For over 30 years hauliers have publicly stated the nature of their applications for carriers' licences, or the reasons for...

BREAKTHROUGH ON COMMON MARKET TRANSPORT POLICY HERALDS TOUGH NEW REGULATIONS: EUROPEAN HAULIERS PROTEST from a special...

Il ackpool f c r o o r m res o p u o r n p d o e l n it t ical A general air of satisfaction with the . ansport Bill will...

• A High Court judge dismissed on Friday a claim by Poplar Motor Transport (Lymm) Ltd., of Knutsford Road, Lymm, Cheshire,...

• Leonard S. Payne. 42., is to sic coed C. N. Christensen as managing director of British Road Services Ltd.. the 'Transport...

B RS deadlock from our industrial correspondent • A call for a national strike of 16,000 British Road Services drivers and...

by Carolyn Hyams • Establishment of the new fruit and vegetkble market at the Nine Elms site on the iouth Thames Embankment,...

• Britain's roads are now carrying more than 87 per cent of the country's goods. Already the world's most congested, they are...

C. French and described in CM on June 21 as Hawker-Siddeley is in fact Vickers All Wheel Drive equipment.

• In London's Guildhall last week the Worshipful Company of Carmen celebrated its 300th anniversary with a banquet at which...

• Road hauliers in the Border countie are planning applications for Edinburgh Hawick, English Midlands, London route to meet...

• Nearly 6m vehicles crossed the Severn Bridge in the first year of its operation about 3.3m more than crossed the Tay Bridge...

• In a Written Answer the Minister of Powe last week said that the Government con sidered that a reduction of the temporar...

by lain Sherrift • The directors of Thoresen Car Ferries Ltd. have recommended acceptance of a take-over offer to their...

• A new £3rn passenger and vehicle ferry, the mv St. George, described as the most advanced ship of her kind to be built in...

• A haulier who failed to obtain noisesuppressing modification kits for two current six-wheelers which are particularly noisy...

• A new range of lightweight alloy bodies for long wheel-base Ford Transit chassis giving a taxation weight of under 30cvvt...

• An accident-free 59,500 miles during the first three months of 1968 has won drivers of the Pointer Group's Norwich tanker...

• The 1969 edition of the Goods Vehicle Yearbook, published yesterday, follows the familiar format of this well-established...

stoppage from our industrial correspondent • Key talks in an attempt to avert the threatened strike by 77,000 municipal...

I The Passenger Vehicle Operators Asso:iation has protested to the Minister if ?ublic Building and Works, Mr. Robert viellish,...

• Following the conclusion of London Transport's productivity agreement with its 33,000 busmen (CM last week), the Board has...

increases by C. Hyams • Crosville Motor Services Ltd. may be hit by an unusual form of industrial action tomorrow (Saturday)...

£200 fine from our Parliamentary correspondent • Failure to preserve tachograph records can mean a £200 fine—double what...

O The Ministry of Transport knows of 11 local authorities which have special traffic lanes for buses, and many more are...

11 An A licence application on behalf of K. nd A. Transport, Swindon, for one 5-ton an, to be acquired, to carry furniture and...

111 No judgment was given when the Transport Tribunal heard the appeal of D. E. Dewhurst and Bailey's (Keep Moving) Ltd. this...

• If the Corporation had kept in touch it might have had an opportunity of providing the service, but because the applicant...

The Transport Tribunal has adjourned .s hearing of an appeal made by JET, and W. Taylor against the decision of the Vest...

• After 10 years of negotiations an agreement for the introduction of one-man buses has been reached between the Potteries...

• The Transport Tribunal will give its judgment on the appeal made by W. Armstrong (Westerhope) Ltd., which was heard this...

• In Carlisle on Tuesday Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern LA, granted additional tippers to two hauliers to carry road and...

• When A. C. Hows appeared before the West Midland LA, Mr. 3. Else, under Section 178 on Wednesday, his licence was revoked....

• The application of Freight Master Loaders Ltd. for four new B licences was refused in the Metropolitan area on Tuesday, and...

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John Shufflebotham has been appointed deputy Licensing Authority and deputy chairman of the Traffic Commissioners for the West...

Paul Brockington The production of van containers and filers in America is expected to double in ;s than 10 years, according to...

Four more Standard Lists giving gross and axle weights at which goods vehicles will be plated at MoT test stations are...

• The Tyne Tees Waste Disposal company of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, recently took delivery of a 15ft 9iin.-wheelbase, AV...

• Tarmac Roadstone Holdings Ltd. has ordered 12 fully insulated "U"-shaped tippers for carrying hot asphalt which will keep...

• The City of London College has now received approval from the Council for National Academic Awards for its BA Honours...

• A one-week course in the practical application of modern warehouse techniques is to be held in London from Monday September...

• One of the categories in which the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust will be offering travelling fellowships in 1969 is...

• A residential course for senior manage. ment is being organized by the Managemenl Studies Centre, Broadway House, London...

• In furtherance of the Institute of Traffic Administration's new education policy and the advent of its first graduateship...

and publications _onger spanners Some additions have been made to the Bedford range of chrome vanadium spanners, sockets and...

by Handyman Manpower maintenance and the MoT (2) • "Why do my vehicles now fail more frequently and take longer to repair?"...

2. Away with needless restrictions that stifle efficient delivery and collection by D. N. DEAN IN my previous article, I wrote...

WHAT is the position of the local authority officer who has a transport responsibility within his primary function, in relation...

BY P. A. C. BROCKINGTON, MINlechE FATHER THOMAS CURMI, a Roman Catholic priest in Gozo—an island four miles north of Malta...

*It's cheaper by rail A reader told me this week that BR recently quoted him a rate of 53s 9d per ton for 108 tons from Ceylon...

Janus comments NEWS that the Road Transport Industry Training Board is spending £11m in its first year might be expected to...

MR. BRA DBURY says he was peering into the more distant future when he made various forecasts regarding engine design in his...

It is over three years since the Red Star delivery service was introduced by the British Railways Parcels Service and as all...

HOW the high-service demands of a perishable product were reconciled with complete nation-wide coverage economically was...

a la carte BY FRANK BURRAVOE IN CALEDONIA'S Campbeltown is Marlin's Transport. Mr. Marlin has a furniture van on a B licence...

of twoyear-old tippers and comment on the suitability of particular makes for the short haulage of stone. Where can I obtain...

case the front brakes squeal when braking fairly hard at a speed of about 15 mph. The brakes of the second vehicle, which is...

500 miles a week— when fitted with: (1) a petrol; (2) a diesel engine? A The total operating cost per mile at this average...

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low-loader trailer with a combined length of 48ft 6in. and with ballast loaded on the trailer, the total weight could be as...

in London recently. Can you supply the name and address of the organizer? A One such course was run by the North Western...

A We presume you are referring to the National Tyre Distributors Association. This association was founded in 1930 and has a...

A Dealing first with the passenger side, the ." 1 combined strength for 1967 of the Tilling and Scottish Bus companies is given...

I HAVE ALREADY (CM July 12) outlined the new examination staircase which is being constructed by the Institute of Road...

LAST WEEK I wrote about the two types of trade licences, their cost and some of the restrictions on their use. Returning to the...