These are troubled times for the road transport industry, with vehicles off the road, redundancy, bankruptcy and voluntary...

• A new danger threatens haulage contractors who are already suffering a recession in business. Britain's farmers are...

• Modifications to the drivers' hours regulations could be in force in time for the Spring Bank Holiday (May 29-31 inclusive),...

• The Road Transport Industry Training Board at its meeting on April 6 decided on the proposals it will make to the Secretary...

• Representatives of the National Guild of Transport Managers are to meet the Minister for Transport Industries, Mr John...

• "There is nothing so effective as one or two prosecutions to make it known within the fraternity. . . ." This was one...

• Mr Alan Donald, of Ernest A. Notcutt and Co Ltd, insurance brokers, addressed the RHA International Group in London last week...

• Bullens South West Ltd is launching a nightly express delivery service from Bristol to London Airport (Heathrow). Air freight...

• Goods vehicle testing stations in England and Wales will be closed during the Spring Bank Holiday on May 28 and 31. Stations...

• Mr K. C. Turner, chairman of the RTETB, is to open the Stage IV extensions of Bromsgrove College on April 23 and will present...

• Following a successful summer course last year, St John's College of Further Education in Manchester is organizing a series...

In CM next week we look at different ways of financing expansion. The answer to your problem may lie in leasing, contracting or...

• Hopes that the 1970 change of government would be accompanied by a fundamental change of philosophy towards transport, had...

• The Greater London Council, in conjunction with the London and Home Counties division of the Freight Transport Association,...

• From July 1 there will be reciprocal recognition between Britain and Northern Ireland of the two countries' schemes for the...

• Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, is the venue of the fourth International Materials Handling Exhibition from May 17 to 21. The...

• An unusual type of dual-purpose semi-trailer has been developed by Barham Bodies Ltd of Northampton. It is a belt-discharge...

• For 10 years the Transport Commission of the Common Market has been wrestling with problems of harmonization and, according...

Starting next week a special series of articles by John Darker on the theme: Consultancy in Transport and Distribution will be...

• The CM-sponsored seminar, "Managing and Controlling Drivers," held In London last week, was the scene of lively discussion on...

• No action was taken this week when Petters Ltd, the diesel engine and compressor manufacturer and a subsidiary of Hawker...

• Doigs Tours (Greenock) Ltd has been granted day tour licences for Blackpool, Morecambe and Southport from Greenock, to...

• A company which held an 0 licence authorizing two vehicles but had neither in possession was penalized under Section 69 of...

• The Northern area Traffic Commissioners have renewed road licences held by United Automobile Services Ltd, Darlington, but...

• If a driver is delayed on a journey and consequently makes out a false driver's hours record, he faces a danger that although...

• In a 10-point memorandum to the Greater London Council, outlining its comments on the Green Paper "The Future of London...

• London Transport buses with superficial body damage that would normally be taken out of service for repair are being kept in...

• Londoners will have the opportunity to air their views on the future of London Transport at a one-day public meeting in the...

• Confirmation by Mr Eldon Griffiths, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, that the four...

• Construction of a new bus and coach station to replace the congested Haymarket station, Newcastle upon Tyne, has now been...

• Fare boxes have been introduced on two routes in the North Shields area of Northumberland to speed o m o services run by the...

• After 40 youths who hired a coach to attend a pop concert in Sunderland behaved rowdily, damaged the vehicle and threatened...

• Two independent operators in the West Midlands are filling gaps left by the withdrawal on April 3 of some Midland Red...

• Subsidies to the extent of £98,952 a year have been approved by Kirkcudbright county council for services provided by Western...

Len Payne, managing director of British Road Services Ltd, has taken over the position of chairman of Mortons (BRS) Ltd from...

J. J. Baylis Frederick A. Baylis Ltd, Harnbrook) has been re-elected Western area chairman of the Road Haulage Association. M....

• One of the largest French trailer manufacturers, Fruehauf France SA, is to produce under a new licensing agreement the...

• A clutch-release mechanism has been developed by Ransorne Hoffmann Pollard Ltd, 76 Jermyn Street, London SW1, that eliminates...

• A new training school has been opened by Coventry Climax for fork-lift truck drivers. Courses covering both batteryelectric...

• EVERY Ford truck mechanic who wants to improve the status of his job gets his chance from now on with the introduction of a...

• An entirely new non-pressurized cesspit emptier introduced by W. E. Waite Ltd, The Trading Estate, Farnham, Surrey, is...

• The South Thames (North Road)Racing Pigeon Federation has taken delivery of a British Leyland ,Laird 1000 chassis, having a...

by Tony O'Toole • One of the difficulties faced by hauliers operating self-unloading bulk bodied vehicles has always been the...

• Telehoist Ltd will be exhibiting one model from its range of' Load Lugger container handling systems at the Amsterdam...

• A new southern depot for spares and service was opened by Pitt Trailers Ltd, of Wigan, on April 1. The depot, at Cooks Road...

• The Economic Development Committee for the Motor Manufacturing Industry has published a new edition of its Data Book of motor...

by Paul Brockington, MIMechE IN the planning stage of any new goods or passenger vehicle in a heavier category, the choice of...

BECAUSE it would be uneconomic to design a gearbox for every heavy-vehicle engine produced, a gearbox in this category is,...

by E. M. C. Gibbins PO special case The Post Office, the Board says, reserved its position throughout in respect of its...

by Ronald Smale MIRTE fleet engineer, Cory Distribution Services THE FIRST APPLICATION of a new demountable Rateliff...

by the Hawk • Excuses I never cease to be amazed at the reasons some people advance for accidents. From a selection published...

Malcolm V. Robson • When Jim Finnis retired from the chair of the RHA's International Group last week it was the roost...

workshop by Handyman Benchwise.. when 'saving' time is expensive WI [ILE many slip ups caused by trying to beat the clock can...

too big' claims Joe McCoy The problems of providing reliable and efficient bus services in London are aggravated by the size...

Good fences made good neighbours by Janus 0 NE effect of the Transport Act 1968 has been to widen, or perhaps rather to...

with record books as required and enter details in the employer's register. As each book is returned! issue a new one and note...

matters by John Darker AMB1M The architect's function in distribution (2) THE USE made of architects by Associated Biscuits...

by Les Oldridge AIRTE, AMIMI The Abrasive Wheels Regulations 1970 (3) THERE IS ONE further regulation dealing with the...

by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of' London. Advantages of TM certification IN detailing the...

The letter of the Law by V. A. Hackett, MIRSE • The 1967 Road Safety Act has imposed more legislation on transport than on...

For the next Seven days commencing April 16 to 22. FRIDAY FTA (Chiltern) dinner/dance. Watford Conservative Club. Hasley...