0 NE of the more stabilizing influences in road transport in recent years has been the successfully commercial manner in which...

D ESCRIBED as a "redeployment" by Sir Reginald Wilson, deputy chairman and managing director of Transport Holding Co., are...

T HE motorway third-lane ban on heavy goods vehicles appears to be having very little detrimental effect on journey time and...

THE Abergele-Llandulas by-pass infilling work was accelerated this week when six vehicles operated by RHA members augmented...

A RANGE of inflatable warehouses—Airhalls—supplied by Barracudaverken AB, of Stockholm, is being introduced into this country...

S IXTY-SEVEN lorry drivers on an earthmoving project at the new motorway by-pass at Uddingston, Lanarkshire, were sacked by...

MANIFORD ROUTIERS LTD. is now operating a road-ferry transport service between the UK and Continental countries. The service...

PLANS by Corrall Transport Ltd.—part of the Powell Duffryn Group—to expand its trade in East Anglia and the East Midlands are...

S POT checks on lorries are being carried out by members of the Vehicle Observer Corps as part of an expanded programme for...

A , N announcement by the Transport Minister that the Government had decided not to daily any longer and to show they meant...

NEW TOPICS are covered in the 1967 edition of the TRTA Yearbook. There are special features on driver training, productivity...

TEN NEW inland freight clearance centres are planned by British Railways, in conjunction with State and private companies, it...

study group on co-operation are due to be discussed by the national council. This "crunch" meeting should decide how much, if...

ROM Luton this week came a summary of the position of Bedford trucks—past, present and future— in relation to the revised...

The Industrial Transport Association is holding a conference in London for divisional education officers during the weekend...

HUMBER Warehousing Ltd. has acquired the business of Thombury Transport Ltd., of Thombury, near Bristol, which has 10 vehicles...

A RESURGENCE of rail freight traffic to and from ports is foreseen by Mr. Clifford A. Dove, director-general of Mersey Docks...

TO ensure that the context and standards of training are relevant to the industry's needs, training boards will have to draw up...

appointed secretary of BET Federation Ltd., in succession to Neville Smith, who has resigned owing to pressure of other work....

N PLICATIONS by five West Country operators for variations in their B licence conditions to permit the carriage of goods for...

AN unopposed application by Emery Air Freight Corporation, London Airport, for a three-ton vehicle to be placed on its B...

B-licence applications for liquor, furniture A GRANT of one vehicle on B licence which will enable a French haulier to...

THE hearing of express licence applications by C. H. Rickards (Tours) Ltd, and Thames Valley Traction Co. Ltd. at an adjourned...

T HE Metropolitan LA this week reserved his decision on an application by a second-hand caravan dealer who wants to use his...

T HERE might be good in having a Conurbation Transport Authority to act in an advisory and co-ordinatim capacity—but not...

A MONG those who met the Minister of Transport at the private conference on Conurba tion Transport Authorities in Liverpool on...

FINANCIAL Secretary to the Treasury Mr Niall MacDermot this week met a delegatior from the joint fuel tax committee for the...

BRISTOL has drawn up a two-point plan to keep its buses on the move. The emergency programme follows talks between Bristol...

A N allegation that the Traffic Commissioners should not have granted an application for a road service licence before the...

THERE was a slight drop in the number of London Transport bus crews attacked by latenight hooligans in 1966, compared with...

A DUMFRIES woman, Mrs. Jean Cairnie, of Belmont Avenue, Eaglesfield, a passenger in a car which was in collision with a bus at...

From our Industrial Correspondent NE GOTIAT1ONS between unions representing company busmen and the employers' side of the NCOI...

T HE latest addition to its standard range of semi-trailers, and axles fitted with air-spring versions of the Hands/Neway...

WITH the injection of £20m. by the Chrysler " Corporation—and £3m. by the British government to back up its nomination of a...

From A. J. P. Wilding, Brussels D RUSSELS is more "inter") national" than any other major European vehicle Show. More...

C OVENTRY'S chief fire officer, Mr. A. Leese, this week claimed that the use of compressed air for operating cutting tools and...

THE BOARD of Trade this week announced that it did not intend to refer the proposed Leyland Motor Corporation-Rover Co. Ltd....

U ST month Ford announced full details (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, December 23) of how all its commercial vehicles built since 1960...

THE NEW Matbro S 120 Swinglift forklift truck has successfully demonstrated its manoeuvrability in timber storage yard gangways...

I N the earlier days of vehicle repair, it was accepted that at least one person in a sixto eight-man team would be an...

and publications Nylon chain DROVIDING an alternative to the tradir tional metal chain, which cannot be completely protected...

What about the driver? WHILE considerable publicity is being given to the standard of braking efficiency required of...

y OU may interpret the heading to this feature as a genuine request for information (which I hope we have answered here) or a...

(For free use of vehicles delivering to or collecting from the respective docks. No special guards are provided but the dock...

By P. A. C. Brockington, AMIMechE An international security organization that provides every type of security service...

V leNIV BY THE HAWK Driving Force K EN JACKSON, who took over the key job of commercial services officer of the TGWU when...

'TRANSPORT managers concerned with .1 vehicle security—and that, in 1967, should mean all transport managers—have a very wide...

continued from page 52 round the clock and have radio contact with central control. Also in docks territory, but in quite...

C OSTS have always been a vital concern of road haulage contractors but they are increasingly important during the current...

BY E. JAMES MILLEN M ANY firms deserve to have their lorries nicked. This is the only conclusion I can draw from the reluctance...

A S a matter of general principle the Court of Appeal had no hesitation in upholding a penalty of five years' imprisonment on...

B ECAUSE of the urgency of much of the work undertaken by a road transport operator his immediate needs understandably have...

employment of manual and non-manual employees to be brought into line? Do you know of any published information on this...

A In 1965 revenue from motor taxation was £895m. in Britain, £671m. in France and £873m. in Germany. In contrast total public...

when averaging 1,200 miles a week and allowing £20 for driver's wages including overtime? A As shown in the COMMERCIAL MOTOR...

following notice:—"Road Traffic Act 1960: A carrier's C licence is not required for this vehicle under the Road and Rail...

A The Traders' Co-ordinating Committee on Transport has a membership of over 80 consisting of representatives of trades,...

A No. In this connection it needs to be emphasized that the term "motor car" as used in the Motor Vehicles (Construction and...

transport economics was sponsored by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport at the headquarters of the Council of...

Wankel rotary engine in this country and if so, could this or any other piston engine be run on Calor gas, or North Sea gas?...

A The National Joint Council on Materials Handling, St. Ives House, St. Ives Road, Maidenhead, Berks., has study groups...

M UNICIPAL bus undertakings vary enormously in size ranging from concerns with under 20 vehicles like Hartlepool, Llandudno and...

A BETTER illustration of what one leading firm of London stockbrokers has dubbed "profitless prosperity"—to sell more, yet make...