HE practicability of a pallet pool for UK and international freight traffic, and its...

A BATTERY price war has flared with the announcements of lower prices. Three new brand ranges—including an economy range for...

B RITAIN leads Europe in developing' a national' Freightliner network, said Mr. John Morris, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to...

OPERATIONS ... . THAT'S the main topic of next week's CM. There will be an extensive guide to ferries and routes. An expert...

T HE TRTA has asked the MoT to clarify an anomaly concerning the proposed noise levels for commercial vehicles of less than 3...

By Sam Buckley T HE average increase in charges for repairs and servicing is higher than necessary; the Ministry of Technology...

S USPENSION of vehicles on A and B licences for brief periods was ordered by Mr. L. A. Wells, deputy Scottish LA, at Kirkcaldy...

F r HE Transport Tribunal this week I allowed the appeals of hauliers Lone Star Transport Ltd. and W. and G. Transport Ltd.,...

QTRONG exception was taken b.-7 1 when the objectors asked for the production of log sheets for the last two months during the...

LTD. obtained • a contract from Sir Robert McAlpine and Son Ltd. requiring 22 vehicles daily—but had its application for a...

for the movement of unlicensed vehicles and not, in general, for the carriage of goods, the TRTA has told the MoT. The...

T HE 65-vehicle C-licence firm, Collars Ltd., of London had four of its vehicles suspended for two months from September 1 at a...

ness. But I have no wish to be vindictive as you appear to assume." Mr. Muir revoked all but one of the licences and allowed...

TNCREASED penalties for evasion of vehicle licence duties laid down in this year's Finance Act are now in force. The penalty...

V1/47 ST Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd., : to acquire the 100-bus-and-coach Samuel Ledgard firms S. Ledgard (Bradford) Ltd. and S....

4 k COLCHESTER firm, Southern Shavings 1. Supply Co. Ltd., which had received an average of one GV9 a month, appeared before...

Manchester and Liverpool join the fight • • • T would people say if their freedom to choose a particular soap powder, or...

of the public transport industry's Cbest-known husband-and-wife teams, Charles and Margaret Wilkins, of Bordon in Hampshire,...

THIS CHOICE OF O.M.O. BODY DESIGN By Derek Moses M ORECAMBE and Heysham Corporation Transport's first single-decker buses for...

ALL-BLACK livery will be used for a fleet Pt of 26 new coaches to be purchased by Evans Transport Enterprises Ltd.—Evan Evans...

A N experimental flat-fare bus service will be started on August 19 by Ribble Motor Services Ltd. in Formby—a town situated...

VORD'S D300 "baby" artic is to be uprated from 9.15 tons to 10 tons g.c.w. which will give a payload potential of up to 6 tons....

new design 1-ton van has begun in the Volkswagen commercial plant at Hanover, and by the end of the year some of these 1968...

T WO four-cylinder diesel engines are now available for the first time in Karrier Bantam tractive-unit models. These are the...

CRASH RESCUES: THE DIVIDED RESPONSIBILITY By Ashley Taylor, AM I RTE, AssocInstT N O MONEY, and no amount of organization, can...

T N EARLIER YEARS with a one-man one-vehicle system, it was possible to exert reasonably firm control on all vehicles aided by...

C L AIMED to operate with far greater %–e reliability than a radiator fan clutch of the hydraulically operated or...

rtOMPLEMENTARY to its g-matic load sensing valve for air-pressure braking systems, an hydraulic load-sensing valve has been...

and publications WE LL-KNOWN as manufacturers of shock absorbers and suspension controls, Armstrong Patents Ltd. has extended...

PEDESTRIAN precincts, which have already claimed specialized attention from the public cleansing service, also present problems...

THAT VERSATILE little unit, the Unimog, can be employed in conjunction with a variety of attachments. The newest is a trailer...

THE Institute of Public Cleansing is, as usual, alternating its conferences between the North and South. The choice for next...

SO FAR, I have not heard of any other authorities following the lead of Coventry Fire Brigade which recently opted in the...

DOUND for an honourable discharge in my picture above is Scammell 38YZ44 of 37 Maritime Squadron of the Royal Corps of...

D RAWBAR trailers are in the news these days in view of the possibility of their revival in classic form or as double-bottom...

uTHAT do you do if you are a finalist in the Lorry Driver of the V V Year competition at Bramcote on September 10 and you are...

B OILING with topicality. That's how I regard these three questions from the May, 1967, associate membership and graduateship...

View BY THE HAWK ■ 3. Comment on the results that might transpire should the proposal be implemented that road transport...

T HE controlled expansion of the Pointer Group in recent years has won much praise from shrewd businessmen, not to mention...

L ESLIE FOWLER has been in haulage for 15 years. He runs his 12-vehicle company from its Winslow base, although in fact the...

—a fairer deal for coaches in London W ITHOUT a shadow of a doubt, Britain's tourist trade is booming .. . Over the past...

to the editor Education—not legislation! WE WOULD agree with the Minister that there is an urgent need for a new system of...

time for which a licence will be valid. This once again emphasizes the uncertainty with which Mrs. Castle has infected the...

through. Her motto should be: "Nationalization by restriction and the back door". In my opinion (and I have had 45 years in...

R OAD PRICING is an idea which seems rapidly to lose its attraction as soon as any serious attempt is made to put it into...

"private vehicle" and so avoid the regulations applicable to an A-, Bor C-licensed vehicle? The horsebox would be used by...

more than a 7-ton load on my 7-ton TK Bedford? Also will the permitted gross weight have to be stamped on the chassis. and if...

of Transport for new limits of drivers' hours, I understand new definitions were given for "driving", "work", "rest" and "spell...

assessing the cost of four-wheelers standing idle. Can you give the relevant standing costs for a 7-ton tipper and a 9-ton...

of proprietary brake lining would reduce the severity of fade on long gradients. I operate a fleet of heavy vehicles and fade...

the road in 1956 and 1966, when you commented that some of the decrease in vehicles in the 2to 3ton unladen weight category and...

A We suggest you contact the following; La Vie des Transports, 43 rue de la Chaussee d'Antin, Paris 9 (published weekly); Le...

B ECAUSE transport is such a long-established and traditional industry, it is seemingly inevitable that most efforts directed...

rr HE WORK of the Road Haulage Association has not in the I past been immediately linked with training and education. Its...