The annual reports of the Licensing Authorities provide a unique picture of the state of health of the road transport industry...

BLMC 50 PER CENT HOLDING IN BRISTOL/ECW by Derek Moses • "This is the most advanced bus in the world. As Great Britain's...

• A new name for the Institute of Transport related to the Royal Charter: changes in membership grades: stiffer entry...

Increases in basic minimum, subsistence, and night work rates, longer holidays linked to years of service • After a day-long...

• With effect from Wednesday. July 16, Shell Me,, and BP reduced the scheduled price for all grades of gas, diesel and fuel...

MILITANT MOOD AT TGWU BI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE from our industrial correspondent • An amendment urging the Transport and General...

On current traffic trends, the Tay Road Joint Board had decided not to increase the present tolls, announced Dr. J. Dickson...

from our Parliamentary correspondent • The Commons debate on Mr. Alan Law and the £5,000 given to his union—the TGWU—for its...

• The first statement by an LA on the maintenance criteria upon which he will wish to be satisfied when hearing applications...

• "One of the main problems attendant on group operation is that the higher management of the member companies cannot always...

training Douglas, loM, Wednesday • The goodwill established, between the road haulage industry and the Road Transport Industry...

• The fitting of warning lights on the sides of relatively lengthy vehicles should be made compulsory, a Court of Appeal judge...

• February 2 1970 is the date from which drivers of heavy goods vehicles will become liable to hold the new driver's licence,...

• Traffic congestion is now spreading more rapidly in Britain than in any other major country, according to figures published...

• A new all-in cargo forwarding service is being launched by RACE International (the business name of Road-Air Cargo Express...

• Transport Development Group Ltd. has aCquired the business of McPhersons Transport (Aberlour), of Fisherton, Aberlour,...

• A joint trailer-selling agreement has been concluded between Overland Contracts Ltd., Acocks Green, Birmingham 27, and...

• Attracting visitors from Poland, East Germany, North and South America, Japan and New Zealand, and with displays from...

117 Daimlers byDerekMoses • London Transport has placed an order worth over Elm for 117 Daimler Fleetline double-deckers,...

from our Parliamentary correspondent • Government plans for reorganizing London's public transport suffered a set-back this...

from our Industrial correspondent • Urgent meetings of the Transport Workers' London bus negotiating committee were held behind...

• Whatever the implications for other coachbuilders, following the Leyland National announcement this week, one firm with a...

Albert Burrows, 49, general manager of Liverpool City Transport, has been appointed directorgeneral of the new Merseyside...

• The Annual Reports of the Licensing Authorities to the Minister of Transport for the period October 1 1967 to September 30...

• G. Priestner Ltd., of Urmston, was granted a new A licence for 48 vehicles, with general goods as required, a new A licence...

• At a Section 178 inquiry, on Tuesday, John Borthwick (Tippers) Ltd., Aberdeen, had a Contract A-licence curtailed for two...

• An application by Duncan Barbour and Son Ltd., Glasgow, for a new A-licence for four artics, total weight 42 tons,...

• At a Section 127 inquiry a Glasgow p.s.v. operator, J. and M. Harris, had its licences restricted to four vehicles and future...

• Scottish, English and Welsh Wool Growers Ltd., of Paisley, had its single C licence vehicle suspended for two weeks at...

• Mr. L. Hill, of Leeds, was fined £20 by Leeds City magistrates on Monday for failing to have his vehicle plated and tested....

• Mr. J. A. Govvling, Penrith. was granted a B-licence, in an amended form, for three tippers conditioned agricultural lime and...

• After almost two hours of legal argument at the Metropolitan area court last Friday, the LA, Mr D. Muir, adjourned two...

• The first Scania LB80 for a British operator arrived in Britain at the beginning of this week, It was a 30-ton gross tractive...

II Another manufacturer of semi-trailers has entered the market. Cranford Engineering Co„ of Mere Platt, Knutsford, Cheshire....

• Atkinson Vehicles announces two new standard inclusions in the specifications of its vehicles. The first was devised to...

• Improvements made to turbochargers to be fitted on Cummins diesels built at the company's Shotts, Lanarkshire, factory...

by Paul Brockington • Paradoxically, the commercial vehicle highlight of the Cran field symposium on auxiliaries for road...

Loads and forces (9) by Handyman • The modern tank is a well-designed container and when handled sensibly hardly likely to...

LAST week the first of a series of three articles on costing the operation of commercial vehicles announced the imminent...

How does an operator build up costing records in order to keep a simple but comprehensive check on his expenditure and revenue...

THIS WEEK I am continuing with the review of case law concerning drivers' hours of work. Witchell v Abbott and another (1966) 2...

project by lain Sherriff WHAT is it that in 15 years takes a man out of the driving seat of a tipper and puts him into the...

by David Lowe Tor's new equipment THE Tor Line has recently purchased four more Douglas Tugmasters and two Lancer Boss...

by the Hawk * Not lagging Many people seem to think that in this country we're lagging way behind on vehicle weights and...

by David Lowe MInstTA The facilities and services offered by ports are constantly developing and changing. In this series I...

Holding operation WAGE CLAIMS that might have cost hauliers nearly £40m a year attracted less attention than many a demand in...

A CONFERENCE on vehicle fleet operation arranged recently by the Management Studies Centre in London provided an opportunity...

most of which goes as pulp wood for papermaking. However, a small proportion is sent to local sawmills. am interested in the...

beach" in CM 's Bird's eye view column, June 6 issue. Could you tell me where! can get a copy of Citizen Soldiers, the booklet...

amber lights when towing a broken down or damaged vehicle. Is this correct? A Yes. The lamp must only be used in the ^...

an M.Sc. Degree in Transport. Could you tell me whether or not! am right and, if so, which university may be holding the...

IN COMPILING many statistics it is impracticable to survey every item or person. It would be a colossal task, for example, to...