• The Road Haulage Association And The Freight Transport...

are co-operating in the preparation of the new type of drivers' record book which will be required from March 1 next year, when the new driving hours limits take effect. Details......

Containerization, Well Established In Most Of America's...

now spreading to the southern Atlantic ports. Many of these have hesitated in the past to invest the large capital required to establish themselves as container terminals, but......

Mot Rejects 10% Weight Tolerance

• A request by the Home Grown Cereals Authority for a 10 per cent tolerance on the plated weights of vehicles carrying cereals or similar good has been rejected by the Ministry......

Boost For Haulage Links

• To help the formation of co-operative units in the haulage industry and to co-ordinate the activities of such groups, the Road Haulage Association is to appoint an executve......

• Showing The Test •

• Open days, to demonstrate what is • involved in taking the h.g.v. driving test, are being arranged at Harmonds • worth, Middx. by the Ministry of • Transport. Arrangements are......

Correction

• In the report of the Mendips tipper operators group meeting {CM September 5) a figure was shown of £4,000 per month earnings for a 16 ton gross vehicle. This should read £400......

Port Of New York's Growth

CONTAINERIZED cargo shipped through the Port of New York is expected to more than triple its current volume by the mid-1970s, with major impact on the shipping, haulage, and......

Container Transport

by David Lowe Identification codes INTERNATIONALLY uniform container number codes are on the agenda for next month's meeting of the ISO Technical Committee on Freight......