Transport men who have listened attentively to two major speeches - this week by leaders of the industry may wonder whether...

by Derek Moses • The bus grants scheme, whereby operators purchasing buses built to standards approved by the Department of the...

37 in £342,000 haul: nine face charges • An assize jury heard last week that a Sutton Coldfield man was at the top of a...

but there are ominous threats of infrastructure charges by John Darker • At Luxembourg this week Transport Ministers of the...

• A revised scheme. subject to Government approval, of grant assistance devised to give Group Training Associations greater...

• Tribute was paid to the standard of maintenance of larger commercial vehicle operators by Mr D. C. Winebloom, regional motor...

• Amalgamated Transport Services are to seek approval from creditors for a voluntary liquidation at a meeting on November 3....

• CM's Seminar on Vehicle Selection and Maintenance (reported in this issue) will be repeated at the Midland Hotel, Manchester,...

• Bore Steamship Co Ltd, of Turk° /Abo, in Finland, announce the introduction of the first roll-on/off freight service direct...

• The latest development by Mitchell Cotts Transport Ltd is the direct result of a feature read in CM in December 1970 by Mr C....

• New demountable bodied vehicles now in operation with Croydex Rubber Products Ltd, Andover, are said to reduce the size of...

• Norwich Corporation, which last April imposed a ban on over 3 tons goods vehicles travelling through the city centre, unless...

• Lively discussion followed the papers presented at the CM-sponsored two-day seminar, "Selection and Maintenance of Commercial...

• Three lorry drivers who had agreed to "lose their loads" and later falsely claimed that they had been hijacked were among...

Dan Pettit charts the challenges • In an enlightened and unusually broadbased address, the new president of the Chartered...

• Because he could not find a suitable vehicle to fit into the 3-4-ton range of the 400-strong International Distillers and...

from a special correspondent • Under new ownership, Willowbrook, the Loughborough bus and coach builder, is flexing its...

• UK Bus Driver of the Year 1971 is Mr W. "Bob" Coleman, of Leicester Corporation Transport department. He won this distinction...

• A new Portuguese dual-purpose coach body mounted on a Bedford YRQ chassis, and qualifying for the DoE standard bus grant, and...

• The undesirable practices of some British entrepreneurs in the overseas holiday industry which have caused so much public...

• A re-examination of Ulsterbus services being carried out by the company could result in redundancies of 350 by the end of the...

• Edinburgh Corporation Transport is running at a profit for the first time in about five years; for the year ended May 28...

• Plaistow Transport Ltd has had its licence for 12 vehicles and 11 trailers revoked entirely by the Metropolitan LA, Mr D. I....

• A 15 per cent rise for working abnormal hours is being claimed by 100,000 provincial busmen following those already being...

• An objection by the RHA against an application by Curtis Power and Co Ltd, of Sheffield, for an operator's licence...

• Sandown Tours (Burnley) Ltd successfully applied to the North Western Traffic Commissioners in Manchester on Monday for a...

• An appeal by G. Greaves and Son Ltd, timber transporter of Hull, against its conviction by the Hull stipendiary magistrate on...

• In Hull last week the chairman of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners. Maj-Gen Sir John Potter, granted as applied for an...

• Cruden Coal Co, of Cruden Bay, appealed at Edinburgh on Tuesday against the decision of the LA which had resulted in the loss...

• Alec Eyre Ltd, appearing before the Transport Tribunal in Edinburgh on Tuesday, admitted maintenance faults in the past but...

• A High Court bid by Astons Transport (Hall Green) Ltd, a Birmingham haulage firm, to lift a "blacking" on its vehicles failed...

Don Whitelock has joined Showerings Ltd, manufacturer of ''Babycham," as chief transport engineer, from Watney Mann. Mr...

• Birmingham-based distribution specialist, Abel Systems Ltd, has added a range of drawbar trailers to its distribution systems...

• Tracked vehicles or other mobile plant can be self-loaded onto a new type of machinery-carrying semi-trailer developed by the...

• Crane Fruehauf Ltd has opened a new mobile repair service unit at Queen Elizabeth Docks, Hedon Rd, Hull, Yorkshire (tel: Hull...

• The board of Britax-Excelsior Ltd ("Britax") has announced that an approach has been received which could lead to an offer...

• Said to be the biggest private shipping terminal in Europe, a depot with 108,000 sq ft of floor space has been opened by...

• British Leyland points out that three of its most widely used diesel engines have already obtained the latest British...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI Forgery and false statements (7) THE law has always taken a very serious view of forgery and as...

then driving for Kraft Foods, was an LDoY finalist at Bramcote. A couple of weeks ago he lost the CM radiator plaque which...

Believe it or not, there are Muscovites who would sell their consciences for a five-kopek piece! I have this on the authority...

Are passenger services in London so different from those in provincial cities that they require buses designed with an eye on...

If one thing came out of last week's ECMT symposium at The Hague, it was the extraordinary similarity of transport problems...

Dan Pettit has had a great send-off as the new president of the Chartered Institute of Transport: for his presidential address...

CM has got itself a small nitch in another medium, as you may have gathered if you were listening to BBC's Radio London on...

Yarmouth councillor Mrs Joy Johnson, a member of the transport committee, had heard so many complaints from bus crews about the...

by Gibb Grace, DAuE, CEng, MIMechE. THE TWO most significant changes in the Ford heavies this year have been the introduction...

workshop by Handyman Benchwise: coo/it (23) SOME SITUATIONS do not respond to normal flushing out cleansing operations. For...

Would junction waiting bans be justified? THE Department of the Environment has announced new proposals to control the...

The car must be curbed in city centres, agree ECMT symposium delegates in The Hague. IF CITY centres throughout the world are...

y our tax by R. H. Grimsley BCorn, FIAC 10. Tax treatment of private cars CARS used in the business qualify for capital...

John M. Clayton • It has often been said that there is no substitute for the book of experience. John M. Clayton killed this...

Faery lands forlorn SOMETIMES Mr John Peyton's Department gives the impression of being more against transport industries than...

regulations concerning skips which are left on the road for collecting rubbish. Could you tell me what these regulations are...

diesel engines and have obtained details of units, including Magirus Deutz, that are in current production. What is your...

A Resale Weekly, published by Croft Pub lishing Co Ltd. Unit 4, Sewell Street, Ihdustrial Colony, Plaistow, London E13 8AT,...

Operating Costs. We have no experience of commercial vehicle operation and would like to attempt to cost out a project which...

publication on traffic law in folder torn which is kept up to date after purchase b! a regular supply of amendments. Could You...

matters By John Darker. AMBIM The FTA's consultancy services EVERY TRADE ASSOCIATION offers advice on a whole range of...

From George Wilmot: Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London Sound policy of exemptions by CIT THE...

amtenance or loading ramp heavy vehicles is now being weed by E.R.F. Engineering and is supplied in three main s: ramp slope;...

ingle-handed operating line for carrying out both ng and lock torque tests on er-motors including axial in both clockwise and...

A new bare metal stopper (GB 2) has been introduced into the Glasso range of refinishing materials by General and Industrial...

Transport Contract Cleaners Ltd is planning to extend its service on a national basis. The company is not solely aiming at big...

A pressurized oil container designed for topping up sumps and gearboxes is now available from Portapack Ltd. The Maxi-can unit...

A lightweight, transportable battery-charging set comprising a single-cylinder, four-stroke petrol engine close-coupled to a...

An electro-hydraulic tipping platform capable of tilting a 30-ton load up to 70deg in 1 rmin. has been introduced by Gough Econ...

Permex Ltd is marketing a pump to handle paraffin, diesel, light fuel, anti-freeze, some solvents and other non-corrosive media...

The fVlinophon, a pocket-si2 "stethoscope which can used to listen to the sound bearings and other equipment being marketed by...

A 33 per cent cost savinj previous Fawcett hy pneumatic accumulators been claimed for the Hj cushion series. The unit, a...

new range of commercial hide suspension seats has en introduced into Britain by cro (Leamington? Ltd. These ats, produced in...

under-run bar carrying all the 'quired legal markings in addition to incorporating special rear light housings to protect rear...

A hot or cold high-pressure washer with an operating pressure up to 600 psi (42 kg per sq cm) has been announced by Kina...

A range of Austi heavy-duty mud flaps is now available ex-stock from Hatcher (Framlingham) Ltd. All the usual sizes are...

A range of low-cost continuouslevel measurement equipment to provide indication . of liquid contents carried by transporter...

by Trevor Longcroft r is unnecessary for me to say )o much about losses incurred wough down-time. They are too 'ell known....

An intense light output is claimed for the Spar-Lite mast unit, which is now marketed in the UK by Dale Electric of Great...

From Alwayse Engineering comes the S-Con Baby 10 belt conveyor which has instant on-off wheels and will fold into two 5ft...

To provide soldering capability when mains power supply is not available, Antex has introduced the MES 12V soldering iron for...

Synthetic Resins Ltd has developed a type of polyester gel production of automotive components. The material, Filabond 34-308A,...

A reference booklet from Pirel gives details of its ranges ( giant and light truck tyres. The booklet can be hung on wall and...

The Vidor V8 3V torch batte made by Crompton Parkins Ltd, is being marketed with outer casing made of po styrene, so offering...

A rubberized (to remain tadl salt resistant sealant do-it-yourself application n marketed by Holts is claimec be self-healing....