The road transport industry will not mourn the passing of 1968, the year that was squeezed until the pips squeaked. For most...

merger with SAAB • from Tony Wilding. Sweden, December 20 • Swedish truck and bus manufacturer Scania-Vabis AB, of Sodertalje,...

• Luton magistrates last week diSmissed charges against a coach firm and one of its drivers of using in a coach a television...

• A report on the possibility of transfer tickets for passengers paying the maximum Is 3d fare on Glasgow's municipal buses is...

• About 400 inspectors and depot staff employed by municipal bus undertakings in the North-East have decided to refuse weekend...

• Dundee transport convener is demanding an apology from the PIB for claiming that he fixed a bonus for 800 busmen without...

• Hicks Coaches of Accrington, Lanes, are the first UK passenger operators to place in service a coach built by Salvador...

i n the new London Transport from our industrial correspondent • Mr. Ted Castle, journalist husband of the Minister of...

It is unlikely that the creditors of Davis Bros. (Haulage) Ltd, will recover any money at all. This was stated on Friday by Mr....

• A suggestion that the state-owned Transport Holding Company (soon to become part of the NFC) might now be interested in...

• In the Scottish Court of Sessions, on Friday in Edinburgh, Lord Fraser rejected a petition by which Lloyds Bank sought to...

• A call for industrial company managements to bring pressure on the training boards for their industries is made in the...

• A TRTA spokesman said this week that the association was "most concerned" over the action of the West German Government in...

• The statistical inquiry forms which transport undertakings can be required to fill in for the Ministry of Transport were...

• Lord Beeching who on January 1 will become president of the Royal Society for the prevention of accidents, has accepted an...

• Under the terms of an agreement signed between Officme Meccaniche E. Ceschi of Verona, Italy, and Primrose Third Axle Co....

• A further 1; miles of the Midland Link Motorways (M6) between Darlaston and Bescot in Staffordshire, was opened to traffic...

CM starts the New Year with another of its exclusive operational trials—part of the winter Road Test of a 32-ton-gross artic...

FOLLOWING the announcement last May that the International Freight Container and Container Handling Exhibition is to be held at...

A CRASH CAMPAIGN is being planned for West Germany next year by European Unit Routes Ltd., the P and 0 Group container company....

NEWPORT DOCKS (MON.) are to have a £200,000 35-ton Paceco-Vickers container transporter crane following purchase authority...

• The dangers of badly sited and poorly lit skip containers are being discussed by the London Boroughs Association. These...

• With distribution costing British industry around ,E5,000m a year it is to be expected that many cost conscious firms will...

• AA Aidpoints are to be established throughout Britain to provide drivers with information and assistance. This new scheme has...

• A contract maintenance system under which the entire responsibility for servicing, repairs, breakdowns and spares is...

• The European headquarters of U-Haul Trailer Rental Systems will during next JanuL ary be transferred from Maidenhead (Berks)...

• How to eliminate, as far as possible, unladen mileage; this was the problem facing transport manager Mr. James Young. As a...

from our Parliamentary correspondent • Fears that the Government was seeking to drive smaller garages out of the vehicle...

• Considerable confusion and inconvenience might arise when a big vehicle fleet had many temporary licences expiring at...

• A special dispensation by the Ministry of Transport and the British Waterways Board to allow empty double-deck buses to cross...

• A call for legislation to ensure that Scottish bus companies took account of British Standard Time met with no success in the...

There was a danger inherent in the use by public service vehicles of recut tyres, said Sir Geoffrey de Freitas (Labour,...

• The impending closure of Scottish Region's Waverley Line on January 6 1969 has brought about a great deal of opposition from...

• The Passenger Vehicle Operators Association announced last week that it had now received confirmation that British coaches...

• London Country Bus Services Ltd. the company which will control London Transport buses and Green Line Coaches operating...

• "Glad tidings of comfort and joy"; how often we have heard that sentiment expressed in recent daysl And if there is one...

On January 1 without any further duty being imposed the rebate has been increased by a further 9d, or 50 per cent. Fuel...

• The names of six part-time members of the Scottish Transport Group were announced last week by Mr. William Ross, the Scottish...

• Mr. Richard Marsh said in the Commons last week that so far he had received no appeals from statutory objectors against the...

the question facing GLC by Derek Moses • Another Transport Bill full of controversial measures like its famous predecessor,...

• Bus and rail fares, together with freight charges, will be increased by Coras lompair Eireann, the State-owned transport...

• During the coming year, Newcastle on Tyne transport committee is to spend £30,000 on providing another 170 shelters for bus...

• That . Larrow Transport (Northern) Ltd. was at present doing work for BRS with improperly licensed vehicles was the first...

• Five objectors were represented when S. Carnwell Ltd., of Alton, Stoke-on-Trent, applied in Hanley last Friday for three more...

• The North Western Traffic Commissioners granted applications-for one year-from four undertakings and their joint operators...

• A North East firm which sought to switch its base from Gateshead to Glasgow and applied to the LA at Glasgow last week, for...

• The Transport Minister has received representations from the East Sussex County Council, Chailey Rural District Council and...

• Scotland's first mailbus service, which started six months ago in East Lothian. proved popular during the summer. Linking...

• "The company takes the view that the court has been lenient and there will be no appeal.'" So said Mr. B. Bush, appearing for...

• The Moss Gear Co. Ltd., which in June last year introduced a new range of semitrailer axles, has now announced that the S-cam...

• The title of Milshaw Tipping Gear Co. Ltd., of Bradford, Yorkshire, has been changed to Milshaw Hydraulics Ltd. The new name...

• Highway Trailers IGB.) Ltd., Southampton, Hants., has received an order for 175 single-axle, flat platform semi-trailers of...

George Brook has been appointed a director and elected chairman of the North Western Road Car Co. Ltd. in succession to R. J....

by John Darker • Tail-board lifts for vehicles in the I5cwt /1-ton category are meeting a current need. Originally designed for...

at York depots • At each of the seven York Truck Equipment depots around the country the company has set up full MoT test...

• Somerset specialist in Austin, Seddon and Dodge vehicles, Steels Commercials (Taunton) Ltd., 148 Priorswood Rd., Taunton, has...

for engineers • A second conference in the series entitled "Education and training of professional mechanical engineers"...

• The RTITB has published its first booklet on "Training recommendations for apprentice motor vehicle mechanics". Dealing with...

• An international conference, "Polymers in transport", is to be organized jointly by London sections of the Institution of the...

• A gas turbine coupled to an electric transmission system was envisaged as a possible future development by Dr. Bruno Eckert...

• An air-fluidizing discharge cone that is made of fabric and is inflatable is an important space-saving feature of a new...

by Handyman Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (24) • Few drivers today deal with their own tyre maintenance, and in the...

BRS vehicles are so familiar a sight that 596 of them could pass without the man in the street even taking notice of their...

To the uninitiated the number of lots may appear enormous but as Stephen Chesters-Thompsons pointed out not only are the goods...

Forgive me if I am boring you with almost weekly Transport Minister tales (which a colleague calls Marshmallow), but he does...

Remember Sam Gray, the 1968 Lorry Driver of the Year? When Sam was at the Commercial Motor Show in London he was presented with...

The Transport Bill. Opposition to the Transport Bill is growing rapidly,. and there are many rumours about, one . §uggosting...

by J. K. Todd executive, mechanical engineering group, National Research Development Corporation IN THE past 20 years the...

One of the primary tasks of the National Research Development Corporation is to provide financial and other support for...

THE BRISTOL LH passenger chassis which was the subject of a full road test and operational trial report in the November 8 issue...

A contributor highlights some of the special difficulties facing transport operators in country districts by C. J. Ley THE...

Designed as a fast lightweight tender for use in connection with multiple crashes on motorways, a new rescue appliance, mounted...

How is it possible to decide just when a highway requires resurfacing and to what extent? In the past the matter has been...

The new dual-purpose ERF fire tender which was exhibited for the first time at the Chief Fire Officers' Conference at Torquay...

Suggestions that refuse collection vehicles of improved types might be imported into the United States from Europe, or...

I would like to draw attention to matters raised at an inquiry held recently in Bangor, North Wales, (CM December 13) relative...

Mr. Dickson-Simpson's article and letters which you have printed in relation to the proposed tachographs have not so far put...

Following the increase in pemiitted lengths of articulated vehicles and draw bar trailers which took effect in April,...

The hidden hand across the sea WHEN a few weeks ago (CM November 1 1968) I gave an account of attacks on the American Trucking...

THE retirement of Mr. C. N. Christensen as managing director of British Road Services Ltd. deserves to be recorded in some...

operating several vans on multi-stop collection and delivery work within a 25mile radius, but very occasionally outside this...

on transport law. Is a road haulier restricted in laying down limitations of liability in his conditions of carriage? A...

use of 1.p.g. (propane) as a motor vehicle fueL Could you give me the name of a supplier of equipment and your views regarding...

A The initials stand for International Cargo Handling Coordination Association. The Relevant address is Abford House, Wilton...

IN a recent Commercial Motor article, Mr. J. A. Fletcher, secretary of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, made a timely...

LAST WEEK I dealt with the obligations of the bus crew under the 1936 Public Service Vehicle (Conduct of Drivers. Conductors...

The design of the Commando 600 pressure washer, introduced by RDC is claimed to combine the main features found in other...

A unit which provides a rapid and clean method of dispensing a measured shot of grease or similar material, or oils and fluids...

A jig boring and milling machine has been announced by Barker Machine Tools and Equipment Ltd., the sole agent for the machine...

From the Kett Manufacturing Co. Ltd. comes a useful jacket called the Gleamer, it's a tough plastics sleeveless jerkin finished...

To help designers wishing to work in g.r.p. find the most suitable properties and best method of manufacturing items in this...

Kerry's (Great Britain) Ltd., which has 60 branches covering the whole country, is to distribute the Tilt "r" engine handling...

A fully transistorized windscreen wiper pause mechanism called the Drizzle Switch has been introduced by Tecalemit. It is a...

The Automotive Division of the Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co. Ltd. has introduced six new service kits based on its models...

Newly introduced to Great Britain, a geared wrench from Tetroc Ltd. requires no power supply and is eminently suitable for tyre...

The JD Autocharger, dealt with recently in CM, has been put through a series of tests as well as being used for regular...

A low-level lift specially designed for work which requires vehicles in a wheel-free position comes from Castro!. Operations...

the best in the long run. The problem of securely roping down a load of fragile cardboard cartons or, for instance, trays of...

Ward Brooke and Co. Ltd. has recently extended its range of heavy-duty terminal blocks by the addition of polarized models,...

The cold-rolled mild-steel section introduced recently by Metal Sections Ltd, for van-body frames is now to be made available...

A leaflet published by Bribond Signs Ltd. illustrates a range of self-adhesive transport signs which can be applied in a few...

Three new items have been added to the range of highperformance industrial adhesives produced by Roberts Smoothedge—Anchor-Weld...

Employing a new principle of shot circulation, Penfold Metallising Co. Ltd. have produced a greatly simplified shotblast room...

Tekmar Electronics has announced a vehicle public address system especially designed for one-man operated buses. This...

A range of filter water-separator units produced by Rellumit (London) Ltd. is designed to combat the problem of difficult...

The role of the sideloader in the field -of container handling is discussed in a I 2-page brochure published by Lancer Boss...

Bloctube Controls has announced an improved version of its fluorescent inspection • lamp. Containing a 12in. 8W tube to give...