by John Darker • In line with TUC policies for fewer, stronger, unions, small unions such as the United Road Transport Union...

by David Lowe • A greater proportion of hgv driving tests are ending in failure than was the case a year ago. A survey...

• Ford of Britain announces today a new range of twin-spring, high-articulation tandems designed primarily for off-the-road...

• Last Tuesday the RTITB announced that it is to discuss with the Department of Employment plans to extend its scheme for...

• Introduction date of the newly negotiated Devlin II agreement in the Port of Liverpool will be either September 27 or October...

• Three further centres of the National Guild of Transport Managers are to be inaugurated next month—making a total of 15—and...

• A one-day seminar dealing with the likely effects on the freight industry if Britain becomes a full member of the Common...

• A three-day show of ER F. Dennis, Primrose, Perkins and Telehoist products. is to be held at TGB Motors Ltd, Woone Lane,...

• At its meeting next week the public relations committee of the Road Haulage Association will be considering a national...

• In its annual report published last week, the Road Transport Industry Training Board shows that it has reduced its deficit by...

0 Group representation, resulting from he recent formation of Cravens Industries ales Ltd, the national marketing rganization...

• Grave concern was expressed at the TUC last week at the campaign against Industrial Training Boards that is being mounted in...

• The decision of the DoE to maintain the recently increased Mersey Tunnel tolls for commercial vehicles was already having an...

• Two vans of only 415 cu ft capacity have just been put on the road by Pickfords Ltd. Based on 35cwt Bedford CF diesel...

• The most urgent weighing machinery conversion needs are those of trade and industry. This comment in the Report of the...

• United Carriers' new £70,000 express parcels service depot, now in operation at Weston Road, Norwich, has quadrupled the...

• National Carriers Ltd has added a new warehouse to its nationwide storage and distribution chain. Situated at Follingsby,...

• The problem of documentation for part-loaded vehicles entering and leaving the Liverpool Docks, and the rising rate of theft...

• At the annual "Al home of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, in London yesterday, Lord Chesham was introduced as the...

continued from page 26 Failure to send the ordinary driving licence with the application form is one of the common faults; the...

and BRS Parcels Ltd, could receive the marriage with joy. And it would provide the basis for growth, not least in Europe,...

fluk situation, transport needs to be seen as ar international activity. Quite apart from thc domestic implications of the...

Frank Ellis has joined Pitt Trailers Ltd, Wigan. as area manager for Essex, Herts, and Middlesex, from Arlington Motor Co Ltd,...

by Derek Moses • Better seats and a warm-tone interior trim are prime standard specification features for 1972 season coaches...

kPPT0 packs Fidinburgh Edinburgh Corporation transport )artment is contesting a claim by the ctory Inpectorate that its...

• Faults in the design of a total of 99 Leyland Atlantean double-deckers introduced by Nottingham City Transport between four...

• On the eve of the switch of seven more bus routes to o-m-o employing splitentrance buses, London Transport has made a special...

• The decision of the South-Eastern LA at a public inquiry at which a Rainham, Kent, company was appearing under Section 69 and...

• An application for a new operator' licence against which the Road Haulag Association had lodged an objection wa adjourned by...

1 Double action was taken against two fidland operators in Birmingham last week hen Mr John Else, the West Midland LA, pth...

• The collapse of the Vehicle and General Insurance company was blamed by a Brentwood haulier this week for compelling him to...

• An application by Advanced Luxury Coaches, of Goole. for a new express licence to operate a works service between Fish Lake,...

• The application of a Sheffield company for an 0 licence will be the subject of an objection from the RHA when it is...

• A body kit of plastics/aluminium sections produced by Rydgeway Vehicle Mouldings Ltd (Southern Division), Howard Chase, 2nd...

• Road vehicle production is planned to be the leading branch of Hungary's engineering industry. Announcing this at the...

• Vauxhall Motors Ltd has announced engine, gearbox and back-axle changes to its HA range of Bedford light vans, for 1972....

continued from page 27 question of either axle tending to lift when starting off from rest or when braking hard. The layout of...

on the way by Gordon Crabtree • With the introduction shortly of a 44D version of its tandem-drive bogies, Eaton Axles Ltd...

' • An American-built air conditioning unit is now being offered in Britain by Eaton Axles Ltd, of Warrington. The first...

• Avis Truck Rental is to hold hgv driving demonstrations and a commercial vehicle show at SOS Driver Training Centre, Marston...

By Bob Holliday THE BoRDE and David Lowe FOR the first time in its 18 years' history the Lorry Driver of the Year title has...

continued from page 45 non-stop urging, the visitors threw themselves enthusiastically into the "fun of the fair", taking part...

continued from page 47 crane, having pre-set the board to their judgment of the minimum clearance required. Because the tests...

',77/71 YORK 38-TON-GROSS ARTK and operational by Gibb Grace, DAuE, CEng, MIMech E trial PICTURES BY HARRY ROBERTS IN many...

You're looking at a totally new bogie specifically developed for the toughest of operations—the off-road jobs. It's unique to...

for the immediate future, a 38-ton vehicle is not permitted in this country, but the test afforded a good opportunity to see...

John Davidson • Service with a smile is an accurate but inadequate way of describing what 41-yearold John Davidson does for a...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI The Redundancy Payments Act 1965 WHEN a man has been employed by a firm for a number of years...

by Handyman Benchwise: cool it (19) WE all know that rust is a form of corrosion which occurs whenever iron, water and air...

Going by the board ... FEW INDUSTRIES seem to take much pleasure in having a training board. The contrast between the sales...

your tax by R. H. Grinnsley BCom, FIAC 6. Tax treatment of insurance, education and expenses Insurance THE general rule is...

• Bright sparks When I visited Motec 1 at High Ercall soon after it opened one of the things which most impressed me was the...

by Ronald H. Whiteside, MSAE, Director and chief engineer, Rolls-Royce Motors Diesel Division An exception might be made in...

by Robert H. Grimsley, BCom, FIAI , University of Aston in Birmingham INTRODUCTION THIS PAPER applies equally to fleets of...

great deal of human suffering but they cost a great deal of money. Could you give some idea of these costs and who assesses...

situation regarding the fastening of containers and loads on vehicles? Are twistlocks required for securing containers or may...

matters By John Darker, AroBinn A. T. KEARNEY and Co Inc., the Chicago-based consultancy firm, has around 300 United States and...

Bayou Transport Ltd. Cap: £100. Objects: To carry on the susiness of haulage contractors. lighterrnen and carriers of...

NOWADAYS employers bargaining power is so relatively weak as compared to that of employee groups as to compel capitulation on...

Educational organizations in transport the IMI by David Lowe, MInsTA, AMBIM THE Institute of the Motor Industry 11M1) appears...

column Knowing the worst • Costing is commonly associated with efficiency and efficiency with maximum use. But what if the...

standard range of branded :ks of stock items has been duced by Intertruck Ltd as a ans of simplifying storage, idling and...

by Trevor Longcroft either 12V operation and further switches for checking trailer lighting. Apart from , complete vehicle...

A power cleaner, known as the Lightning, developed by Contractors Pumps (Tamworth) Ltd, is claimed to be particularly suitable...

Fast Klene, a liquid cleaner, has been produced by Applied Chemicals Ltd to enable high-pressure, cold-water pumps to remove...

A tappet adjuster has been evolved by B. Draper and Son Ltd which is known as the SPQR and has a built-in gauge that eliminates...

An easy-to-apply self-adhe plastics strip has been develc by Mactac International Ltd for applications to the int panels of...

A vibration-sensitive a system designed to safec vehicles against tampering theft is marketed by Trai Sales Ltd. Once the alarm...