As the story overleaf reveals, British operators are taking part in the small beginnings of what may conceivably prove to be a...

Double excise duty is likely to be the only tax penalty • The promise of large savings in operating costs, and much cleaner...

• Some of the first production batches of Seddon Pennine RU rear-underfloor-engined buses are in the course of delivery. All...

• Many road transport employers face a considerable delay in the payment of grants from the Road Transport Industry Training...

• A major change in the structure of the Road Transport Industry Training Board has been called for by a joint committee...

• Before he vacated the presidency of the Freight Transport Association, Mr G. F. Page asked Mr Fred Mulley, the Minister of...

• Protests about the activities of the Transport Holding Company were made in the Commons by Tory MPs this week. Mr Anthony...

• An offer of an extra plus consolidation of bonus payments to bring basic weekly rates to between £,17 15s and £20 lOs was...

• The ban by London dockers on working the OCLACT container terminal at Tilbury was lifted on Monday. The London No I docks...

A preview by David Lowe • The 1970 Mechanical Handling Exhibition which opens at Earls Court, London, on Tuesday—closing May...

by Ron Cater • It was largely a family affair last Sunday at Fowey, where the third St Austell LDoY eliminating round was...

by Bob Holliday • An LDoY Centre champion aged only 16? It couldn't happen in the UK but it can in the Isle of Man—where they...

• A meeting of all those involved in cattle markets is to be arranged to discuss the effects of the changes in drivers' hours....

• Make by make figures of new registrations of new British commercial vehicles, buses and coaches in Great Britain, N. Ireland...

• Operators in the Midlands will be able to see all the facilities offered to the industry by S. Jones (Garages) Ltd, of...

• The Freight Transport Association on Tuesday announced two major extensions to its technical services. They are a full...

• The ITA graduateship examination includes statistics in Part I and the law of inland transport in Part II and not evolution...

and freight handling isr■ by David Lowe Containers at Earls Court • The second International Freight Container and Container...

Opposing views on one-man operation expressed lively discussion at SRPTA Conference • An enthusiastic audience, obviously very...

• The first of a fleet of 20 new luxury coaches for Southdown Motor Services Ltd was handed over to the company on April 16....

• The decision whether to save uneconomic bus services, mostly in rural areas, would ultimately have to be taken by local...

• Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport Department has placed an order with Bell Punch Co Ltd for a further 100 bus sets of...

• About 15 North Eastern local authorities are expected to oppose . an application for increased fares by United Automobile...

• Huddersfield Corporation Transport crews are demanding a £25, 40hr week, and negotiations have been taking place this week....

Dr D. A. Cluarmby, 28, has been appointed London Transport director of operational research—a new post. Dr Quarmby. a graduate...

• The Transport Tribunal has allowed the appeal by Docks Haulage Co Ltd against a decision of the South Eastern deputy LA, Mr...

• Hauliers in the North of Scotland were warned last week about overloading their vehicles. At a public inquiry in Inverness,...

• Deciding that "very few people would travel from outer London to the centre to start on a four-day tour", the Chairman of the...

• The biggest application for an increase in fares in the history of the Yorkshire Traction Co Ltd has been made to the...

be speeded up so that applications for further increases would not be received by local authorities before the appeal against...

+11 The decision on the application by Transitex Express Services Ltd for a new A licence for two vehicles, heard in Lytham St...

• Although he requested that all the objectors' evidence should be heard, the Yorkshire deputy LA, Mr M. Gosnay, said that...

by Ron Cater • When I published my report on the second of two stability trials on Peak Trailer and Chassis Co's coil-spring...

• Can the noise of a diesel engine be accurately predicted in the design stage? Apparently not, writes Paul Brockington after...

• At a London Press demonstration this week Kingsley and Keith (Chemicals) Ltd, of Suffolk House. George Street, Croydon. CR9...

by Tony Wilding • To judge from the first example of the Argyle truck—which goes into service today, and which I was able to...

• Built recently to the requirements of Dial-Holmes (England) Ltd as the basis for a heavy wrecker, this Unipower Invader built...

• Two 36ft long, tandem-axle, flat platform semi-trailers, one in ckd form, have been shipped to Robert Hudson and Sons (Pty)...

• Ronway Engineering Co, Southall, Middx, has disposed of the manufacturing and selling rights of its demountable body system...

John R. Elliott • The new Freight Transport Association president, Mr. John R. Elliott. is one of those extremely active...

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by Handyman Benchwise: lathe sense (14) IN vehicle manufacture the taper has lost none of its value as the simplest and...

by the Hawk • Marsh mellow "The first job they gave me when I joined the board of the National Carbonising Company was to...

by Tony Wilding, MIMechE, MIRTE ONCE AGAIN the majority of vehicles tested by Commercial Motor in the past year have been psv...

Unders and overs • In addition to the 10 items of operating costs directly attributable to the running of a commercial...

Wages order or disorder? by Janus I N his message to Congress earlier this year President Nixon gave the results of a review...

EM nom TR by lain 5herriff, tkiti A LAND Of startling contrasts, Greece is one of the oldest civilizations in the Western...

by John Dickson-Simpson ERGONOMICS, or human-factor engineering, might seem one of those gimmicky terms of modern times to...

GREECE has been famous for its marble since ancient times, and today there is a thriving industry in limestone and white marble...

by Inspector K. W. Norman, Crime Prevention Section, New Scotland Yard. • Exterior floodlighting of parking and storage...

HIGH ambient temperatures are but one of the factors to be taken into account when considering diesel engine filtration...

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matters by John Darker, AMBI Science in transport (4) The value of operational research OPERATIONAL RESEARCH has taken a...

by Les Oldridge AIRTE. AMIMI Objections to operator's licences THOSE of us who have been associated with road transport for a...

Work that rarely sees the light of day AT the turn of the year I wrote of the value of articles giving background and current...

Niglirtpae Ltd. Cap.: £100. Object: To carry on the business of operating services by night and at other times for the carriage...

The next seven days from May 1-May 7 FRIDAY !RTE {South Wales) agm. The Institute of Engineers. Park Place, Cardiff, 7.15 p.m....

All the books, booklets and reprints published in association with CM are obtainable from the Sales Dept.1PC Business Press...

There is a full-circle slewing of the hydraulic articulated jib of the latest Foco lorry-loading crane from Telehoist. Loads up...

Three of a range of lubricant storage and dispensing units launched by Dynaflex will have applications in vehicle workshops...

Six sizes of retreaded radial tyres are to be launched by Blue Peter at the beginning of May. For 12in. rims there will be a...

Permanent evidence of temperature variations inside a vehicle body can be obtained with the Blick Thermo Recorder now available...

Heavy-duty tubular supports for the front ends of uncoupled semi-trailers have been introduced by Dunsley Manufacturing...

Detailed information about industrial castors for a wide variety of applications is given in a catalogue just published by Home...

Since introducing its STP Hitch in April 1969, Slaven Transport Products has found that with certain types of operation of a...

Portable airless-spray equipment which can be used for a variety of jobs including vehicle painting and can apply many types of...

Small components such as nuts and bolts which drop into inaccessible places can be retrieved with the Flexi-grip device...

With their ability to be operated in any direction, three new Webley and Scott hydraulic jacks can be used as force exerting...

A 12-page fully illustrated brochure describing the design and method of operation of the Hope anti-jack-knife device has just...

Letters, figures, symbols and , devices made from a compound including rubber and magnetized particles are used in the Magnetic...

With the introduction of Locquic 312 Primer NF to supplement its recently launched Loctite 312 adhesive, Douglas Kane states...

A new range of improved Synolac alkyd resins for the surfacecoatings industry has been developed by Cray Valley Products. There...

The Royal Automobile Club Continental Handbook and Guide to Western Europe has long since widened its value well beyond the...

All levels of commercial vehicle security are catered for with two new alarms from Digitation. The basic alarm is suitable for...

The Romac emergency tyre repair outfit which provides a temporary treatment for punctured tubeless tyres has been modified and...

Ron Cater With the advent of roller brake-testing equipment, workshops have been able to dispense with expensive, dangerous and...

A new commercial roof rack has been added to the range made by Freeline. Named the CR8. the roof rack measures 4ft by 8ft and...

Storage of small and medium size articles is provided for in the Telford range of steel drawer cabinets introduced by...

A warning that the level of water in a vehicle cooling system has reached a dangerous level is given by the Radolarm equipment...

A warning-light system is incorporated in new automaticlubrication equipment for commercial vehicles introduced by Lubrication...

Following the successful launching last year of its Hycaddy HS5 and HS10 Mark II hand stackers, Kelvin Engineering is now...