Bodywork Defects Main Faults Revealed In W. Midland Tests

by Paul Brockington • Mr. P. Haxby, director of training, Road Transport Industry Training Board, stated last week at a Midland fleet engineers' three-day seminar that the......

• A New Heavy-duty Fifth-wheel Coupling Is To Be Introduced

by Hands Trailers Ltd. at the Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court in September. The new unit incorporates a caststeel main plate capable of supporting imposed loads of up to 17......

Great Yarmouth Services To Norway

• Sealord Shipping Company Ltd., 108 Fenchurch Street. London, announces that Fred Olsen and Co., Oslo, has been appointed general Sealord agent for Norway. A new roll -......

First With The Fixed Head

Next week's Commercial Motor will feature new ranges of high-payload fourand six-wheeled haulage vehicles which are the first to use the new Leyland 500 fixed-head engine......

Record Profits

• For the year ending March 31 last, a pre-tax increase in profits from £319,944 to £402,605—some 26 per cent—is announced this week by Atkinson Lorries (Holdings) Ltd. In his......

Heavy Loads Warning From Mr. Marsh

• Mr. Richard Marsh has written to vehicle operators reminding them of the requirement to give advance notice of the movement of heavy abnormal loads and engineering plant by......