I N the twinkling of an eye the British transport scene has changed. Swift acceptance by BET of an offer for its bus holdings...

GIVE urgent consideration to arrangements whereby operators of commercial vehicles will not have to meet fuel price increases...

BY ASHLEY TAYLOR G RIM PROSPECTS face many agricultural hauliers following the spread of foot and mouth disease. Hundreds of...

This sobering comment by Mr. H. R. Featherstone,. national secretary of the Traders Road Transport Association, came during an...

prima facie case has been made. Given that the whole system is an abomination, this is quite an important concession. Another...

UTITH a special eye to fleet " operators wishing to use containers for local deliveries, York Trailer Co. Ltd. on Tuesday...

HAULIERS carrying goods direct to other countries for which a through rate is quoted—for example in containers and by...

THE Greater London Council has announced plans to spend £860m on new roads in the Greater London area. The programme, which...

STORM OF PROTEST AT MRS. CASTLE'S WHITE PAPER PROPOSALS T HE road haulage charge proposed in Mrs. Castle's White Paper "The...

THE Traders Road Transport Association is increasing annual membership subscriptions from January 11968. A new structure for...

W RITE to your MP, get your company to write to the Minister responsible for the department to which your trade and industry...

HIGHER gross weight limits (16 tons on two axles, 32 tons for max artics and so on) which have hitherto applied only to plated...

ENGINEERING co-operation between Rubery Owen and Co. Ltd. and RockwellStandard of America (now North American Rockwell) has...

ARRANGEMENTS have now been made for regular meetings between top officials of the Road Transport Industry Training Board and...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T HE Conservative Party pledged itself this week to fight to a finish for the cause of the...

THERE is good hope that the road tax demanded of hauliers in transit through Turkey will be abolished for UK operators on a...

• It has not yet been decided whether any PTAs will be established in Scotland—reply by Mr. William Ross, Scottish Secretary....

A PLEA for an extension of time before plating comes into operation failed in the Commons last week. Asking for extra time,...

MRS. CASTLE expects to make regulations later this year to strengthen the powers to ensure that tyres are safe. Announcing...

f35m. will be paid for Ordinary shareholding T HE British Electric Traction Co. Ltd. has agreed to sell its holdings in UK bus...

ANCHESTER City Transport is pressing ahead with its plan to build up a fleet consisting entirely of one-man-operated buses...

SIR REGINALD WILSON, deputy chairman and managing director of the Transport Holding Co. since its formation in 1962, has been...

E 4 EARS of a nationwide strike by municipal busmen grew at the weekend when the chairman of the Federation of Municipal...

THE GRANT of a B licence for a single tipper by the West Midlands deputy LA, Mr. R. A. Hall, to E. V. Huxley, of Wem, Salop,...

TRAFFIC for glassware manufacturers, the Rockware Glass Co. Ltd., was the cornerstone of a resumed application by Heatons...

A CHESHIRE haulier in Manchester last week sought to surrender a Contract in favour of an open A licence to avoid raising his...

D EVALUATION was mentioned in evidence at the Metropolitan traffic court on Monday. For M. and S. Shipping Ltd, Mr. M. H....

THE Transport Tribunal has allowed an appeal by Road Services (Caledonian) Ltd., Dumfries, against a decision by the Scottish...

LABOUR MPs last week returned to the attack on bus companies they say are campaigning against the Government's plans for...

THE WITHDRAWAL of active competition between an East Anglian furniture remover and the Ipswich branch of Pickfords since the...

THE Passenger Transport Authorities will have power to arrange travel concessions on their own services and on those which they...

A NEW demountable body loading and unloading system was demonstrated last week by the manufacturer, Hazlemere Motor Co....

A PRODUCTION capacity of 125 semitrailers a month is now available to M. and G. Trailers (Lye) Ltd. following completion of the...

B RITAIN'S first 12-metre bus or coach chassis, announced by AEC Ltd. in export form a year ago, is now available, with...

E KE MOST INDUSTRIES today road transport has less spare labour than at any time before, and many firms have the bare amount of...

RARELY HAVE I READ such a comprehensive review as that given in Braking of Road Vehicles by T. P. Newcomb and R. T. Spurr of...

and publications From Canada .. . CANADIAN mechanical handling equipment is now available from Gascoignes (Kee Klamps). Main...

S INCE THE SCANIA-VABIS LB76 was road tested in the summer of 1966, a number of changes have been made to the model, including...

View BY THE HAWK Freudian slip? I COULDN'T have put it better myself. Mrs. Castle was answering questions at her Press...

T HE BEST THING that can happen to the reciprocating piston engine," a well-known engine designer recently observed, "is that...

P ERHAPS the most important section of an undertaking is the schedules department. Scheduling should obviously be the result of...

A NGER AROUSED among road operators and users by Mrs. Barbara Castle's latest White Paper may, to the outside world, seem...

the new Road Traffic Act I may buy a small bus for hire to parties in rural areas. Where can get information about legal...

a Dodge six-wheeler with an unladen weight of 7 tons 1 cwt? A 'Lou do not state whether this is a plated vehicle. If it is...

A There are no general regulations dealing specifically with "dumpers". If a dumper is used loaded on a public road it must...

estimated tonnage of commodities carried by inland transport during 1962 which was published in COMMERCIAL MOTOR, What was the...

nance but have not been given the authority which! was promised. What will be my position if vehicle defects and lack of...

A The official publication giving details of plating requirements is the Construction and Use Regulations 1966: No, 1288...

are fitted to an articulated outfit, can any benefit be derived from separate application of the trailer brakes before the...

transport in the LISA. Where can I obtain useful particulars of hauliers in California? A We suggest that in the first...

A These proposals are now contained in the White Paper published last week entitled "The Transport of Freight". Its reference...

44 TARGE ORGANIZATIONS accept a percentage of their la turnover as missing or stolen with no idea of when, where or how. They...

EXACTLY HOW MANY make a start at taking professional transport examinations by private study and correspondence courses has...

A CCORDING to a well-known producer of " animal feeds, farmers are often slow to grasp the vclue of "ordering on a profit...

"THE AIM in testing under the provisions of the Act is to secure, as for as practicable, an independent check for...

Braking: Goods vehicles registered on or after January 1, 1968, will need to have service brakes (generally footbrake) of 50...

THE PALLEX system is especially interesting, for its inventor, Mr. Harold Poole, has had vast experience of designing...

Sutton & Son (St. Helens) Ltd. are the largest singly owned road haulage firm in Great Britain. They operate more than 240...