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7th February 1969
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Parcels carriage is already showing signs of becoming the first area of road transport to take on a new competitive pattern in...

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B RS launches

Overnight Express service by John Darker • On Monday, British Road Services launched a new overnight express service between...

'Effective voice' for users in National Ports

from our political correspondent • There are important implications for the road haulage industry in the Government's plan for...

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Tyneside PTA row Newcastle claims political rigging

by Derek Moses • Following the announcement last week that Mr. Richard Marsh has made orders establishing the first four...

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MoT's dummy run on quality licensing

• A pilot scheme to prepare for the int roduction of quality licensing for goods vehicles later in the year was announced by...

Allisons

• Amalgamated Rubber and Industrial Products, which saved Allisons Freightlines from possible liquidation, has paid £200,000 to...

Lorry park at Smithfield

• A two-acre £410,000 underground vehicle park is to be built on a "void area" that used to be a railway siding at Smithfield...

Handling methods and costs

• Handling problems faced by the parcels carrier were discussed by Mr. N. J. Kevan, traffic manager, BRS Parcels Ltd., at a...

Fatal accident— haulier fined

• Fines totalling £100 were imposed at Workington magistrates court last week on Edward Fye and Son Ltd., haulier, of...

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Anglo-Yugoslav haulage agreement

• An agreement between the UK and Yugoslavia was signed at the Foreign Office on Monday to facilitate road haulage between the...

Freightliner traffic

• Last year an estimated 500m tonmiles of Freightliner traffic was transferred from road . . . nevertheless road transport ton...

Knowles de-licenses fleet

• Mr. Gerald Knowles, of Knowles, Transport, the strike-torn Wisbech haulagd company, told CM on Tuesday that he had...

Insurance for traders

• A new, simplified insurance policy covering "all risks" for traders' goods in transit has been announced by the National...

'Base tax on plated weight'

• The Road Haulage Association is to urge that excise duty on goods vehicles should be based on the gross laden (or plated)...

Caravan group

• Caravan Hauliers' Functional Group has been set up by the Road Haulage Association to look after the special interests of...

Rates lagging

• Following the announcement of possible future rates increases by British Road Services Ltd. in Commercial Motor (January 17),...

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Container Transport

by Roger Howell More complaints from US truckers PREVIOUS mention has been made in this column of the difficulties experienced...

£2 rise for northern lorrymen

from our industrial correspondent • Seven hundred haulage firms in an area including Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster,...

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IN WESTMINSTER

from our Parliamentary Correspondent Reduced hours: no date yet • The Ministry of Transport hopes, within a few weeks, to...

Parcels policy

• Mr, Carmichael denied In the Commons that there had been any change of policy as far as the joint parcels organization was...

Rear views

• We are considering proposals to make the rear of larger commercial vehicles more conspicuous—Commons answer from Mr. Bob...

T. G. Gibb first chief of Freightliners Ltd.

T. G. Gibb, who was general manager of the Freightliner division when it was part of British Railways, has been appointed...

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Tribunal dismisses 'phantom driver' appeal

• The appeal by Barnett and Graham Ltd. against a decision of the Northern LA was dismissed by the Transport Tribunal in London...

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Eleven get licences for steel work

• A total of 33 vehicles were put on A licence by the South Wales LA in Cardiff on Tuesday. Abernant Transport (Rhigos) Ltd.,...

Low-loader application fails

• Jamieson Plant Hire Ltd., Brestwick, made an unsuccessful B licence application in Ayr on Tuesday. The application was made...

Carriage for campers

• An application by Sandown Tours (Burnley) Ltd. for an excursions and tours licence was heard in Leeds on Wednesday by the...

Southport/Cheltenham service

• New facilities were made available for passengers living in the zone between Liverpool and Southport when Ribble Motor...

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Glasgow plans to leave Federation

and introduce o-m-o double-deckers • At the same time as Glasgow Corporation Transport introduces its first regular o-m-o bus...

• Production of luxury coaches at the Blackpool factory of

Duple Motor Bodies will, says the company, be substantially increased during 1969 when all manufacturing activities at the...

City opposes LT transfer

• The City of London Corporation has lodged a petition against the Bill which is before Parliament to transfer London Transport...

lOs rise for busmen expected

from our industrial correspondent • Britain's 77,000 municipal busmen are expected to get new pay rises of 10s a week later...

St. Helens acts on Section 36

• Early action has been taken by St. Helens (Lanes) Corporation with a view to extending the operational scope of a passenger...

Swansea operator's joint venture

The South Wales Transport Co. Ltd. and United Welsh Services Ltd., both based at Swansea, have jointly applied to take over the...

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Unions oppose Dundee sale

• The passenger unions representing Dundee municipal busmen have worked out proposals for future operation of the local...

Trolleys for Teesside

• Teeside County Borough Council has bought five trolleybuses from Reading Corporation for use on the Eston-South Bank, and...

Grants for rural services?

• Northumberland County Council has appointed a committee of six members to consider applications for grants towards the cost...

Call for nippier single-deckers

• The Ministry of Transport is ready-'in so far as resources permit"—to help bus undertakings carry out research into such...

Tyneside PTA row

continued from page 35 Mayor of Newcastle would convene a meeting of representatives from the councils involved in the new...

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Becorit low loader trials

by Ron Cater • When Becorit (Engineering) Ltd. of Ilkeston, Derbyshire, first decided to introduce ground-level loading...

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New thoughts on automatics

and aerodynamics by Paul Brockington • The application of a hydrostatic infinitely variable transmission to a vehicle could...

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High-capacity conveyor type bulk container

• A modified form of conveyor-type bulk container body has been evolved for 32ton-gross semi-trailer outfits by the Nessfield...

Albany's new cargo pump range

• The Albany Engineering Co. Ltd. announces the introduction of a new range of cargo pumps for tankers. The units are...

Rotary seal with clutch

• The animal-feed tipping type pneumatic-discharge bulk vehicle shown by Carmichael and Sons (Worcester) Ltd., Gregory's Mill...

Redesigned compressor/gearbox from We//worthy

• A new type of 2-to-1 step-up gearbox has been developed by Wellworthy Ltd., Lymington, Hants, for the company's...

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Participation

A letter from Sir Reginald Wilson I have read with interest the article by Mr. John Darker, AMBIM, on the role of the shop...

Road and workshop

Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (30) • Experience at testing stations has shown that a good level of vehicle cleanliness is...

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Tanker stability trials: a first-hand report

VEHICLE stability has become a major talking point in the past few months. This has been reflected in material published in...

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The best for bulk powder?

by P. A. C. Brockington, MIMechE OVER the past 10 to 15 years, the expansion of bulk-vehicle traffic has been a major factor...

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These cards reduce chemical crash hazards

THE DANGERS incurred when chemical tankers are involved in accidents have at last prompted the Home Office to call for the...

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11 TEE

THE OPINION a user forms of a tanker outfit is more often based on the manner in which a cargo is discharged on his premises...

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DURING my many years with Scammell Lorries Ltd. of Watford,

the interest of the staff in their job was vocational. We specialized in specials and variety conditioned our lives. We...

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Purle in the waste disposal oyster

Innovation and application have made the Purle Group leaders in their field by E. James Millen THE WORLD has a waste disposal...

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Local work without tears

TEESSIDE lorrymen are renowned as a militant team and indeed the area was hard hit by the tachograph strike last October when...

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"Chased at 40 mph by a stampeding

site dump truckliii!ites special correspondent Fred Heathfield "The time was early morning. I • broke through the clinging vine...

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Bird's eye view by the Hawk

* Dick the driver "If I can drive it, anyone can," said Minister of Transport Richard Marsh modestly on Friday, after driving...

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Janus comments

Student unrest Happy the man, whose wish and care A ,few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his OWI2...

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The bulk transport concept

SOARING road haulage Costs in recent years have given a marked impetus to the study of bulk transport economics....

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Management matters

continued ment is classified as manual, mechanized or "latent movement" (when lifting, loading and conveyance are associated...

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Q You have recently mentioned the

annual vehicle test for cars and light vans. I understand that the fee for this test has recently been increased, and that the...

I have read with interest your Q and A January

24, relating to the marking of overhanging loads. However. I am sure that when carrying a load exceeding 6ft but not exceeding...

Q I have a 12-ton g.v.w. tipper on

contract to a local quarry firm. Can you advise whether Contract A licence holders will be treated in the same way as ordinary...

Q Having recently completed 25 years'

service in HM Forces I am now seeking employment as a foreman fitter. When being interviewed for various positions I find...

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Necessity for co-operation with the schools

THE legal profession has recently taken up the cudgels about the appallingly low state of knowledge among the public about the...

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Limited trade places and schedule 13 Road Traffic Act 1960

TWO correspondents have recently raised the question as to whether paragraph 10 of the 13th Schedule to the Road Traffic Act...

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Dexion Ltd.'s latest product —Dexion Cantilever Racking – -complements its existing range of racking.

It has taken five years to develop—that is since Dexion supplied over 1,000 cantilevered, slotted angle racks to the British...