PARCELS CARRIERS LOSE GROUND BUT FREIGHTLINERS HAVE FIRST EVER PROFIT THE PROFITS of the National Freight Corporation...

Wincanton Transport Ltd has acquired the Ipswich depot of Reece Bros Transport Ltd which was opened last September. The...

HA chairman reports 'horrifying' cost increases; ttacks driver agencies; presses for a gvw uplift; nd fears industrial...

THE European Commission announced draft regulations on Friday which will give the UK a considerable increase in its quota of...

seem happy by CM reporte r AN UNEXPECTED obstacle to International Harvester's bid for SeddonAtkinson was raised this week by...

MERCEDES-BENZ this week announced a new range of long and mediumdistance trucks for gross weights between 16.2 tonnes (16 tons)...

HE National Freight orporation is beginning to lgage in a wide variety f joint ventures. It is [ready involved in the...

in quantity THE Saab-Scania group has decided to put its automatic commercial vehicle gearbox. into series production in...

RADIO CONTROLLED "mini pantechnicons," which can be ordered for household removal jobs by telephone, are fighting the threat...

some cases 'pride of company product' can encourage a narrow exclusivity of mind which acts as a brake on inter-company trading...

BRITISH operators with traffic for Austria should find it easier to obtain permits from July 1, when the annual quota will be...

RYDER Truck Rental, the British subsidiary of Ryder System Inc, of America, was operating 1,050 vehicles at the end of 1973....

WEYMOUTH centre of the Driver of the Year Competition roust be feeling confident that its team for the Final will do well on...

THE GOVERNMENT is considering a sharp cut-back in the provision of lorry parks in towns and cities. Mr John Peyton, former...

OWING to a printer's error it was stated in last week's issue that the loTA and the CIT had begun merger negotiations. This is...

AN INDUSTRIAL Tribunal at Carlisle last week found that a lorry driver had been unfairly dismissed after refusing to do work in...

THE TRANSPOR Tribunal last Frida adjourned the appeal of M T. A. Harrison of Oldham it his absence — his licence hac been...

A BIRMINGHAM owneroperator had his 0 licence in respect of one vehicle revoked when he appeared before the deputy West Midland...

A LONDON MEAT haulage firm had the licence of its affiliate company in Luton curtailed on Friday by the removal of a...

CIVIL engineers P. Lowery and Sons Ltd, of Southall Lane, Heston, won their High Court appeal last week against conviction of...

A MANAGER, "whose efforts were not directed in the company's interest," did not inform his managing director that two vehicles...

HAULIERS have a defence to an allegation of using an overladen lorry if they can prove the vehicle was on its way to a...

STUDENTS taking the ner Transport Planning an Operation option at the Uni versity of Aston in Birmini ham's combined honour...

Kenneth Robinson, Minister of Health in the last Labour Government, is being recommended for the 17,750-ayear post of chairman...

WARNINGS that-the future profitability of the Scottish Transport Group is threatened are given in its annual report and...

AN APPEAL by Travel House (Luton) Ltd against the refusal of the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioners to allow it to operate UK...

PASSENGER Transport Authorities for north-east Lancashire, central Lanes new town and Lancaster, and the Fylde Coast and...

a number of proposals for keeping down fares on London Transport. Among these is a scheme for introducing a 5p flat fare on...

midibus conversions of rlercedes chassis — is planning a full-size coach body based in the Mercedes 0P1313 chassis not...

A FLEET of 29 coaches is now being operated by A. and W. Elsey Ltd of Gosberton, Lincs. This follows the takeover by the...

A PLEA to the electric vehicle industry to build electric double-deckers was made last week by Sir Colin Buchanan, author of...

A DEVON independent Embankment Motor CI (Plymouth) Ltd, has beet purchased by Barr an Wallace Arnold Trust Lt for an...

travel into the city centre, see a film and travel home again all for 9p. Fares of only 2p on Greater Manchester Transport...

list of coach operators who employ union members and whose services it recommends fellow trade unions to use. New entries on...

FURTHER efforts to stimulate use of automatic fare collection apparatus on two one-man-operated routes are being made by London...

APPLICANTS for conductors jobs with the West Midlands PTE must now hold a current driving licence and pass an aptitude test...

Further improvements for PTE decker py Martin Hayes URTH ER improvements lave been made to the stanlard double-decker deigned...

Greater Manchester Transport has 22 more Seddon midibuses on order and it was the first of these which I drove last week. Like...

The two Mercedes-Benz 0.305 buses specially-bodied for the PTE by Northern Counties and put on the road last year have just...

IMPROVEMENTS of as much as 15.7 per cent in fuel consumption on a two-axle rigid truck and between 10 per cent and 12.7 per...

A NUMBER of long-range glassfibre fuel tanks, which it is claimed can provide a 1000-mile range without the need to refuel, are...

MONDAY May 20. CIT ISouth VVestern). Agin, Imperial Hotel, Exeter, 14.00. RHA (Eastern). Conference of East Anglian hauliers,...

HARMONIZATION in road transport throughout Europe was the theme of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers conference at...

continued recognition of each country's qualifications had failed, perhaps not surprisingly as the details of the agreements...

SOME interesting developments were shown in a small exhibition at the IRTE conference. Kysor was showing its automatic...

)y CM reporter VHETH ER considering using lechanical handling equipment for the irst time or looking for replacement !nits,...

How did you come to buy York in the first place? We wanted a frameless van -to get the maximum payload. So we looked around...

range by Bill Godwin At this week's international public works exhibition in Paris — EXPOMAT — Ford is introducing to the...

Next Tuesday, May 21, will see the opening in Recklinghausen, in the heart of the Ruhr, of the first European exhibition and...

by Trevor Longcroft THE SPECIFICATION of the Volkswagen van has been changed since CM last tested this model (January 1,...

INEMMEiniaiMi by John Durant SINCE MARCH 11 Lomath Brothers Ltd, of Mitcham, which specializes in removals to the Channel...

The first five years In its Annual Report for 1973 published this week,the Corporation looks back over its first five years...

Could you say what controls the temperature of a diesel engine? Or how many times a spin-off oil filter can be cleaned? Or what...

ADDICTS of horror films will be familiar with the sequence in which the mask suddenly drops to reveal something much less...

Ken Hatcher Successive RHA chairmen have found themselves compelled by circumstances to specialize in one subject directly...

a driver while on the Continent do not count toward the legal limits in Britain when he is returning to base. Is this so...

Volvo F88 and low-loader trailer (per week, per hour, per day)? The vehicle is an F88 costing £8,000 with a trailer costing...

highways and traffic committee advised that drivers should be trained to keep loads balanced in order to meet legal maximum...

intend to use it for rallies only. Must it be plated? Does it require windscreen wipers and washers on both sides, and need it...

Chemical industry may soon require tangible proof of competence CHEMICAL manufacturers are showing commendable zeal in taking...

by Trevor Longcroft If all fitters could be persuaded to stop and think before rushing in, spanner at the ready, to rectify a...

A mobile tool cabinet constructed from double-perforated metal panels and offering secure storage for expensive tools has been...

A range of detergents and a new highpressure hot-water cleaning machine has been introduced by Psimat. The detergents have been...

AN infra-red vehicle exhaust analyser designed specifically to operate in truck and car dealer service departments, service...

Dexion Toughnut workbench is nsidered suitable for heavy-duty ;embly and fitting operations. It sa flat I .2sqm (12.5 sq ft)...

A simple and effective method of dealing with volatile liquid fires in their early stages is provided by the Angus FP70...

Tarp repair fabric can patch holes and tears in plastic, cloth or rubber tarpaulins. An adhesive patching material it consists...

by Les Oldridge T Eng (CEI), MIMI AMIRTE UNDER SECTION 3 of the Road Traffic Act, 1972, there have been several stated cases...

Mr. B. Elgey of Farmway Ltd., agricultural and corn merchants, believes this because his first Seddons are still on the road...