I S British Railways being completely open with the road transport industry—road haulage in particular—about its Freightliner...

SURPRISE MOVE BY BOTH TORIES AND LABOUR FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT R OAD hauliers who use defective lorries may...

p ROPOSALS for the route of the 26-mile M23 (London—Crawley) motorway have been published today by the Minister of Transport....

From our Political Correspondent A PROPOSAL to give the Minister of Transport strict new control over the carriage of...

CRANE FRUEHAUF TRAILERS LTD. announces that its standard range of singleaxle vans and flat platforms are suitable to run under...

WITH plans well advanced for a national network of Ministry of Transport testing stations which will be used when the proposed...

From Our Industrial Correspondent N OW that the policy of voluntary negotiation with the unions is virtually in ruins, the RHA...

T HE largest single consignment so far carried on a roll-on roll-off ferry the first of two 50ton packaged boilers manufactured...

What does it take to make a thriving container port? Larne is busy demon strating the answers and is but one example of how the...

By H. Brian Cotten B Y the end of 1967 the present five Freightliner terminals operated by British Railways should have grown...

THE raising of the maximum axle weight from 10 to 13 tons only entails an increase of between 1 and 3 per cent of the overall...

V ERY few changes will be needed to Ford commercial vehicles built from 1960 to enable them to meet the interim braking...

W. M. Dravers has been appointed a lirector of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Dmnibus Co. Ltd., in place of R. W. Birch, vho...

By Derek Moses F OLLOWING the publication of exclusive photographs of London Transport's experimental rear-engined Routemaster...

1 F Routemaster buses operating from Mortlake garage, at present modified to idle in neutral instead of second gear (COMMERCIAL...

AEC Swift single-deckers feature in the latest Sunderland Corporation Transport one-man bus orders, adding yet another vehicle...

BY ASHLEY TAYLOR THOSE optimists who thought they were going to learn from Press conferences in Manchester last Friday just how...

VW Queen's Bench Divisional Court last week lifted an order staying the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners from giving a decision...

BRITISH MIDLAND AIRWAYS has announ ced a consortium to provide coach links between the East Midlands Airport at Castle...

BIRMINGHAM City Transport has ordered 12 Ford R192 single-deck buses worth about .E48,000. The chassis will be fitted with...

COUNTY TRAVEL (LEICESTER) LTD. has taken over the licences, goodwill, tours and excursions operations, and daily stage carriage...

A CONFERENCE of travel agents in London has been told by Mr. F. W. J. Robinson, general manager and secretary of London Coastal...

B ECAUSE the North-Western Traffic Commissioners disagreed on a decision, the application for the renewal with modification of...

T HE North-Western Traffic Commissioners on Tuesday granted an application for substantial revision of the route structure of...

DEPUTY Scottish (North) IA Mr. L. A. Wells last week heard the continuation from October 24 of an application for an A licence...

p RIOR to the hearing of an appeal on Monday, Mr. G. D. Squibb, QC, president of the Transport Tribunal intimated to the court...

TRIO INSPECT PROPOSED BUS ROUTE T HE South Eastern Traffic Commissioners took an unusual trip at Ashford last week—along the...

PERHAPS for the first time in their official experience the Western Traffic Commissioners deliberated in the back of a bus at...

object all sublime, I shall achieve in time, to let the punishment fit the crime, the punishment fit the crime." No doubt like...

N OW that the British Railways' application for collection and delivery vehicles at Aberdeen has closed, the circuit of traffic...

A N improved design of Swop Body system has been announced by Abelson Motors Ltd., Birmingham. It is called the Abel Air and...

ANNOUNCING conversion kits for vehicles ".• having to comply with the interim braking standards in 1968, Fodens Ltd. says all...

F LEET operators purchasing Ford 5 and 7 cwt. vans can have their company signs and advertising slogans applied to the vehicles...

C RANE Fruehauf Trailers Ltd. has introduced a new range of standard step-frame semitrailers—previously made only to individual...

RUSSIAN tippers — the Belaz-540 (27 tons) and Maz-500 tons)--are being used in Western Germany, Sweden and Italy, according to...

A 9+-MILE diversion of the Al9 trunk road including a by-pass of Stockton-on-Tees and a new river crossing has been announced...

A SCHEME to reduce the number of acci dents on the 20-mile stretch of the A45 trunk road between the Birmingham City boundary...

COME time ago, I dealt with the failed 167 halfshaft, and the danger of a hurried roadside change leaving hard fragments inside...

L ATEST winning idea in this series comes this week from that prolific source of practical suggestions Mr. D. V. Brown, of...

Il k NEW trolley-gantry for container handling at warehouses and distribution points was demonstrated in London recently by...

A .,THOUGH iodine-vapour bulbs have a number of advantages over tungstenfilament types in vehicle lighting, they have only been...

T HE successful painting of glass fibre has up to now depended on mechanically abrading the surface to obtain good adhesion...

O PERATED from the 12-volt vehicle battery is an American-designed winch, easily fitted to any vehicle as the connections are...

I v iew BY THE HAWK Christmas Coach T HERE was a cheering Christmas present a few days ago for the patients at the Leonard...

AL L commercial vehicle manufacturers have their own road testing arrangements—but circumstances rarely necessitate them...

T HE neighbouring London boroughs of Barking and Havering have recently each introduced two new school buses, but at that...

A NEW commercial vehicle workshop opened in Norways Road, Portsmouth, by United Service Garages (Portsmouth) Ltd., has been...

A FACTORY-WAREHOUSE radio link in conjunction with specially-equipped maximum-capacity attics is helping National Glassworks...

She gives when our attention is distracted And what she gives, gives with such supple confusions That the giving tarnishes the...

THERE is a growing awareness of the need for a better under-Istanding of the costing of road transport operation. While costing...

regulations affect compressors and other trailers weighing more than 2 cwt. unladen when these are being towed by a goods...

a vehicle breaks down at say, 5.30 p.m., is it in order for him to take out our service van to the vehicle, repair it, and...

road haulage, I notice the amount of wages shown in the 1966 edition of the CONIMERCVAL MOTOR Tables of Operating Costs is...

' A When dealing with the cost of operating a commercial vehicle it should be borne in mind that it is necessary to consider...

can also be used as a fork-lift truck. Does any manufacturer specialize in this? A We suggest you write for details of the...

scheme asks how far existing schemes are limited to non-manual workers in large organizations. A Assuming here that "large...

Training within the industry---BRS 2: Cadet scheme and educational problems THE two-year cadet scheme is the main plank of...

Allisons—welcome newcomer to the Exchange rTIHE Ordinary shares of 2s. each of one of Scotland's largest road freight...