This week sees the launch of the third major bus design on the British bus market to use the integral concept of construction....

Commission wants payment by results prohibited; standard rules for driving licences; regular nsedicals for drivers; and no hgv...

• The world's largest headlamp using a reflector and a single light source — this is the claim of Lucas which is introducing an...

• At Birmingham last weekend the inaugural meeting of the National Road Haulage Stewards' Committee agreed to draw up a charter...

• Albion is dead — long live Leyland! As part of an inevitable move towards rationalization BLMC has dropped the Albion marque...

• The boards of Lex Service Group Ltd and Wilkinson's Transport Group Ltd announce that agreement has been reached on proposals...

Container men hope for new breed of lorry • "Looked at purely from the point of view of transport efficiency," the Freight...

• While dockers at Liverpool and Preston have warned that they are maintaining the blacking of containers from certain firms...

• Several small Dundee haulage firms which have for many years relied heavily on the Corporation building department for work....

• An agreement has been signed between the DoE and Joseph Lucas (Industries) Ltd for further design and development work on a...

• The general haulage operations of P & O Road Services (whose fleet includes the Jones and Thomas Allen bulk liquid tankers...

• In a briefing note to its 25,000 members the Royal Institute of British Architects suggests that those with direct experience...

Traffic safety a major aim by John Darker • The publication last week of the European Economic Commission's five year plan:...

• Over £90,000 has been spent by National Carriers Ltd on .making its Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, depot the nerve centre for its...

• A one-day seminar on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road is being organized by the Freight Transport Association to take...

• A symposium on Transport Policy and the Distribution of Goods in the Common Market is being arranged at the University of...

• Citroen-Berliet is to have five vehicles on show at Earls Court. Three are Citroens — a Currus 240 CD ambulance conversion on...

by Martin Hayes • The announcement today of the Volvo-Camair brings to three the number of integral-construction vehicles on...

• The first full-scale trial of the Ford-backed Dial-a-Ride bus service began in Maidstone, Kent on Wednesday. Two 16-seat Ford...

• SuperBus 2, the second of London Country's low fare, frequent and direct bus services in Stevenage,is to come into operation...

• A four-speed Allison automatic transmission is now available optionally in Seddon Pennine-4 and Pennine-6 bus and coach...

• Six specially fitted-out Duple-bodied Bedford coaches left Dover last week on a three,e-month journey to India. The Viceroy...

• As a consequence of the recent sale by British Leyland of its 50 per cent holding in Crompton Leyland Electricars Ltd to the...

• Merseyside PTE on Tuesday took delivery of the first of 20 Metro-Scania buses at Liverpool's Pier Head. Handing over the...

• At the inquest at St Austell, Cornwall, on five victims of a road accident when an articulated lorry driven by George...

' evading ' firm • A Liverpool transport firm which repeatedly failed to produce its vehicles for pre-arranged inspections by...

• A headline "WA wins students' fares appeal" in CM last week was incorrect. A decision on the appeal by Yorkshire Pools...

I The Provost of Aberchirder in lanffshire, Mr William Bremner, had his icence for six vehicles and four trailers educed by one...

In a bid to link up Liverpool with Srlanchester's Ringway . Airport, R. and M. E. Booth. who trade under the name Aintree...

• Six fleet inspections in less than three years on a company operating up to 20 vehicles and 12 trailers had revealed a well...

• ValueVan is the name given to a range of standardized low-cost aluminium bodies announced by Freight Bonallack Ltd, Basildon,...

Edward G. Dravers has been appointed general manager of United Counties Omnibus Co. Ltd. an NBC subsidiary company, as from...

An articulated version of the Transit 'Inch has been developed jointly by Ford's pecial Vehicle Order division and PEM 'railers...

• A demountable tail-lift that can be fitted to, or removed from, a vehicle using the lift's own power pack has been developed...

• The most notable feature of the new Glasgow-built Leyland vehicles which succeed the Albion range (see "The Week") is the...

by Martin Hayes New Marshall-bodied integral city bus and proven Swedish midengined coach chassis IT HAS been an open secret...

TO ALLOW journalists a chance to try the new Volvo models, Ailsa Bus mapped out a 165-mile road route which took in one of the...

On reading the report under the above heading in CM of August 18 I was once again appalled at the apparent ignorance displayed...

Mr Burgoyne in Commercial Motor of August 4 in connection with the RTITB. I agree entirely with every word he says and think...

The article in your issue of August 4, 1972, entitled "British manufacturers have services in Europe" tackled a subject of...

Fred Garrett is reported as stating that drivers having no job are having to pay the sum of £70 for training. I think they...

which stated that the Monad system was to be installed in the Victoria Coach Station, and the subsequent denial by their...

Your article on British manufacturers' services in Europe in your excellent Ferries and Continental Operation issue spurs me to...

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All load-bearing structure in metal; and a price of £6095 by Martin Hayes DUPLE'S new Dominant coach body — which is...

BEFORE launching what is after all a very significant model, Duple undertook an almost unprecedented research and development...

Andrew Thorns • Fresh from four years as Ford Motor Co's dealer planning manager, Andy Thorns starts with an unparalleled...

Once more unto the breach FOR the man in the street the point at issue in the dock strike could not be simpler. It was nothing...

view by the Hawk • Counter-attack Frank Lyon, public relations officer of the RHA, believes that attack is the best method of...

VHEELER FROM DODGE CHRYSLER UNITED KINGDOM will have a 28-ton-gvw eight-wheeler on their stand at the Commercial Motor Show....

by Handyman Tyre bills reduced by sense and supervision • Inexperience can be costly • Tyre men must be fit and keen •...

Trotels • With public opinion turning ever more strongly against commercial vehicles being left on the highway, a widespread...

A The TIR scheme is not operated by means of obtaining a special licence or certificate, in the normal sense, but by obtaining...

a gross weight limit and ii tons as an axle limit, will this take effect as soon as we join the Common Market next year? 1 see...

advertising for particular firms. Can you tell me what it costs to use a bus for such exclusive advertising, whether the...

by John Darker, AMBIM Does the customer know best? The tricky relationship between bus users and public transport operators...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE. MIMI Selling of defective vehicles AT some time or another all fleet operators will have vehicles to...

learning by D. J. Leeming MIRTE AMBIM Apprenticeships of the future THE road haulier and passenger transport operator now...

WheeWon Slater Transport Ltd. Cap: £100. Dirs: A. Wheeldon, F. Slater. Sec: B. Goldstein, Robert A. Green (Transport) Ltd. Cap:...

M 0 NDAV September 4. Inst. of Heavy Goods Vehicle Driving Instructors (Yorkshire) meeting. Montague Burton Ltd, Hudson Road,...

he Automobile Association has ublished a comprehensive uide to the cure and prevention f corrosion in cars, and hence ar-based...

\ semi-bulk-handling system )eing produced by Unibin is iuitable for powdered and jranular materials, meltable ;ads and...

Known as Power Gear, an air/hydraulic system developed by Rubery-Owen Rockwell for semi-trailer landing legs is said to reduce...

The British Standards Institution has published two revised standards which have been metricated and has also incorporated...

The Hydrolec, a portable electric high-pressure paint spray pump which can supply two highpressure spray guns has been...

Plastics nameplates having the trade name Aluplast and the appearance of traditional "prestige" nameplates cast in brass and...

lntertruck is marketing two kinds of triangular red reflectors of a type approved for compulsory application to trailers and...

A road tanker pump, specially designed for the authorized distributors vehicles, is now available from Varley-FMC. It is...

A pressure washer equipped with a heater, water softener and automatically mixed cleaning agents has been announced by ECT....

A range of three high-pressure water pumps, two small manual pumps and an automatic moisture eliminator has been announced by...

No plumbing or mains electrical supply is required for the Klerk Equipment push-button vehicle washer. Water is supplied to the...

by Trevor Longcroft Getting goods vehicles through the annual test is an all too familiar problem. Many vehicles fail the test...

Synthetic Resins have developed a resin for use with the resin-injection system of production. It is of low viscosity, is fast...

A tyre shredder unit has been introduced by CAF Mechanical Handling Equipment. The totally enclosed unit is capable of reducing...

From Aeroquip comes a water pump seal claimed to limit noise to a negligible level The seal is based on an established design...

Barham Bodies are making a tipper body using Sin-wide aluminium extruded sections which snap-lock together to form the body...

Dynaflex has announced the introduction of a range of mobile lubricators known as the Portatube, which is designed to meet...

Dunlop Footwear has incorporated a number of new features in its range of industrial protective footwear. Restyled top-quality...

Marketed by George Meller, a Blackmer sliding-vane positivedisplacement tanker pump of stainless steel is made by Stainless...

The Vacu-Lug Tyre Organization at Grantham has extended its production of Morgrip Lug off-the-road remoulds with the addition...

From Tank Apparatus comes a anti-vibration pipe couplim suitable for use with mos hydrocarbons except high arc matic petroleum...

Crane Fruehauf Proper prover parts service is the subject of new six-page leaflet whici describes this addition to Crane...