Britain There are nearly as many trucks made in this country as in the rest of Europe put together, We are the second largest...

Four big truck makers now offer Rolls-Royce Eagle Diesel ATKINSON • FODEN • ER. F. • SCAMMELL 0 NLY TEN MONTHS since...

ie Rolls-Royce company is, as Ne come to expect, making anher contribution to Britain's export ive with its diesel engines for...

T HE NEWS that four truck manufacturers now include the RollsRoyce Eagle range in their engine options might have caused a bare...

T HE EAGLE made by RollsRoyce, which is now being offered as an option by four of Britain's leading manufacturers of heavy...

ORMAN PARRY, Managing Director, Rolls-Royce Oil Engine Division, in reply to a question on the research facilities of the...

Y a hairsbreadth the NUR was prevented from another of its acts of folly last weekend. It took tough Government talking to...

From a special correspondent W ITH PARLIAMENT back at Westminster and the business of a new session due to begin next week,...

ALTHOUGH there is an official proposal to Increase the permitted length of artics in the UK to 15 metres (49ft 2.6in.) there...

THE transport unions have resubmitted to the Road Haulage Wages Council the two parts of their fourpart claim which were...

FROM the middle of next month, 24-ton gross train weight versions of the Bedford KM will be obtainable from Vauxhall Motors...

L'IR OM NOVEMBER 1 new braking -I'systems will be incorporated on all vehicles built by Atkinson. The new systems are designed...

BY 1970 some 2,250 miles of England's 5,400-mile trunk road network will be seriously overloaded. .. and towns will be more...

From a special correspondent THE RHA's international group is conducting a survey of difficulties experienced by members in...

By R. D. CATER L VESTOCK carriers, milk floats— and some valuable new ancillary equipment—were at Olympia from Saturday to...

CHARLES ALEXANDER (Transport) Ltd. reluctantly dismissed two very good workers from its Elgin depot after it was subjected to...

THE Belgian Deppe Line (CMB) is now running a container service weekly between No. 1 berth at Tilbury Dock and New York and...

NEXT Monday, October 30, the West Midland Maintenance Advisory Committee is holding an open meeting on topical matters of value...

THE Industrial Transport Association Congress which was due to be held in Edinburgh on 13, 14 and 15 November has been...

WHEN Kangourou terminal operated by Novatrans, the French concern, was opened this month at Le Havre, an Andrea Merzario Ltd....

A NEW service centre for commercial vehicle users opened this week at Stocktonon-Tees. Run by Scotts of Nottingham, the centre...

BUILD HIGH AND USE PALLETS By John Darker P RACTIC AL advice on warehouse layout and design was given by Mr. Peter Falconer,...

Mr. Samuel-Gibbon's investigation holds lessons for tippermen everywhere A LARGE section of the road goods industry still does...

B RITISH RAILWAYS has been granted 13 of the 22 Freightliner artics which it applied for in Birmingham, to service the Dudley...

IT was alleged before the North Western Traffic Commissioners in Manchester this week that Shearings Holidays Ltd., Altrincham,...

AMONG sections of the Road Traffic Act to come into effect on November 8 under an Order now published is No. 7. This exempts...

T HE diametrically opposed views of the North Western deputy Licensing Authorities on applications by a Rochdale haulier led to...

AFTER an all-day sitting, the Transport Tribunal on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of an appeal by A. M. Bell (Transport)...

By Derek Moses T HE biennial exhibition of passenger vehicle bodies by Duple Group Sales Ltd., The Hyde, Hendon, London, NW9,...

TAKEOVER of the West Riding Automobile Co. Ltd. was inevitable in one form or another, in the opinion of the board, chairman...

in action by Ashley Taylor A NEW fully automated threeminute coach and bus washer, installed at the Wallace Arnold garage in...

EDINBURGH, Tyneside, Tees-side and the North West have been particularly badly affected by the municipal busmen's bans on...

FROM Monday this week Arlington Motor Co. Ltd. is providing a continuous exhibition of new and used coaches at its main p.s.v....

From a special correspondent y ORKSHIRE bus operators may pull the rug from under Mrs. Barbara Castle's feet by setting up...

STANLEY H. DEWS joins the British Motor Corporation on November 1 to take up the new appointment of director of commercial...

OTHER APPOINTMENTS F. Wheeler: chairman, RHA licensing committee; G. C. Harvey: vice-chairman. Ronald J. Plant: TRTA vehicle...

Simms Group Research chief foresees possibility of running a diesel on a ratio of less than 8 to 1 S IGNIFICANT forecasts...

UNDER AN AGREEMENT just signed, Crompton Parkinson Ltd. has acquired the rights for existing and future patents in metaVair...

THE DUTCH rubber company Vredestein International is to enter the UK tyre market. Franchise holders for London will be Albany...

By R. D. Cater N NEW TANKERS ranging from 1,500gal to 6,000gal capacity have been placed on a threeyear contract with Atlantic...

ONLY 4 tons 5cwt as a chassis-cab at the kerb, and only 6 tons I.5cwt with tank and auxiliaries—these are the remarkable...

THE INADVISABILITY of tooling-up for the mass production of existing designs of gas turbine pending further advances in its...

IT WAS ANNOUNCED at the weekend that Leyland Motor Corporation expects its profits for the year to September 30 1967 will be...

W E HAVE already indicated that the preventive maintenance scheme of shortperiod inspection, rectification and service can take...

A NET loss of £275,616 is announced by the Ulster Transport Authority in its 18th annual report—for the year ended September 30...

and publications Power cleaner A LOW-PRICE air-operated cleaning gun suitable for use in workshops is now being imported by...

DELEGATES DISCUSS THE PROSPECTS FOR THE LONG HAUL, THE LOADING AND D SCHARGE OF CONTAIN r: SHIPS AND THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING...

FOUR MAIN POINTS were stressed by Mr. Colin Jones, transport correspondent of Financial Times in his wide-ranging paper "The...

THE CONTAINER ERA was "for the first time forcing the whole inland transport industry to think internationally, to become more...

BEFORE making some "serious predictions designed to promote comment" Mr. T. E. Tindall, director general of the Road Transport...

Act was a political matter. After outlining the grades of staff covered by the board's activities, Mr. Tindall— delivering his...

AT the final business session on Tuesday, Mr. P. Haxby, RTITB training director, spoke about driver training. He said he...

"SHEER madness and crass stupidity." That was Mr. T. D. Corpe's view of the Minister of Transport's quantity licensing...

ICHA's BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE DESCRIBED BY JOHN DARKER, Ammo A CONFERENCE at Birmingham last week on the theme: "The Container...

I NT tipping, the competition is loaded against the good operator who wants to run his vehicles at the correct weight. But when...

drawn our attention to the article Will fibreglass bodywork burn? (CM, September 15). We would like to make it clear that all...

if the railways were made more efficient she doubts that they would get more traffic. Therefore her proposed quantity licensing...

WHY, if the Transport Holding Company does not believe in takeovers for the sake of takeovers, nor in "vast monolithic...

View BY THE HAWK Too much choice CRY from the heart on Monday by Gerald White, managing director of Duple Motor Bodies, when...

R. D. Cater, AMInstBE, tours the galleries with an eye to equipment likely to interest the transport man T HE increasing...

A T A LOSS to find major issues on which there is a dramatic split between the two main political parties the commentators have...

A So far as we are aware none deal specifically with this, but successive articles (CM. March 6 and 13, 1964) in our series...

A A book which deals with their installa tion, maintenance, and operating, Diesel Engine Manual, is obtainable from George...

A Recent research suggests that most drivers cannot correctly assess road speeds after decelerating from high speeds on...

can you tell me how the road accident figures for commercial vehicles for this year compare with 1966? A The total number of...

a book about investment appraisal published by Ford. Can you tell me about it? A Investment Appraisal has been published by...

gas operation. What economy would I gain and would Ca/or gas be harmful to the valves etc.? 1 have heard there is a firm in...

regulations due to come into force on January 1, 1968 and ( bi--the present plating regulations and those to be applied on July...

now! want to enter into the livestock transportation business. Can you advise me whether or not I will make a fair living and...

A The recently published book Storage and Handling of Petroleum Liquids: Practice and Law by V. R. Hughes, may assist you. It...

The increasing appraisals of the overall costs of distribution could result in a changing pattern of transport and affect...

THE three parts of the guide to 24-hour and emergency service for commercial vehicles which were printed in issues of...

CURRENT BUS PROBLEMS figure a good deal in examination questions at all levels. The great problem in tackling answers is that...