A LTHOUGH the Transport Holding Company has existed for little more than four years its annual report is already one of the...

Outlook vague: THC stresses uncertainty about its future rTHE Transport Holding Company turned in a E14,300,000 profit during...

R EACTIONS from the road haulage industry to the Minister's proposals on statutory working hours and the fitting of recorders...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE new Transport Bill, to be introduced by Mrs. Castle in the next session of Parliament,...

By IAIN SHERRIFF 'HILL'S (Haulage) Ltd., of Swindon, has " just bought a Ford D1000, 24-ton gross tractive unit with a BTC...

BRAKING is not all Regulations. Though one might be forgiven for thinking so right now. Braking is pre-eminently a matter of...

By IAIN SHERRIFF M EMBERS of South Western Traffics Ltd., this week visited France to see French hauliers and discuss the...

E SSO's distribution productivity agreement (see page 60) has been handsomely praised by the Prices and Incomes Board in a...

By John Darker BOUT 60 owner-driver lorrymen working on the southern extension of the M6 at Bescott went on strike on Monday...

C MP LETION of a £.70,000 modernization programme was announced last week by Hertz Truck Rental Division, the money having been...

B RITAIN'S first inland clearance depot fully integrated for all forms of surface transport is due to open on Monday— provided...

AS A RESULT of representations by the TRTA, the MoT is to explore the demand for annual testing by Ministry examiners at...

M R. A. B. BIRNIE, the Scottish Licensing Authority, on Tuesday formally opened a maintenance depot for Allisons Freightlines...

M OVES are being made to lessen the danger of disqualification faced by the owner of goods vehicles which contravene the...

IVIR S. BARBARA CASTLE was last week condemned as an "utter failure" when it came to administrative matters to benefit...

MRS. BARBARA CASTLE means to introduce more regulations about commercial vehicles' lighting before the winter. Mr. Stephen...

From our Political Correspondent M ANUFACTURING firms already drawing SET premiums for their C-licence transport workers will...

M R. JACK JONES, No. 3 in the TGWU hierarchy, is to lose his seat on the Labour Party executive because of a reshuffle among...

• The nationalized • transport undenakings expect their investment in containers to be nearly £30 m. over the next five years,...

A BRITISH RAILWAYS application to serve the new Stourton, Leeds, Freightliner terminal, which starts next month, was granted in...

O N Wednesday in Birmingham 122 Alicensed tippers were granted to Maurice James Transport Ltd., Coventry, by West Midland...

'THREE vehicle licences were suspended - I for three months and two vehicles were ordered to be taken off the road by Northern...

THE Scottish Home and Health Department had decided after all not to amend its food hygiene regulations to bring them into line...

A JOINT company is being formed by the Confederation of British Industry and Iliffe-NTP International Ltd., the trade and...

A N appeal against a Licensing Authority's decision resulted from a four-year family dispute about haulage jobs in the...

E Transport Tribunal has allowed in r part an appeal by T. A. Dixon whose application for one vehicle on B licence to carry...

By John Darker TWENTY-NINE Northern area operators applying for B licences to work for the Slater Group of companies and...

AN APPLICATION by the Bristol Omnibus Co. Ltd. and associated companies to increase single fares was refused by the Western...

VINES totalling £20 were imposed on Mr. J. W. Wilson, trading as Cheshire Caravan Transport, at Manchester Magistrates' Court...

A T application is to be made to the Northern Traffic Commissioners by Sunderland Corporation Transport to operate express...

E Minister of Transport has dismissed an appeal by Stanley Field Ltd. against the West Midland Traffic Commissioners' decision...

OBJECTORS to an application by the Sacriston, Co. Durham, haulage firm, Craig Bros., for a new B licence for five tippers and a...

A CONTROVERSIAL pamphlet published this week argues that fares should be raised substantially to cover the cost of radically...

BY DEREK MOSES A , interesting test case is likely to be fought next month when H. R. and V. Gunn, South Petherton, Somerset,...

MOST OF THE 30 accidents involving coaches in European countries in 1966 were due to bad driving—few were due to unsafe...

DONCASTER Borough Council is considering the transfer of long-distance coaches to the town's new Southern bus station. The...

T HE Minister of Transport's proposals for the future structure of the bus industry "have a strong flavour of nationalization...

VURTHER opposition to Mrs. Castle's proposals for cutting drivers' hours (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, last week) I has come from the...

T HE seven members of the West Midlands Bus Anti-Nationalization Action Committee have just met for the first time. At the...

f HE Passenger Vehicle Operators Association decided this week to form a 15-member committee to lead a nation-wide fight...

Vehicles washed and refuelled at same time B Y automating some of the operations involved in cleaning and refuelling the 80...

p EOPLE in transport and associated industries appearing in the Queen's Birthday Honours List include the following:— Knight...

SASEK TANKER TRUCK TO BE MADE IN UK By Paul Brockington only takes a few minutes for the driver of a Sasek tanker truck to...

By John Darker A N impressively wide range of mechanized handling equipment made or marketed by USI Engineering Ltd. was...

VEHICLE BUILDERS and repairers in the North East are complaining that main spareparts distributors are adding a charge to their...

BY P. A. C. BROCKINGTON, AMIMechE TliE first three-axle tipping semi-trailer to be marketed by Welford Engineering (Oldbury)...

By a Special Correspondent THE facts of tyre life . how clearly I are they understood hy operators? the growing popularity of...

S o far, we have discussed the Class I and Class 2 vehicles and have also provided for semi-trailers in our preventive scheme....

AN electronic speed control is fitted to a new heavy-duty variable-speed industrial drill introduced by Stanley Brid g es Ltd....

W ASHING a mixed fleet of vans, particularly if they have roof racks or extended roofs, calls for unusually flexible equipment....

V IRTUALLY a one-man fire engine, a lar g er portable dry powder extinguishing unit than any made before, is announced by...

N 15 in. version of the Swintex Ltd. 21 in. traffic cone has been introduced. It gives long-range warning of -day and night...

It industrial lamp which can be securely attached to any ferrous metal by its magnetic base is now marketed by Graylin g...

Fleetwood Take it Easy AFTER watching some of the big-entry .dri. rounds where 100 and more aspiring Lorry Drivers of the Year...

Class A-up to 16 ft. and from 20 cwt.: 1. J. Renshaw (Metal Box Co. Ltd.), Bedford, 98 penalty points; 2. G. F. Tremble (Top...

HE North Midland Lorry Driver of the 1 Year eliminating round at Desford on Sunday was first-class-and yet again we had a...

Class A-up to 16 ft. and from 20 cwt.; 1. M. G. Bagshaw (Unichem Ltd.), Austin, 77 penalty points; 2. E Rawnsley (Squires and...

Luck of the Irish? PTIHERE looks like being a strong Irish I challenge at the LDOY final this year. Whereas formerly many...

Class A-up to 16 ft. and from 20 cwt.: I. H. J. Preston (PO Telephones), Morris, 66 penalty points; 2. S. McClean (PO...

Effective managerial control of productivity norms is the key to Esso's radically streamlined distributive system BY: JOHN...

v iew BY THE HAWK Rest Period Q UOTE by Barbara Castle in Glasgow to a trade union deputation last week: "I work 17 hours a...

BY IAIN SHERRIFF, MITA "W E are the Cinderellas of this organiza tion." How often I have heard this from the person...

12-seat Utilabrake series II By JOHN CULLEN,AmiRrE V ANS with a payload capacity from 15 cwt. to 1-ton are a useful basis for...

By P. A. C. Brockington AMIIVIechE A RETAIL delivery vehicle that "possesses the salient features of a battery-electric type...

George Wilmot surveys the position in the USA A GREAT deal of attention is now given to a whole complex of problems connected...

HAVING JUST read your report on the second IRTE national conference, I am amazed to hear that neither Mr. Edbrooke nor Mr....

your very well balanced article with interest regarding the Club run on May 7 to Brighton. If you will look at the list of...

reaction is to the idea of starting up a club purely for fire engine enthusiasts. At the moment this is just an idea, but if...

A FTER so cautious and thorough a consideration of the problem of drivers' hours one might have expected some novel and even...

shown as directly related to mileage run with limited exceptions. Can you explain this qualification? A In compiling standard...

is enough time to get abnormal loads across railway level crossings which have automatic haff barriers? A Operators normally...

Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road how do I get application forms for certificates of...

A Provided Temple Press hold the copyright, copies are sold in either glossy or matt finish at prices according to size. The...

be allowed, but restricted to certain categories of roads, can you tell me how many miles we have of each class of road in...

A This is, of course, a low mileage, only 40 miles a day for a 5-day week, 50 weeks a year, and as a result the total...

A licence operator and obtain work from local firms who meet all their transport needs by this means. Can my application be...

A Whether the 4-wheeled lorry is legally a "motor car - , that is with an unladen weight not exceeding 3 tons or a "heavy motor...

E success of many owner-drivers in the road transport industry has resulted primarily from their practical engineering...

The future of road transport management courses C OURSES in road transport management only began in any serious fashion two or...

Ribble Motor Services pre-tax profits are £107,420 down T HE pre-tax profit of Ribble Motor Services amounted to £680,520 in...

Blaeksand Haulage Ltd, Cap.: £500. Subs.: S. H. Davis, D.. Ordish, 1/3 Leonard Street, EC2. Sec.: S. H. Davis, Reg. Office: 2/6...