London plan may set pattern for big cities AN IN-DEPTH study which will investigate a plan for three break-bulk complexes to...

LOOSE LOADS will have to be sheeted and all loads physically restrained where this is necessary as the result of new...

IRELAND plans to take advantage of the proposed new safeguard clause amending EEC regulation 543/69 (CM la3t week) and seek a...

SHIP eiNOTHER co-operative of ;mall hauliers is being set up Ind is waiting for approval by the Registrar of Companies. The...

IT SHOULD be legal by the middle of next month to drive a lorry up to 7.5 tonnes on British roads without an hgv licence. The...

THE EDITOR of Commercial Motor, Brian Cottee, who becomes publisher of CM and A utocar on April 1, will be joining the National...

TWO road transport organisations have warned the Government against slanting its transport policy review—due out next month —in...

A NEW FORM for objecting to the issue or variation of an operator's licence provides for objecting on the grounds that the...

A NEW rail service from Munich to Llubljana Yugoslavia, announced last week by Kombiverkehr, the German rail/road company, will...

SEVEN hauliers planning to take loads to the Continent last week got a shock when they were turned back at Dover's Eastern...

LORRIES over 16 tons gvw will be banned from inner London at night if a plan is accepted by the Greater London Council. The...

Sooner or later the tachograph issue has got to be resolved, but the latest European "offer" reduces the negotiations to "flea...

AN ABERDEEN oil service company had more than half its fleet curtailed by the Scottish deputy LA last week. In January,...

YORKSHIRE will get an area Joint Industrial Council, but no one can say how soon. At a meeting on Monday considerable progress...

WHICH COUNTRY in the EEC has the most realistic national transport policy? This was a question put by Euro Truck Press in an...

CHRYSLER will deliver more than 2,000 Commer PB 2500 thirddoor vans to the Post Office over the next 12 months. The...

BRS North Eastern have adopted a new sales strategy with a switch range selling. The new system will involve four sales...

MAGISTRATES sitting at Cwmbran, Gwent, correctly applied the law when they convicted a lorry driver and his employers of using...

THE newly elected president of the National Tyre Distributors Association, Mr M. K. West, said at the Association's annual...

NEARLY 5,000 fatal and serious casualties among light goods vans and other vehicles were saved by seat belts in 1974. And a...

NOT quite a rags to riches story, but the homecoming of former Eastern BRS driver Bill Atkinson marks another step in his...

Willesden terminal, on of the largest in the country. Mr Sidney moves to his new post from Freightliners' headquarters where he...

DISCREPANCIES between two weighbridges and a failure by West Yorkshire County Council's weights and measures department to...

Heavy going DR. JOHN GILBERT, the Minister for Transport, is reviewing the arrangements under which abnormal loads are moved...

comeback by Dennis DENNIS MOTORS are going back into the double-decker bus chassis market after a break of 10 years. This...

THE first Bedford YMT chassis to have a Plaxton Supreme luxury body is being supplied to Harry Shaw Ltd of Coventry and is one...

BUSES moving off from bus stops will have priority—where it is safe—over other traffic, according to the proposed updated...

poised REDUCTIONS in London Transport services in Hertfordshire and Essex are likely following requests from the two county...

A BILL which will relax the licensing of public service vehicles in rural areas has been given its first reading in the...

REAR screen washers and wipers, and rear fog hazard lights are included in the specification for Duple Dominant-Leyland Leopard...

"Solenteer," which Hants with Southdown Motor Se between Portsmouth and week giving an hourly s two termini and a half-ho...

Bus stands on TV A NEW bus station at the Chatham Pentagon town centre development comes into use on Sunday. The new centre...

Hitchin' a ride A WRECKER specified for fitting to Land-Rovers and similar-size trucks makes its debut on Monday at the...

TO ENABLE 2.6m (8.5ft) high containers to be carried within the European 4m (13ft Iin) overall height limit, Trailor SA (UK)...

THE 50 vehicles now operating on the Isle of Wight for the NFC subsidiary of Western BRS, Islandlink, were completely repainted...

A NEW SERIES of purposebuilt ambulances has been introduced by Mellor Coachcraft of Rochdale. Designed for special welfare,...

ESSEX haulier R. K. Neil has built up a ness over the past six years carrying British antique furniture to Scandinavia...

ONE of the Milk Marketing Board's fleet of tri-axle tank semi-trailers, built in 1970, and employed as a reload vehicle on...

by Stephen Geary EXECUTIVES from 40 of Britain's leading hauliers and ownaccount operators learned last week that many of them...

buy by Johnny Johnsen THIE DEMAND for vehi le leasing continues to mere' se but operators might not fin it so easy to obtain as...

HIRE PURCHASE —proba ly the most popular method of vehicle provision—needs c reful consideration before an operator accepts the...

potential, and a message to players and members that it would be up to them to implement his plans; these feature an action...

The immediate past master of the Carmen's Company passed on a useful and topical cold cure: Retire to bed with a bottle of...

Telegraph Hill is quiet just now. One of the new, bigger traffic barrier posts has been bent over and one of the old ones...

continued from page 33 tor's own annual operation. mileage. For instance, the operator might choose tto buy an F86 artic unit...

Mr Whittle's company has two units included in Truck Plan. They are both used intensively opera tin g daily return trips with...

HOW MANY haulage companies began business with the owner's wife "doing the books" at nights or the weekends? The all too...

Tapered roller b arings need some play to function properly by Stephen Gray IF they are correctly adj tapered roller...

NEITHER railway management nor railway union leaders would include Mr John Dodgson in their list of favourite writers. He was...

THE Industrial Tribunal sitting in London recently took the view that Acme Transport's dismissal of the assistant to the...

Handbook of Physical D tri bution Management, n d edition, published by G wer Press, Erasmus House, pp ing, Essex CM16 4BU; e...

other day one of my drivers parked outside a shop to deliver. Unknown to bun his front wheel was fractionally projecting on to...

who has been convicted of an endorsable offence three times in four years (not three as previously) will be automatically...

not keep a record of driving hours. However, one of my colleagues insists that I ought to do so. Could you tell me whether I am...

a visit to my transport depot and workshops of the inspector connected with the Health and Safety at Work Act. I would like to...

aren't DJs psv regs 2 by Les Oldridge, TEng (CET), MIMI, AIVIIRTE A DRIVER must not speak to the conductor or any other person...

IN the days of haphazard maintenance, a vehicle that broke down away from home would have been repaired locally, and that would...

EXPERIENCED international travellers are generally aware of the advantages of credit cards, often preferred to money as...

Two more power cleaners have been added to the Hydro-blitz Jet stream range manufactured by W. J. Reynolds (Equipment). The...

To supplement its established 4.5-litre (lgal) petrol can, Bell Products have introduced a 9-litre (2gal) version. Although...

Stenor has introduced a hand cleaner claimed to remove anything from grease to ink. The cleaner, Dissolvent, is antiseptic and...

Spline screw sockets are now available from Sykes-Pickavant. In six sizes, 6, 8 and lOmm x 51mrn (0.24, 0.32, 0.39 x 2in) and...

A blind riveting system from Tucker Fasteners requires access to only one side of the workpiece and the company claims that the...