A big truck pulls into a service station and as it comes to rest a number of lights flash into life on a big "scoreboard" on...

• "Anyone who knows Davis has not got a chance of obtaining a licence." This was said by Mr H. Brown on Tuesday when giving...

• Extensive market appraisals of theparcels and smalls sector undertaken by the National Freight Corporation were referred to...

• Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority has decided in favour of a light rapid transit system in place of the existing diesel...

• This year's Scottish Motor Show, which is being held in Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. from November 12 to November 20, is to be...

• Claimed to be the largest commercial vehicle rental company in the world, Ryder Truck Rental, of Miami, Florida, is preparing...

• There are still just a few places left for the CM seminar "Selection and maintenance of commercial vehicles" at the London...

• Mr Peter Walker. Environment Secretary, has, in accordance with Section 56 of the Transport Act 1962, appointed a chairman...

• A memorial service for Maj-Gen G. N. Russell, CB, CBE. former chairman of British Road Services, is to be held at St...

• A relatively inexpensive device claimed drastically to reduce freight handling revenue losses, in addition to speeding up the...

• Sir Reginald Wilson, speaking at the Freight Transport Association dinner in Glasgow this week, said that the road haulage...

• British Railways' shipping and international services division has intimated this week that as from November t its rates for...

• Mr J. M. Clayton, a 23-year-old management trainee with BRS Parcels Ltd, is the winner of the RHA 's 1971 essay competition...

• Allisons Freightlines' Dundee staff-38 drivers, 16 mechanics and four office staff—have been given three days' notice....

• To give an impetus to development of electric vehicles, The Electricity Council, acting for the Electricity Boards in England...

• Marshall of Cambridge Ltd has added Hertz truck rental facilities to its locations in Peterborough and Bedford. Thirty-eight...

• Sixty-five drivers of the Watney Mann (East Anglia) delivery fleet were presented with RoSPA safe driving awards last week. ....

• The familiar words "Mann Egerton, Ford main dealers" will be seen no more. The company is rationalizing the numerous names by...

• A seminar entitled "The Road Haulier and EEC" is to be held in Southport on Wednesday, October 27. The seminar, organized by...

• The first trainees have moved into the RTITB's purpose-built centre at Livingston. They will use the newly completed first...

• The RHA has told the DoE that it considers two items should be added to the list for which a free retest should be allowable...

• Mr D. E. A. Pcttit, chairman, NFC, who takes office today as president of the Chartered Institute of Transport, will deliver...

• A short digest. - The prospects of smaller UK companies within the Common Market" (Marksman Associates, The Old Bank House....

• The National Guild of Transport Managers has a great future, Mr Ray W. Beardsley, chairman of the national executive council,...

• A new, fast turn-round depot has been built on Merseyside for WHS Transport Ltd in only 30 weeks under a "design and build"...

'We must pull together to save industry,' says union chief • Transport leaders who disagreed with the proposed Government...

• Coventry Corporation's transport and highways committee has decided that some works buses may be withdrawn later this year if...

• Several large firms are now participating in West Midland PTE's travel pass scheme designed to win workers back to buses....

from a special correspondent II The recently formed transport industries committee of the TUC was due to meet Mr John Peyton,...

• It is understood no official talks have taken place between parties involved at Eastern Coach Works Ltd, Lowestoft, where 79...

• Birmingham Trades Council has been told that free bus travel in Birmingham and the Black Country is not feasible—it would...

• Over 30 new-season coaches and buses with Duple, Plaxtons, Willowbrook and Marshall bodywork are on display at the Yeates of...

• A Birmingham company which operated two vehicles on own-account work had its 0 licence curtailed under Section 69, in...

• After learning that Mr D. H. Barnes, a Cheshire tipper operator from Sta'pleford, had operated a vehicle for which he was not...

• Westland-Stewart Ltd of Thorniebank. Glasgow, metal finishers, appeared before Mr A. B. Birnie. the Scottish LA, last week...

• Rennies Lion and Comfort Coaches LW of Dunfermline, Fife, withdrew four applications for express services to Morecambe,...

• The practicability of the system which a Northern Irish haulage firm intended to adopt to control its vehicles when operating...

Keith Whittaker has joined Hertz Truck Rental as marketing manager from the marketing service department of W. S. Crawford Ltd....

an appreciation SYDNEY S. GUY who died last week at the age of 86 was one of the great pioneers of the commercial vehicle...

• A one-piece glassfibrc floor that is impregnated with marble dust is a feature of the 40ft by 8ft by 8ft aluminium TIR...

• General Motors has unveiled a turbine engine suitable for highway use. putting the company in neck-and-neck competition with...

• A new exhaust .brake has been developed by the Australian company, Smiths Exhaust Brakes (Aust.) Pty Ltd, of Sydney. The...

• A pneumatic discharge delivery trailer, designed to carry grain and animal feedstuffs, features oneof the new Titan aluminium...

• David Brown Gear Industries Ltd, Huddersfield, has agreed to acquire the Belgian power transmission company SAD! SA, which...

• Of the changes made to the specifications of Scania trucks for 1972, the most important concern the largest models, from the...

• By fitting a small but powerful engine onto its trailer-mounted gantry platform unloader, the Primrose Group of Burnley,...

by John Darker "SPEED on the ground — is there enough of it?" That was the provoking title of the first session of the very...

Fixing the price for transport • Proper knowledge of the haulage rate payable should be known before any job is undertaken....

THE SUBJECT for the afternoon session of the conference was "Containerization — how can it go wrong?", chaired by Sir Andrew...

by Trevor Longcroft pictures by Harry Roberts IN a sense every commercial vehicle is built :o meet customers' requirements,...

Benchwise: coo/it ( 21) by Handyman ALTHOUGH most anti-freeze mixtures have an anti-rust additive, vehicle users generally...

Mr A. G. Lea's letter (CM September 24) concerning staff training contains some telling points. Nevertheless, the "home-grown"...

IRTE members who have read the article in Commercial Motor of September 3 stating that course syllabuses of integrated training...

view by the Hawk • Uneasy riders Travel certainly broadens the mind. Colleague Paul Brockington was travelling on a United...

the Environment, with responsibilities for road passenger transport. Before this he spent a period on secondment to the Prices...

your tax by R. H. Grimsley BCom, FIAC 8. Allowances on plant and machinery THE capital allowances on machinery are different...

Larry Smith • Larry Smith, national secretary, passenger services group, TGWU, believes that the British bus industry has had...

History lesson OPPOSITION to his proposals for changes in the licensing procedure for public transport must have been expected...

by Gibb Grace, DAuE, CEng, MIMechE LAST WEEK I visited Pirelli's new test track at Vizzola, some 37 miles from Milan. The...

Owning 38,000 trucks influences vehicle design HOW many fitters do you need to maintain a fleet of 70 maximum-capacity...

service with 30cwt vans but I am a bit lost when it comes to pricing. Could you give me any idea of what I should charge or the...

about instituting a transport manager's licence but all this has died down. What is the latest position now? Is a licence to be...

at Earls Court this year? A There is no Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court this year. It is a biennial exhibition and the...

matters By John Darker, AMBIM Mechanical handling in distribution --a consultant's approach PROFESSIONAL transport managers...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI Stationary vehicles (2) IN most large towns and cities throughout the country regulations have...

The RHA training from the top downwards by David Lowe MInstTA, AMBIM TRAINING and education has become, in recent years, a...

pedestrian-controlled fork-lift uck, known as the PF30, has en produced by Kelvin gineering (Basingstoke) Ltd at has a capacity...

Vlanufacture for stock by Geo. N. King Ltd of certain Semco pneumatic handling components las now been extended to aclude many...

The Ewart Chambelt Co Ltd has announced that comprehensive, illustrated instructions will be supplied with all...

Cable-ties made of - heavy" strength plastics from J. Lucas should last the life of any vehicle to which they are fitted. The...

One of the problems facing industry is that of the cleaning components, machines, work benches and factory floors of swarf and...

From Acheson Colloids Co Ltd comes a brushor aerosolapplied lubricant designed to produce a viscous film giving resistance to...

From Ceag come two lamps —Lumax CD 70 and CF 70—claimed to give powerful penetration in the poorest driving conditions: each...

The Load-Lok ratchet tensioning buckle was evolved by Package Control Ltd for applications to open-top containers in...

The Portavac 175 is the name of a twin-motor vacuum cleaner having a capacity of 1.6 cu ft that is marketed by Airnesco Product...

A foot-valve that has bee developed by Airnesco Product Ltd provides positive open an shut-off control for a compressed air...

An addition to the tubular support equipment for use with semi-trailers when the tractive unit is removed, has been announced...

The recently formed Tank Apparatus International Co Ltd has brought out a number of nozzles and fittings for road tankers...

Spring Grove Services Ltd has brought out a 16-page brochure on its garments available for rental which include cotton boiler...

From Ford comes the second edition of its Buyers' Guide to Bodybuilders and Semi-trailer Manufacturers which besides giving...

The Securitrans 2001 alarm from Maclanne Security Associates Ltd gives a choice of three wiring circuits either allowing a...

An energy regulator type of thermostat is a feature of a range of four oil-filled radiators produced by Dimples Ltd. The models...

by Trevor Longcroft From Stewart Automotive Equipment. Warlingham, Surrey, comes a device that could be fitted to any diesel...

Two models, the T9 and the T10, have recently been added to the range of Sisu dockside /terminal tractors marketed by Alexander...

A battery charger has been introduced by the Wiped Group that is known as the Maxi-Charger and is suitable for 6V or 12V...

The three models of a range of electric storage radiators, produced by Dimplex Ltd, are equipped with automatic damper control...

The latest tyre service map, issued by Motorway Tyres and Accessories Ltd, shows the centres at which night breakdown services...

Up to Bin. x 5in, record cards can be accommodated in the Datadex index filing system produced by Expandex Ltd. Measuring...

A cab heater running on diesel fuel and having an output of 8000 Btu /h is marketed in this country by Hans Motors (London)...

An aerosol fluid that will dry out wet ignition systems, lubricate moving parts and prevent rust and corrosion has been...

The Vortair pneumatic vacuum cleaner that operates on the air-jet principle, and has an unrestricted bore of over an inch in...