W RE than 4+m. tons of freight are moved by oad and rail every single day of the year in the UK. So it is all to the good that...

, RIVATE HAULIER MOVES 1,000 TONS OF ICI SODA ASH A VEEK FROM SCOTTISH RAIL TERMINAL By S. Buckley, ASSOC INST T Z1ODA ash in...

NEW depot, built by McVeigh Transport Ltd., with warehouse accommodation of 64,000 sq. ft., has been opened at Green Lane,...

T HE use of livestock vehicles by farmers as well as by hauliers and dealers is affected by proposed regulations for the...

O N each of 72 summonses for breaches of the Road Traffic Act, Edward Billington and Son, of Liverpool, were fined £5 at...

)LLOWING close on the publication of the white Paper on transport policy, with its plans a better future for British Railways,...

rTHE Pointer Group, the Norwich-based group of companies, has been reorganized. This was first announced in the company's...

)m a special correspondent ■ /' order to speed up the clearance of urgent imports on the short sea routes, Customs introducing...

P ROPOSALS made by the European Economic Commission for the regulation of the working hours of goods and passenger transport...

THE pilot studies into regional transport problems being carried out by local economic planning councils were this week...

THE restriction on the manufacturing powers of the publicly owned transport industries is to be removed. Mrs. Barbara Castle...

W HEN the Lords last week approved the raising of speed limits for public service vehicles, Lord Redmayne asked how the...

- ppoAD hauliers were last week criticized by ' Mr. George Brown, the Economics Minister, for refusing to co-operate with the...

T HE Fire Service, local authority associations and other bodies, together with members of the public, have asked the Home...

IT was suggested by Mr. Hugh Rossi (Tory. Hornsey) in the Commons last week that a condition of the issue of A, B or C...

INVESTIGATIONS in Europe and in this Acountry had not yet reached a stage at which a decision could be made about the extent...

T was emphasized in the Commons last week, by Mr. Stephen Swingler, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, that...

A BIG reduction in Ministry of Transport advertising this year was forecast in the Commons by Mr. Stephen. Swingler, the...

A GOVERNMENT warning was given last ' week to anyone who thought he could substitute for a works vehicle—which can receive an...

A N MP urged in the Commons last week that J E-1 provincial police forces should be given powers of search by night and day of...

IN the Commons last week, Mr. Geoffrey Wilson (Tory, Truro) asked about the measures of inspection taken to ensure that rigid...

THE hearing of an application by British Railways for additional collection-anddelivery vehicles to accommodate linertrain...

AT a joint sitting of the Western and South In. Wales Traffic Commissioners in Cardiff last week, 25 local authorities objected...

P ERMISSION was granted to Coventry Corporation to replace its present fare stage system with one of zones by the West Midland...

A MINISTRY vehicle examiner told public inquiry at Birmingham or Monday that he was amazed that 01 drivers of some of the...

A Manchester last week, before the North Western traffic commissioners. the hearing was resumed of an application by Wallace...

CALL YOURSELF A HAULIER; B EFORE answering the question, let me illegal or illegitimate in calling yourself you are a clearing...

A NEW range of bus bodies designed to fit all current rear-engined 36 ft. singledeck bus chassis has been announced by...

A MAJOR reorganization of bus services within the capital is understood to be under consideration by the London Transport...

A JTHORIZAT1ON for the payment by municipal authorities of the 9s. 3d. a week increase in the wages of 77,000 busmen, in spite...

A MOST intriguing situation arose at the meeting of Reading Town Council last week when the chairman of the transport...

T HE staggering of working hours for industry and commercial concerns and the integration of road and rail services have been...

TAFF shortages at the Bedford depot of the United Counties Omnibus Co. Ltd., led to the introduction last week of considerable...

PRESENTING his annual report to New castle Upon Tyne transport committee, Mr. F. S. Taylor, general manager of the Corporation...

THE Luton Corporation transport under' taking, £33,118 "in the red" in the year just ended, is to reduce its fleet of...

IN our report of an interview with Mr. E. A. Lamson, chairman and managing director of Premier Travel Ltd. (COMMERCIAL Moroa,...

HERE'S THE PROVEN VALUE OF 'BIG I' Tested over250,000 miles in full operating conditions, the 'BIG J' range is the new proven...

...Dick Hampton's to the fore thanks to Telehoist ick Hampton operates 130 rugged tipping vehicles, and 3S contracts this year...

DREPARED at the re q uest of the Ministry of Transport, a revised edition of the British Standard BS 3425, Measurement of Noise...

SR M automatic transmission discontinued S . a result of an increasing demand fo its established products, Bristo Siddeley...

J. Castle (Dalby and Nield Ltd., Leeds) as chairman for the ensuin g year, with G. Dean (G. H. Dean (Marlow) Ltd.) and C. W....

AIR-HYDRAULIC actuation, offering the prospect of more accurate control f lifting gear than is common with simple ydraulic...

7 is announced by Seddon Diesel Vehicles -Ltd. that the 13:Four four-wheeler can 3w he supplied to operate at 14.1 tons - oss,...

-1 HANGES in the organization of several of their Bristol garages have been announced , Steels Garages Ltd. following the...

T HE Minister of Transport has decided that motorway junctions are to be numbered to make them more readily identifiable by...

AT the Commercial Motor Show next A - 1month, Girling will be exhibiting for the first time a new load-conscious hydraulic...

T HE Regent Oil Co. Ltd. has announced the completion at Prestwick International Airport, Scotland, of its new aviation fuel...

IN the past, iodine-type light units have been restricted to fog or spotlights or four-headlamp systems. Now a major...

Part 21—Three-line Braking: triple-diaphragm brake chambers From the pressure or sealed end of the air chamber, the first...

and publications Wheel alignment checks T HE range of American equipment marketed by Hill Equipment Ltd. has recently been...

Could be. Jenny is secretary to a transport manager who knows his own mind. About lubricants, for instance. Nothing keeps the...

The North Thames Gas Board, with its reputation for fast and efficient service, delivers its fridges, gas-fires and various...

M ANY months ago I carried news of the Scammell Spotters Club. Now I learn it has had a big new boost in the BBC's Blue Peter...

S O road haulage licensing costs are now under official scrutiny If this belated inquiry is conducted as urgently and...

D URING the marathon session of the parliamentary committe considering the Prices and Incomes Bill, Sir Edward Browt Tory MP...

T HE group transport manager of Allied Farm Foods is a man of many parts, I learn. As well as coping with several hundred...

T HE intransigence of the NUR on the question of access liner-train terminals may have been conditioned by the grow of the...

C ONJECTURE about the future of Daimler buses follow' . the announcement of the proposed BMC/Jaguar merg■ particularly with...

TN the first rush of enthusiasm for the contents of the transport .1 White Paper, very few have stopped to consider the side...

BY H. BRIAN COTTEE V ERY occasionally some striking new V design or process enables efficiency in ndustry or transport to be...

ANNOUNCING the full details of the proposed merger with Jaguar, Sir George Harriman, chairman of BRITISH MOTOR CORPORATION,...

VI AT, I wonder, does the average haulier look for when he is placing orders for new vehicles? Is it the fastest or fanciest...

)RIVATE bus operators running market day services to the . Suffolk town of Bury St. Edmunds have a problem on their hands the...

Compulsory Anti-jack-knife Devices? I SELDOM read an article more than once, but I did read those on artic braking in the July...

T HE shape of the modem world to an increasing extent is influenced by management consultants. Although their expertize is most...

B AFFLED to make any sense out of the Minister of Transport's White Paper, but with the uneasy feeling that they cannot attack...

PART 2 A described last week the operations plan in connection with the Esso productivity bargaining project had two phases....

C OURSES for those on the management ladder in both public and private road haulage are a new and welcome feature in transport...