authorities A 28-PAGE illustrated guide to distribution methods and delivery vehicles is the latest development in the Freight...

THE FTA is to launch a series of Local seminars in its south eastern region to brief members on the range of new transport...

MORE than 100 Calor Gas area managers, depot managers and engineers attended a two-day conference at Langley, Bucks, organized...

THE truck leasing division of Godfrey Davis has prepared a manual for use by the drivers of the company's contract hire...

hiring and leasing THE distinct trend of the own-account operator entering into arrangements for contract and charter hire...

THE Price Commission is employing consultants to examine costs and revenues of independent garages as a basis for the...

ROAD Transport in the EEC 1974/80 is the title of a one-clay seminar being organized by Guardian Business Services on Thursday...

COMMERCIAL vehicles standing in depots and out of use ought to have at least a monthly check, a senior vehicle examiner told...

A CASE involving a driver agency and use of a driver without a heavy goods vehicle driving licence was part heard before...

RED WARNING triangles used in the roadway to warn of a temporary obstruction will be allowed if they bear an approval mark as...

CRADE ASSOCIATIONS re now considering some [raft regulations amending harts of the Public Service Tehicles (Conditions of...

DFFICERS of the Rhymney Valley undertakng in Wales have been initructed by the district ouncil to "investigate and - eport on...

BLS s Ln dot oted Sunda , : to i ..,;ec ancarliel secret ballot decision tha two Sikh busmen he ect to sear turbans on clut...

ANY CHANGE in the level or control of the bus grant system will not be allowed to damage the Government's "commitment to the...

THE proprietor of a threecoach business called before the Eastern Traffic Commissioners to show cause why his psv licence...

THE DIRECT AberdeenLondon bus service, introduced in May to run until the end of September, is to be extended to run during...

AN EXTRAORDINARY general meeting of the Public Road Transport Association to consider winding up the Association and...

Commercial Motor has an editorial vacancy for a passenger transport writer who is knowledgeable about bus and coach operation....

PROTOTYPE of a hybrid :yland National designed r the Australian market is iw being tested by British :yland, The bus has an...

A PLEA to the new county councils who . now have powers to co-ordinate public transport to persuade commuters, workers and...

DELIVERY is expected to take place soon of the first Daimler Fleetline doubledecker to have a "quiet" engine installation to...

sophistication by Martin Hayes A REMARKABLE LEVEL of cross-border co-operation by several leading European bus makers resulted...

CHRYSLER is supplying a Commer Commando support vehicle, based on the G08 chassis, to the British Men's Alpine Ski Team. It has...

SECURICOR now uses Philips dictation equipment at its Birmingham distribution centre and at its Smethwick store centre in order...

FIFTEEN European countries are now signatories to an agreement to operate an emergency 24hour telephone help service for...

VOLVO heavies outsold all other makes on the British market in September and, for the first time ever, took a higher percentage...

THE following is a provisional list of international motor shows to take place during 1975 at which commercial vehicles will be...

FROM TODAY Volvo dealers and distributors in Britain will be offering System Service, an inspection-based maintenance...

FOR vehicle handling in a short-haul internal shunting operation at Avonmouth dock the Port of Bristol Authority is using six...

ICI • has ordered a Tamplin 30ft Tip-Kit conversion unit to be used by ICI Fibres in Northern Ireland. The kit converts...

for ERF AN ORDER worth £250,000 has been placed with David Brown Gear Industries for the supply of gearboxes for the new...

FORD is bringing out a Transit ambulance early next year. It will be powered by a three-litre V6 petrol engine with the option...

FROM MONDAY the new importation and distribution centre of MAN Concessionaires GB Ltd becomes operative. The new centre at...

MONDAY Nov 4, CIT (North Staffs) ''Some aspects of truck tyre development by R Haugh (senior technical advisor, Michelin Co...

UTURE legislation may well make ;tarders an integrated, mandatory fitlent on goods vehicles but there are still roblems to he...

4: Czechoslovakia, Denmark and France 30TH HIRE and reward and own-account verators require permits to operate in...

by Les Oldridge TEng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE IT IS worth while knowing how unladen weight is worked out, for this knowledge may help...

)y Johnny Johnson photographs by Dick Ross FFICI ENT business management, ough eminently desirable, has never !en as critical...

After 12 months have elapsed since the end of the course. a further visit is made to ensure that no unforeseen problems have...

ON TOP of the i.lany current operating and administrative burdens of transport managers, knowledge of the new law governing...

I see that speculators are tipping Sir Dan Pettit as a future boss of the Post Office Corporation. Quite apart from the...

"Most people live within half an hour to an hour of their work. The public tranzport system is reliable, punctual and...

Whatever the mixed feelings about women executives in the haulage industry, they seem to be making their way unhindered in...

Gardner is the showman's best friend — the Gardner diesel that is if Stratford-on-Avon Mop is anything to go by. Tell a showman...

I don't mind our sub putting years on me occasionally — I'm sure I do the same to him. But when he adds 20 years, in print, to...

Features of interest to civilian as well as military operators on the new ranges from Sandbach SHOWN for the first time on the...

AMONG the first to signal for the attention of the newly appointed Advisory Council for Energy Conservation will be the...

When he left VVinsford Gramma School in 1 937 to start work at Fodens Harold Nancollis wanted, to be draughtsman -an ambition...

Closer involvement with Europe, and the wider use of imported Continental vehicles, brings an increasing need for engineers to...

James Jackson — a pseudonym for a well qualified legal expert — is one of the first in the field to explain the recently...

Two new titles in the Olyslager Auto Library series have recently been published by Frederick Warne, 40 Bedford Square, London...

Nick Baldwin has updated The Observer's Book of commercial Vehicles (Frederick Warne & Co Ltd; 60p) from the 1971 edition, and...

to allow double bottoms to be operated. If the lawis altered to allow this will it also regularize the use of dollies with...

have been (tiered traffic to London which involves a total mileage of 250 _for the round trip. There, seems to be little chance...

to carry animal fodder to local farms. Its unladen weight is over 30 cwt. Do I therefore need an operator's licence, and must I...

requirements but lam puzzled about the different criteria applied to operators' licensing and the heavy goods vehicle driver's...

Detailed times for routine depot tasks can be averaged out, running speeds for routes agreed with unions, and the 'mix'...

Rated to 7.4 tonnes (7.2 tons) minimum brake strength, the Aeroquip FE 7560-1 cargo winch is designed for heavy-duty use on...

Two 6in bench grinders have been added to Black & Decker's existing range of tools. The models weigh 12.3kg (271b) each and are...

Two models have been added to Gomo's portable compressor range. The Porta 20 Series are wheelmounted units with a delivery...

From Pneumatic Power (U K) comes a Japanese-built Yutani lin squaredrive impact wrench with a bolt capacity of 38mm (1.5in) at...

On the face of it, nothing could give you better control of your distribution facilities than owning them. But, inevitably,...