With Royal Assent, the Transport Bill becomes the Transport Act 1968 and establishes the basis for road transport over at least...

by James Millen • Commercial vehicles took a large part in the last day of Smithfield Market's centenary celebrations on...

BIG HAULAGE GROWTH FORECAST BY SIR DONALD STOKES • A suggestion that the Road Transport Industry Training Board should be...

• The first two days of public inquiry into the,applications for licences previously held by insolvent companies in the Davis...

lb With Royal Assent for the Transport _ Bill, and the consequent placing of its provi sions upon the statute book, goods...

MORE MILITANT ACTION NEXT WEEK? from our industrial correspondent • About 4,500 Midlands lorry drivers took part in the...

by Q. Hyams • Unless haulage drivers in Bradford reconsider their decision to turn down a £2-a-week increase in basic pay, a...

• "We do not wholly condemn the Transport Bill. It has many good features, but, good and bad, they are going to have an...

• When Midlands iorry drivers involved in the 48-hour protest about tachographs returned to work on Wednesday about 100...

• Report LR 177, just published by the Road Research Laboratory, deals with the computer-aided technical information service on...

reviewed by John Darker • The organizers of the third NEDEX export services exhibition at Rotterdam last week were delighted...

• A residential course in road haulage management is being held at Holly Royde College, Palatine Road, Manchester, from...

• The final Standard List for the Ministry of Transport goods vehicle plating and testing scheme was published last week. It is...

by Paul Brockington • Take a two-axle tractive unit, modify the running gear to give four-wheel drive and steering, attach it...

9 Chaos and confusion would result if the Minister of Transport tried to move too far too fast along all the lines foreshadowed...

• Candidates for corporate membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers will in future be required to furnish proof of...

• A series of six evening seminars under the title of "Transport and the new legislation is being organized by the Department...

Readers are reminded that goods vehicles weighing more than 30cwt but less than 3 tons unladen registered before January 1 1958...

• A panel of six speakers will take part in a forum organized by the Scottish centre of the IRTE next week: Mr. R. Dallman of...

tests before late 1969? • The latest information suggested that heavy goods vehicle driving tests would not start until the...

• • • • The Queen's Speech on Wednesday • • confirmed the Governments intention to • introduce legislation in this session of...

• Representations have been made to the Transport Managers' Licence Committee that some operators may have several people at...

• The fear which the Transport Act has struck into the heart of the road haulage industry is quite unwarranted. That was the...

• The Transport Minister is - due shortly to announce the membership of the National Freight Corporation, which is being set up...

• In a statement issued on Monday the Road Haulage Association has reiterated its continued opposition to quantity licensing...

• A new version of the Highway Code was submitted to Parliament by the Minister of Transport on Wednesday. If approved, it will...

• The Board of Trade has made the Hire Purchase and Credit Sale Agreements (Control) (Amendment No. 10) Order 1968, No. 1678....

• Managers of municipal undertakings in Lancashire and north Cheshire were, last Friday, the first transport people in the...

• More orders have been received for the Daimler Fleetline 36ft single-deck bus chassis which was announced at the end of last...

• Edinburgh Corporation has been warned that the city's bus services may become overburdened from today {Friday) when many...

• Mr. A. Burrows, general manager of the Liverpool bus undertaking, in his annual report, states that while some buses have...

The November 8 issue of CM will be the annual Passenger Vehicle Number, containing special articles devoted to road passenger...

• An order for 80 large capacity doubledeck buses has been placed with Daimler Transport Vehicles Ltd. by the Kowloon Motor Bus...

• The West Midlands Traffic Commissioners have granted part of an application by the Potteries Motor Traction Company to put up...

• Because absent objectors to a take-over application were small hauliers living many miles away, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, the...

• A woman who continued to run her husband's haulage business after he became bankrupt appeared at her own examination in...

• A High Court judge held on Wednesday of last week that an East London haulage contractor, his driver and his mechanicfitter...

• The purchasers of one of the oldest coach firms in Burnley were granted a new road service licence in Manchester on Tuesday...

• A Lancashire parcels and smalls group applied in Manchester on Wednesday for a common normal user for 84 A-licensed and 24...

• A court room in Durham was filled for three days this week with heavy haulage operators objecting to an application by a...

• H. V. Maycock, Lanchester, will have his vehicles reinstated as and when they are repaired and ready for the road. Last month...

the main provisions from our political correspondent • The Transport Bill received the Royal Assent on Friday. to become the...

• At a symposium held at the Gloster Saro works on October 16, the fuelling of present and next generation aircraft in all its...

Container guide Container transport has developed so rapidly, and over such a large area geographically, that it is difficult...

• Commercial vehicle cleaning should no longer be considered a chore, but an essential part of servicing, Mr. A. Morris,...

• The extent to which petrol engines pollute the air was emphasized by Mr. C. J. Hinds, Perkins Engines group director of...

• A feasibility study of the use of the Boeing 747 to freight motorcars is being undertaken on behalf of Silcock and Coiling...

• What is claimed to be the latest outside broadcast unit designed in Britain specifically for full-colour operation has been...

J. Niblock is to be a director of Eastern Counties Omnibus Co. Ltd. in place of B. Griffiths, who resigns from the board. This...

GENERALLY SPEAKING, reversing lamps are not standard equipment on commercial vehicles, but some fleet operators consider the...

by Handyman Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (16) • Another important point with regard to a trainee driver is to...

• W. and C. French Ltd. has purchased eight Crane Fruehauf semi-trailers, type C8-F2-20 Special. The units are constructed to...

THE Minister of Transport could stand a better chance of getting tachographs accepted if his Transport Bill expressed more...

* Sober reflection For transport journalists the coming of winter is marked not by the falling leaves but by the onset of...

DELEGATES DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF ROAD HAULAGE, METRICATION AND ROAD FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION "Let me say at once that the...

SPEAKING on the "Future of road haulage in British industry", Sir Donald Stokes, chairman-elect and managing director of...

METRICATION was not new. According to Mr. G. A. Oscroft, Ministry of Technology, it had been in use in many Continental...

THE Brains Trust session covered a wide range of topical problems. With the new chairman of the RHA, Mr. Noel-Wynn, in the...

the villains by Les Oldridge AiikTE, AMIN] I WHEN first considering what precautions should be taken to make premises secure,...

Many operators have thought for some time that the BBC is very anti road transport. They were given no chance to change their...

What song the sirens sang ULYSSES stuffed the ears of his sailors with wax and made them bind him to the mast when they were...

Amid the incessant barrage of publicity describing new developments in container handling, inter-modal movement, throughout...

continued any mixed loads—at the rear end of a container requires special care to avoid possible injuries to unloading staff...

the Commercial Motor Fleet Management Conference, a vehicle speed/horse-power graph shows a series of curves of constant fuel...

on long-distance work (day tramp) and the gross revenue is in the region of £150 a week. Mileage is normally 1,200 a week. Our...

produce and livestock to markets for neighbouring farmers within the terms of my C licence. Will! be able to do this for hire...

18cwt tare weight) and have for some time been paid a basic wage of £12 3s 4d for a 40-hour week with no bonuses or extras....

I HAVE always felt that the most important contribution that universities can make in transport studies at the present time is...

A new Telelube automatic lubrication system has been produced by Telehoist Ltd., of Cheltenham. Designed primarily for heavy...

A three-pass heat exchanger is a feature of a new mobile oil-fired space heater from Nu-Way Benson Ltd. that has a maximum...

Tube Products Ltd. has announced the availability of Tru-Wel aluminized perforated steel tube for exhaust pipes which has a...

A leaflet has been produced by the Industrial Division of Duckhams Oils, on its Standard Type C and Universal grades of...

the Measuring Instruments (Liquid Fuel and Lubri cants) (Amendments No. 2) Regulations 1968, which are designed to assist the...

offers variations on the number of cylinders and hp in both mechanical and hydraulic infinitelyvariable-speed drives using the...

An electronic wheel balancer — model 409 — from Repco Automotive Equipment (UK) Ltd. can be used for rectifying static and...

.ancer Boss Ltd. now fits a 'aversing cab to its latest lodels in the fork-lift sideloader ange. The cabs provide corndate...

A manually propelled snow scoop has been announced by Freeline Ltd. which is made in two models for domestic and commercial...

Two steel radial-ply tyres for commercial vehicles introduced by Dunlop Co. Ltd, are known as the Roadtrak and the R86. The...

with Ron Cater At the Commercial Motor Show I learned of a new business of particular interest to operators of tanker...

A de-icing fluid—claimed to differ from other car de-icers. in that it is fully effective at below-freezing temperatures— has...

A tyre repair outfit introduced by Apaseal Ltd. is designed for operating the Bowes Seal-Fast process applicable to the repair...

An AC-Delco air-injection reactor system, designed to control exhaust emission of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide from petrol...

A leaflet has been produced by Ward Brooke and Co. Ltd., a member company of the Norcros Group, on the concern's range of...