The news this week that the Minister of Transport is prepared to consider a gross combination weight of 56 tons will...

• A proposal that the maximum permitted weights for goods vehicles should include 56-ton g.c.w. for drawbar trailer...

from our political correspondent The appointment of Mr. Anthony Crosland as overlord Minister responsible for co-ordinating...

TO IMPROVE 'DEPLORABLY LOW' MANAGEMENT STANDARDS IN SMALL FIRMS • A review of the work of the new TASC unit of the Road...

• The Government has agreed to write off the whole of London Transport Board's accumulated deficit of £250m. This surprise...

• The Freight Transport Association believes that the two-tier pallet pool system (proposed by Arthur D. Little in its report...

ID At the first meeting of the winter session of members of the North Western section of the Institute of Transport held...

• "I would beg all fleet operators to sincerely consider if they can justify not fitting the Maxaret to their vehicles, in the...

• A new professionalism must be brought to transport, declares Mr. Peter Walker in a pamphlet (Cities For People), Conservative...

• Although the number of exhibits in the commercial vehicle field had dwindled to only four at this year's Royal Dairy Show,...

• On Tuesday Mr. L. Holdemess, the administrative officer • at the National Freight Corporation, read a paper on the work and...

• Short wheelbase versions of the Ford Transit van now have higher gross weight ratings. The biggest increase is on the 12cwt...

In our report of the Institute of Transport plesidential address, on page 25 of last week's issue, an error distorted the views...

• Mr. G. K. Newman, RHA directorgeneral, told the NAFWR autumn conference in London this week thatif road transport was to...

by David Lowe • The fourth International Import, Export and Transport Exhibition—Nedex 69—in Rotterdam this week was notable...

• The autumn conference of the British Association of Overseas Furniture Removers in London on Wednesday was notable for a...

• Ford has announced the introduction of "Fordcare System"—a credit card scheme which gives truck operators easy unlimited...

• New regulations laid before Parliament on Monday by Mr. Fred Mulley, Minister of Transport, are likely to close a loophole in...

• As all places for the October 29 one-day seminar "The Transport Manager's Licence and Training Programmes" (CM September 21 )...

• When Mr. A. B. Bimie, Scottish area Licensing Authority, opened new 24-acre premises for J. and E. Transport in Dundee last...

SOME CONCESSIONS, BUT HARD FIGHT AHEAD by Derek Moses • The wording of the proposed Regulations regarding drivers hours...

• Premier Travel Ltd., Cambridge, has warned local authorities in Cambridgeshire that some of the company's more rural sections...

• A record order for Daimler bus chassis—worth more than f1m—has been placed by London Transport, announced Daimler Transport...

• Coventry is considering setting up a new competition to find the "Bus driver of the Midlands". CIIr. K. A. Whitehouse,...

• Mr. Werner Heubeck, general manager of Ulsterbus Ltd., has warned that fares will have to go up if the wave of unrest in...

• Ribble Motor Services Ltd, was granted a fares increase in Lancaster last week. The application was granted as applied for by...

• A report on the special partnership between Leeds City Council, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Housing and...

On Wednesday Lord Stokes opened the new Preston bus station, described in CM September 12, and claimed to be Britain's largest...

• A Freightliners terminal manager denied at Cardiff on Monday that other professional hauliers could achieve better results...

• Brook Street Metal Co. Ltd., of Bury, was refused its application for a new B licence for two loadluggers, to carry...

• The Transport Tribunal's written decision this week upheld the decision of Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern L.A. to refuse...

• In view al the improvements made to its maintenance facilities since April no action was taken against J. White and Co....

• There were seven objectors to an application by Mr. A. Sadler, of Nelson, for a new B licence for a 6-ton flat to carry boats...

• Information from a motorist who reported seeing parcels being unloaded from a vehicle belonging to National Carriers Ltd....

• The Northern LA, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, granted A licence variations to Sunter Bros. Ltd. of Northallerton, Yorkshire, and G....

• A penny increase on all fares was introduced by Cumberland Motor Services Ltd. yesterday, following a successful application...

• Haulage contractors at Bedlington. Northumberland, are so short of work that one haulage company has about four lorries...

• The fares revision application by the North Western Car Co. Ltd., in Buxton, on September 30. before the Traffic...

• Two more important routes were added to the Freightliner system on Monday, when direct services were introduced linking Hull...

• Additions to the Iron Fairy range of mobile cranes from the British Hoist and Crane Co. Ltd. (part of the 600 Group) include...

Loads and forces (23) • At the risk of repeating myself in this series, I must again stress that it is important for a...

• An entirely new finger-tip control for a tipping-gear selector valve will be exhibited by Edbro Ltd. at the Scottish Motor...

• A 1-ton battery-electric fork lift truck, claimed to have possibly the longest life cycle in the UK because of its 480Ah...

• A second AEC tractive unit with a gross rating which anticipates revis i on of UK weight limits will be featured at the...

EARLIER this year I carried out a series of practical tests to evaluate the relative stability characteristics of a...

GROSS WEIGHTS of 50/60 tons and vehicle lengths up to 24m (78.8ft) are possible without exceeding existing axle and bogie...

A SPECIAL SERIES BY R. P. C. BLOCK 12. Driver/vehicle performance and operating results TO avoid repetition, the format of...

FIVE TIMES FINALIST CHRIS O'REILLY TALKS TO ALAN HAVARD • It's inevitable, of course, that when you meet the reigning Lorry...

TRAINING, far from being a new arrival on the scene, has been a part of normal commerical life for many years. Craft...

by the Hawk *No break "Union man cancels tea break"—that could well have been a headline in the trade press or the industrial...

Army of small men IMAGINATION may be an undesirable attribute in a politician. At any rate singularly little of it shines...

IN the week of the autumn conferences of BAOFR and NAFWR it is appropriate to take a look at the Pickfords household removals...

60 trucks, I sign for all my own jobs and also some carried out by semiskilled workers. Could you please tell me how I stand in...

of vehicles and would like to obtain CM's guidance on several points. These are:— If there is no load for any certain vehicle,...

hours of work and, as such, must be filled in whenever a vehicle of over 30cwt unladen or 3.5 tons gross plated weight is...

and therefore my renewed licence will commence from February 1, 1970. Could you tell me whether this means that! will get a...

although I have sound experience in the repair and driving of heavy goods vehicles, I have, unfortunately, none in the...

to a garage for repairs which are satisfactorily carried out, the vehicle nevertheless leaving with another component broken...

early morning meeting oncoming traffic with my headlights full on when, suddenly, a police car pulled out from behind an...

comprehensive list of manufacturers, concessionaires and importers of air equipment tools, air drills, sanders, etc., and...

JUDGING by my post in the past fortnight and the sounds of alarm from many districts, it seems that worst fears, expressed...

Trailers (2) FOLLOWING on from last week's discussion of the permitted lengths and widths of trailers, it now seems logical to...

Ssanninster Ltd. Cap.: £100. Object: To carry on the business of haulage contractors, etc. Subs.: L H. Lewis and F. A. Dean,...