THIS is the season for making resolutions which HIS we are honest) nearly always are based either on a sense of obligation or...

Mrs. Castle sees PM THE new Minister of Transport, Mrs. Barbara Castle, took the problems of her department to Downing Street...

MR. RAYMOND CALLS FOR ANOTHER URGENT TRACK COSTS STUDY 6 6 USSTANTIAL progress could be made in arriving at a rational solution...

T HE air express Containerway service of Anglo-Continental Container Services Ltd. was officially inaugurated at London Airport...

A si "early warning" information centre in the West Riding of Yorkshire to liaise between exporters, hauliers, shippers and the...

A NUMBER of garages in the West Midlands were without petrol this week because of an unofficial ban on overtime by tanker...

MORE EXPANSION SOON —DRIVER FINED T o provide a framework for further expansion, Transport Development Group Ltd. has...

on Monday that the police should give more direction to transport firms about which vehicles could lawfully use M6. He was...

Pickfords Now Control Dutch Haulier DICKFORDS Ltd. have acquired a 75 per cent L holding in P. F. Boers International...

uAULIERS and motoring organizations in Scotland last week attacked the proposed 10s, toll for commercial vehicles over 10 cwt....

rr HE third open meeting of the Asso ciation of Industrial Road Safety Officers will be held on Thursday, January 13 in the...

Mr. J. L. Stokoe, RHA Scottish area secretary, said his association would make representations to the Scottish Secretary about...

U NLESS the company was allowed to increase fares or receive some sub stantial relief such as abolition of bus fuel tax, East...

A TENDER of AEC Ltd., for six Swift rear' underfloor engined single-deck bus chassis has been accepted by Morecambe and Heysham...

F OLLOWING the introduction of 14 new AEC Green Line coaches painted in a completely new livery of pastel grey with green...

PLEA for more freedom for the bus when new town centre traffic schemes were being introduced was made by Mr. R. P. Beddow,...

A WARNING that the city's municipal bus system might have to be scrapped was given to Dundee Corporation transport committee...

G LASGOW City Council plans to get tough with motorists who are preventing the city's public transport system from operating...

Sons. which pioneered the mail service from Stranraer lb Drummore in 1913, ceased operations at the end of 1965. Buses of...

TIM introduction of co-ordinated services with 2 the Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd. on suitable routes in the borough of Derby...

A REORGANIZATION of companies in the Metropolitan-Cammell Ltd. group took place on January 1 to facilitate the manufacture and...

Ltd. and subsidiary company Eastaugh Bros. Ltd., has been appointed to the board of Arrow Bulk. Prior to joining the company in...

OBE: Mr. G. A. B. McIvor, principal scientific officer, Road Research Laboratory; Mr. J. B. H. Skinner, senior engineer, Yorks...

WE regret to record the death of Col. A. Jerrett. Col. Jerrett was for many years a leading figure in the road transport...

C OMPETMON between road operators 1 ...e for holiday tour traffic from the north to Manston Airport brought a clash before the...

AFTER being told that an application for a 4-5 ' Contract A licence for a 3-i–ton boxvan had not been published in A's and D's,...

AN application has been made by Scottish Omnibuses Ltd., Edinburgh, to the Scottish Traffic Commissioners for permission to...

AN increasing call for back-loading of goods 'A by their two principal customers was the reason for an application by F. and A....

T HE Transport Tribunal, in a reserved written judgment, has dismissed the appeal of Ipswich Delivery Service Ltd. against the...

Big application still has 10 objectors after latest hearing T HE managing director of Flights Tours Ltd., Mr. K. Flight, told a...

I N London last week the Metropolitan deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. C. J. Macdonald, granted one artic on A licence to D. R....

A T applicant for a new B licence to carry ships' stores within a 200-mile radius admitted carrying urgent loads in taxis he...

A NEW A licence application by Elliotts Hauliers (Northern) Ltd., an associated company of low-loader specialists, Elliotts...

New Dempster models in service A DVANTAGES of the DempsterDinosaur and Dempster-Dumpmaster bulk materials handling, storage,...

TLLUSTRATED here is a three-deck transporter, built by Tiverton Coachbuilders Ltd., which provides new standards of comfort for...

section of the new North Cheshire motorway (M56) has been published as a draft scheme by the Minister of Transport. It deals...

sales will continue this year, with the tendency for hauliers to buy heavier outfits which can carry more freight at relatively...

Bridge against shipping at various times in the years up to 1976 if a new Bill goes through. The Bill has been deposited by...

nOOD progress is being made by the Dover Harbour Board in reclaiming a six-acre site from the sea to provide additional space...

yr is not generally known that a driver instruc tion service is available free of charge under which drivers will be taught to...

uloRic will start shortly on fmile of new "road which will link A610 west of Nottingham with M1 and provide a partial bypass to...

I N order that high-speed gears will have I. maximum load capacity for their particular duty and size, it is necessary to use...

shaped at the same time, and the move in to the next pair is controlled by really fine limit indexing. Profile grinding,...

A DEVICE for cleaning the twin rear wheels of tippers quickly and easily has been produced by William Moseley (Engineers) Ltd....

Havard: What do you see as the biggest single contribution that could be made towards better maintained/leets: (a) more...

By Derek Moses T HE telephone rings in the office of Ernie Usherwood, traffic manager of Whyte's of Edgware. At the other end...

By G. A. Pearson. Compressors with bespoke power take-off units, mounted on 30 cwt. vans, make for a speedy 24-hour tyre...

No Screams T AM always amazed at the attitudes taken by the "motoring I associations" at any measures taken by governments...

Goods Transit Time in Rhodesia THE ITEM in your issue of October 8 headed "Railways are in trouble with parcels traffic" was...

East Yorkshire pay more NET profit of EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR SERVICES for the year ended September 30 last improved to f130,940...

Weather, climate and industrial hazards do not worry a Leyland Freightline truck. It's designed and built for service anywhere...

F ROM what the majority of commentators have to say Mr. Tom Fraser's term of office as Minister of Transport will be reckoned...

ADVICE ON TRANSPORT PROBLEMS by S. Buckley Assoc I nst T A SPECIALIST in the transport of oversize caravans was recently...

IN recommending various basic books for selection in studying road transport I wish I could pick some rather more lively...