The greatly increased number of Section 178 licensing inquiries in the past two or three years, at which operators'...

and merger talks are in the air by Tony Wilding Brussels, Tuesday • Once again a major European Show opens with talks of...

from a special correspondent British Road Services Ltd. is understood to be presenting customers with well-supported claims for...

• London Transport stated last week that five more single-deck Green Line coach routes are to be converted to one-man operation...

• The plan to build a £2m passengervehicle ferry for the Stranraer-Larne service (CM last week) has been approved by the...

• The 1969 British Coach Rally will be held, as usual at Brighton, on Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20. The road section...

• Was Mrs. Barbara Castle quoting the Ministry of Transport study "Transport for Industry" when, as Minister, she had attempted...

• A strong plea for standardization and simplification of commercial-vehicle braking systems was made by Mr. Carl Johnsson, of...

• The forecast that hydrostatic infinity-variable or hydrokinetic torque-converter transmissions would be increasingly employed...

• The trial of Solly Davis, a director of Charles Poulter Ltd., and 28 others— mostly lorry drivers—was arranged for February 3...

• Mr. Geoffrey Owen has been appointed special assistant to Lord Stokes, chairman and managing director of British Leyland....

• Closure of the Edinburgh-HawickCarlisle rail link which was made on January 6 will result in a number of applications for new...

• The Reliant Motor Co. Ltd. and Bond Cars Ltd. announce that negotiations are in an advanced stage for the acquisition of Bond...

• Hands Trailers Ltd. has supplied a new Guernsey company, Sarnia Oil Ltd., with small articulated road tankers for...

• Mr. Richard Marsh has issued the following cautionary warning: "The new term has now been started in most of our schools and,...

• The British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd. has announced a pre-tax profit for the 14 months ended September 30 1968 of...

• A new depot capable of carrying out preMinistry of Transport tests on up to six vehicles per day was opened by Mr. A. T....

• It is expected that many drivers will face charges of dangerous or careless driving following the recent multiple accidents...

• A new step forward was taken on January 1 in setting up the common transport policy when the first quota of Community...

• A new racing car transporter has been specially built for the Alan Mann Racing Organisation by the Tiverton Body and...

• Under the Government's scheme to promote exchanges between civil servants and management executives in industry, an exchange...

• Frigoscandia Contracting Ltd., King's Lynn, Norfolk, has been appointed main contractor for the erection of a 180,000 cu.ft....

• An offer on behalf of the Appleyard Group of Companies Ltd. for the Ordinary share capital of the Fraser Westfield Motor...

• Group revenue before tax of Atkinson Lorries ;Holdings) Ltd. rose from £147,000 to £198,000 in the half-year ended September...

• Mrs. Barbara Castle's Ministry of Employment and Productivity is to offer the services of its newly formed "task force" of...

by Roger Howell Metro Mule—a new bulk half-weight container EXTENSIVE proving tests have now been completed on the new bulk...

By Derek Moses • Production has begun of the Mercedes-Benz 0 305 standard city bus and the first production model is to be seen...

• Changes affecting London's flat-fare buses, including the Central Area Red Arrows, will come into effect on January 22....

• About 16,000 maintenance workers in the company bus garages are to receive a 2 per cent wage increase under a productivity...

• The Government could give a lead in assistance to the road passenger transport industry by introducing staggered hours, said...

A London Transport spokesman has informed CM that as a result of representations from local MPs. additional seats will be...

• The TGWU is to press for a new 10s a week bonus for the introduction of oneman buses among municipal services. A working...

• Autofare services in five Hertfordshire towns employing standee buses are to be introduced next month, announced London...

• Glasgow Corporation transport committee decided on Monday that it should opt out of the Federation of Municipal Passenger...

• London Transport bus crews at Chalk Farm and Norwood garages decided on Monday to reject an offer of extra protection from...

• It is estimated that for the current financial year, the transport undertaking of Newcastle uop Tyne will show a loss of...

• Lord Parker (Lord Chief Justice), Lord Justice Winn and Mr. Justice James, sitting in the Queen's Bench Divisional . Court on...

• After the objectors had seen the coachload of 40 witnesses brought to court by Smith Tours (Wigan) Ltd. in Manchester on...

• Mr. Justice Talbot. sitting in chambers in the High Court on Tuesday, reserved his judgment in an application by Car...

• The appeal by Alan Walton, of Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, against a decision of the Northern LA was dismissed by the...

• In order that a director of two associated companies making applications for new licences could attend to clarify the policy...

• A warning was given in Glasgow last week by Mr. A. B. Birnie, Scottish LA, that maintenance must be to the highest possible...

• Andrew Watson (Haulage) Ltd., appeared at Glasgow on January 7 to resume an application rejected on July 2 1968 and taken...

• Because the company wished to abdicate its reponsibilities as operators of Clicensed transport, Jefferson Smurfit (Packaging)...

• F. Baldry, of Hereford, was granted a new A licence for six vehicles in Birmingham last week, subject to the surrender of his...

• Following silent checks carried out by Ministry of Transport examiners in September last year, six drivers were fined a total...

• An important variation of the George Neville frameless tipping trailer, shown at Earls Court and described in the September...

• The longitudinals and outriggers of a Brockhouse 16+-ton semi-trailer chassis were used as a sub-frame for a lightweight...

J. G. Methven was appointed an executive director of the Scottish Bus Group at the first meeting of the Scottish Transport...

a letter from the TGWU In your issue dated December 20, page 32, you published an article under the heading "Frank Cousins'...

of the Road Operators' Safety Council with effect from January 1. Mr. Broomfield, who represents the Passenger Vehicle...

Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (27) by Handyman • All too often a driver has to unload one commodity and then dash off to...

Early last year it was revealed that the West Cumberland Farmers Trading Society Ltd., Britain's largest farming co-operative...

Mergers and rumours of mergers drift across the European commercial vehicle scene, some of them almost provoking international...

We hear little of SAVIEM in Britain because no vehicles of that name are exported to the UK—so I was understandably sur prised...

Situated on the Orne and the local canal, the Blainville factory is on the site of what used to be the Caen shipyards, shut...

Although commercial and fleet members of the AA cannot take advantage of the Association's new one-in-three vehicle insurance...

Only • rarely can it occur that vehicle distributors are asked to design for the carriage of an abnormal indivisible load on a...

to consider the vital matter of premises. Fleet expansion, bringing with it the need for improved maintenance facilities, is...

of unit building by Roger Howell WHEN purchasing vehicles most operators look for simplicity of design and adaptability to...

—a guide for the transport operator THE Building Regulations 1965 made by the Minister of Public Building and Works under Part...

Atcost Ltd., The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Precast concrete portal frames, maximum height 30ft to eaves and maximum span...

LAST NOVEMBER, the Passenger Vehicle Operators Association challenged the proposed new powers for London Transport outlined in...

Home thoughts from abroad HAULIERS have almost run out of breath in their complaints that the image of their industry has been...

THE top management of BRS will not have been pleased to read Report No. 90 of the Prices and Incomes Board: "Pay of Vehicle...

continued BRS reckoned that they were suffering a staff shortage of 212 men on an estimated establishment of 2811 men in...

THE following additional entries to the Commercial Motor Guide to 24-Hour and Emergency Service should be added to the bulk of...

Administration. Can you give me details of this body, particularly those relating to examination requirements? A The Institute...

Crane draw-bar trailer. We have been trying to find out whether there should be safety chains between the drawing unit and...

Japanese-made jack screw with roller bearing nut Who are the UK agents? A You are referring to the NSK multi purpose...

carrying a certain type of roller mounted pallet, unloading would be greatly facilitated if the front of the trailer could be...

summary of the Transport Act 1968 but cannot locate the issue concerned. Could you advise me, please? A A summary of the main...

by George Wilmot Liniversity of London. The Road Haulage Association arrangements for management courses, as outlined last...

BY LES OLDRIDGE, DURING the next few weeks I propose to deal with the law concerning lights on motor vehicles. This subject is...

Trans-Ocean Marketing and Transport Lid. Cap.: £100. Subs: Muriel Goldstein, and B. Goldstein, both of 70 Finsbury Pavement....