TS the forthcoming merger of Crane Fruehauf and Boden, reported on page 37 of this issue, the beginning of a general...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT U NION CHIEFS representing 200,000 lorry drivers are not prepared to defer their claim for a...

by JOHN DARKER T HE second annual report of the the National Board for Prices and Incomes published last week contains...

YESTERDAY was Summit Day. Representatives of 12 influential bodies met in London in a bid to form a united opposition front to...

MR. AUBREY JONES and his largely academic Board have criticized the haulage and passenger sides of the industry in earlier...

clash looming By C. HYAMS E STABLISHED haulage operators in the Liverpool area say that a night rate of 4s a cu. yd. and a day...

From our Political Correspondent TNVESTIGATIONS this week I showed that there is little, if any, chance of the Road Haulage...

enabling the Minister to delay implementation for a considerable time, rather than just refer the matter back. It would...

From our Political Correspondent I F British Transport men are worried about Government support of the railways, they should...

"A POLITICAL move designed to reduce the railway deficit while ignoring industry's need for a flexible and economic transport...

A TRADERS Road Transport Association deputation yesterday met MoT officials to discuss drivers' hours and records. The TRTA...

TAKE YOUR LORRY! A NEW ZEALAND haulier told CM this week that "if any misguided British operator wishes to emigrate to New...

C UNARD LINE managing director Mr. Philip Bates last week signed contracts with two companies in the Transport Development...

THE Transport Development Group profit fell from £2,680,347 to £2,560,996 in the half-year to June 30, 1967. Mr. P. S. Henman,...

EARLY APPLICATION is recommended for enrolment with London University for the 1966/67 session Transport Study Courses...

FINES TOTALLING £150 were imposed last week on A. Samuel Ltd., Wolverhampton, at South Staffordshire Stipendiary District...

WEST MIDLAND LA Mr. J. Else declined to take action under Section 178 against Mrs. M. Grimsley in respect of a February, 1963,...

TWO VEHICLES owned by Davis Haulage (Smethwick) Ltd., were suspended for one month by the West Midland LA this week. In March...

IMPOSING a six-month suspension on 15 of 70 vehicles operated by Whitchurch dairymen T. H. Goodwin and Sons Ltd., the West...

A FTER a seven-day re-hearing of the Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd. application for new Continental tours licences from Lancashire,...

SECRETARY of the National Union of Mineworkers at Wolton colliery, Yorkshire, Mr. J. Baker last week supported a Blicence...

NO PENALTY was imposed last week on James C. Ashworth Ltd., of Bradford, by Yorkshire LA Mr. H. E. Robson at a Section 178...

T HE Minister of Transport, her inspector and the Traffic Commissioners for the Metropolitan and South Eastern areas have each...

A COMPANY which claimed that its vehicles would not be used on the public highway in an unsafe condition has avoided a Section...

A FIRM of builders' merchants was last week in Leeds granted entry into the haulage industry by Yorkshire LA, Mr. H. E. Robson....

F OR as far ahead as anyone can foresee buses are going to be the staple of public transport in most towns and over much of the...

FOR THEIR "terrible and savage" assault on a bus driver and conductor, Oliver Wrigley, 22, labourer, of Hope Street,...

M RS. BARBARA CASTLE this week laid before Parliament regulations to increase the maximum permitted length of public service...

TWO UNOFFICIAL bus service operators were each fined £20 and severely reprimanded when they appeared last week at Stornoway...

ERIC HOPWOOD, who as assistant to the manager of BR containers and Freightliners was the Board's policy representative at many...

B RITAIN'S largest trailer and container manufacturer, with a production capacity far greater than any other in Europe, will be...

I NEWS of the Crane Fruehauf-Boden I mer g er plan was carefully timed for I release after Stock Market dealin g had closed....

CF-BODEN merger appears to make good sense in almost every way. Crane Fruehauf has been expanding at a great rate for nearly...

BY A. J. P. WILDING A N EXTENSION into the lower-weight truck field with 3.8and 6-ton-gross models, new cabs for the whole of...

AN ELECTRONIC anti-lock system is being tested on a 1,000ft-long multi-surfaced skid pad by the Bendix Corporation (401 Bendix...

A TER our look at accident damage and its effect on planned work, and still with prevention very much in mind, let us look at...

THE BRITISH TRAILER CO. LTD. is now plating its Four-in-Line oscillating-axle semitrailers, following consultations with MoT...

A DOOR catch on which the grip can be adjusted to suit the weight and type of door has been developed by Albert Jagger Ltd. It...

A RANGE of vehicle-care products introduced by National Benzole includes a liquid polish in a 10oz tin at 6s, leather PVC...

T HE Model BBS.20 bandsaw introduced by Burgess Products Co. Ltd. is different in design and colour to its predecessor, the...

T HE WESSEX battery-electric articulated tug unit, Model EA150 has a towing capacity of 3 tons and provides a simple and...

rr HREE products have been added by Simoniz to its range of "car care" products. These are a radiator sealer, a...

A S1MPLE roof sign with various applications is now available from Burnham and Co. (ONYX) Ltd. It is easily attached and...

W HEN the police flagged down Yugoslavia-bound Neil Carmichael, Labour MP for Woodside, on the motorway at Biggleswade, the...

Stephen Swingler Esq., MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Transport, at the opening of the Thames Valley bus station, Reading,...

I F you detect a "say-cheese" look about the vehicle below. ... well, it's posing—for David Crowson, of Ivydale Road, Lonsdale...

D ISCREETLY tucked away in the September TGWU Record is an item calculated to please Sydney Greene of the National Union of...

I SPOKE to a mother this week about her 25-year-old son, who is suffering from a serious kidney disease. He is David Lowes of...

MR . A. W. ALLEN, chairman of Atkinson Lorries (Holdings) Ltd., reports that during 1968 turnover is planned to increase and...

'THE introduction of the TW9 16cwt three-wheeler this A week marks an important step forward by the Reliant Motor Co. Ltd. It...

M Y IMMEDIATE thoughts when I went to test the Reliant TW9 pick-up truck, a three-wheeler with a 700 c.c. engine and carrying a...

being currently developed, caused me to read an article (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, September 16) by Paul Brockington. This article...

on the ratio of propeller shaft to wheel deceleration when one wheel locks, the actual deceleration of a wheel as the locked...

CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Masters on his first-class letter (CM, August 4). I would only add that if the RHA are only as effective...

REFERENCE was made in Mr. Golding's letter (CM, July 28) to the effect of load-sensing devices on the front brakes of vehicles,...

hope that you may find the space to give some publicity to my efforts in compiling "The Sentinel Register". Starting three...

A 53-seater for under £3,000. . . tough, silent. . the Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Superior looks and rides like an export...

M CH of the attention of the public towards the second general report of the Prices and Incomes Board has been concentrated on...

the growth and continued prosperity of the Amey Group of companies. Enlightened managerial techniques can also be identified as...

A The costs vary, of course, according to the mileage. Taking 600 miles a week throughout the year, including slack periods,...

inspection service to operate within a 10-mile area of my home town. It would cater for small fleet operators with limited...

cent are cars, 20 per cent in the 5to 7-ton class (kept for 10 years) and the remainder consist of light vehicles ranging from...

to depots. I would like to enter the longdistance field but I am completely inexperienced in sheeting and roping and this. I...

A Anyone may now legally put on a road or motorway a portable red triangular sign to warn traffic of a temporary obstruction....

licence which limits me to a 15-mile radius of base. I have been told that if! am moving a customer's furniture in or out of my...

local authority for a schools meals service, charging Is 4d a mile for an acwt van. This year I lost the contract to a...

on some types of vehicle. Is this correct? If so, what are the classes of vehicle involved? A According to the German...

B ECAUSE the road transport industry is as widely ispersed 1 - 11 as the population it serves many of the 92,000 establishments...

THE GREAT SPATE of activity in transport management courses so clear only a year ago has given way to more sporadic promotions....