OF OVER k 9 om. The results for r 968 reflect not only the ordinary difficulties of the competitive world of transport during...

Managing Director offaullton Meat Haulage limited In common with all road transport operators, whether large or small, the...

A profit of over £90m in six years' operation is no mean achievement in today's transport world, especially when the doubtful...

State board 'blows its top' ACID CRITICISM IN THC'S FINAL £16.3m PROFIT REPORT • The Transport Holding Company marked its own...

JACK JONES CALLS MP'S ONSLAUGHT 'BLACKGUARDLY AND DESPICABLE' from our political correspondent • Demands for a top-level...

from our Parliamentary correspondent • Immediate Government reaction to allegations of "blackmail and protection rackets"...

• The Society of Motor Manufacturers has been asked to look at the possibility of setting design standards for the stability of...

• The first West Midland Advisory Panel for Motor Vehicle Courses was constituted at West Bromwich College of Commerce and...

Gurden the merits of the issue were already decided. But, he pointed out, the allegations had yet to be objectively...

• Mr. Alan Havard. editor of Commercial Motor until joining the Transport Holding Company as assistant director of freight...

• There is no intention of changing the statutory basis of the Road Transport Training Scheme levy. This was made plain in the...

• From February 2 1970 it will be an offence to drive, or to employ another person to drive, a heavy goods vehicle unless the...

Australia's International Exhibition from a special correspondent • A wide array of freight handling machinery and plant was...

• A concession for certain heavy goods vehicle users figures in the new scale of toll charges for the Forth Road Bridge...

• Mr. Albert Stubbs, chairman of Fodens Ltd.. states that if the present business performance is maintained to the end of the...

• A far-ranging inquiry into road haulage industrial relations may be ordered by the Ministry of Employment and Productivity....

Roadferry Ltd increased profitability over-all despite higher costs and a considerable pressure on rates. Lawther and Harvey...

• Strong opposition to the MoT's proposals to ban lorries exceeding 3 tons unladen, and those drawing trailers, from the two...

• Common Market Transport Ministers may face searching criticisms at the special transport session of the Council in October_...

• Crane Fruehauf Trailers announces an expansion to the Group factory at Dereham, Norfolk, The new works will be known as the...

• A ban on overtime and rest-day working by 32,000 London Transport busmen was imposed last weekend because of the deadlock...

• Pay rises of 15s a week for 110,000 company busmen are to be paid from September, it was agreed on Tuesday. This brings...

• Serious and mounting concern about the growing number of assaults on bus crews was expressed during last week's biennial...

• The International Road Transport Union's AMI service will be introduced in Britain next year, announced the Passenger Vehicle...

K. B. Farrington, D. R. Marsh and J. K. Thompson have been elected to the board of Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd. Formerly...

in justice and in mercy • The Transport Tribunal in a written decision on Friday dismissed the three appeals by Larrow...

• An application by Pleasureways (1955) Ltd. for an additional tour to St. Ives, and for the extension of the period of...

• In a written decision on Friday, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, the Metropolitan LA, granted Western Express Haulage (E.C.C.) Ltd. a new...

• The directors of Parkriver Transport Ltd., of Church Stretton, were warned by Mr. J. Else, the West Midland LA, in Shrewsbury...

Tribunal considers • The Transport Tribunal, hearing the appeal by Baulds Transport Ltd., against the refusal of the Northern...

• The Transport Tribunal this week dismissed the appeal by Knowles Transport and others (CM July 11) against the decision of...

• The appeal by the NFC against the decision of the Northern deputy LA, Mr. J. A. Baldwin, to grant a variation of a B licence...

• The Metropolitan Traffic Commissioners on Tuesday granted Chas. Rickards (Tours) Ltd., Brentford, a licence to operate the...

• A Welsh council was severely criticized last Friday for failing to regularly maintain its vehicles, and a ban on the use of...

• An application by Charles W. Banfield Ltd., of Walworth, for an amendment of its London to Yarmouth express service licence...

Loads and forces (10) • A vehicle which handles really well and has more than adequate braking power can breed a false sense...

dimensions. This exhibitor also showed Bloxwich container door handles and other hardware and made the first public display in...

by the Hawk * Restoration The results of Jack Sparshatt's latest labour of love took to the road last week, arousing nostalgia...

One of the most interesting experiments carried out by a municipal bus operator was the flat—fare system introduced throughout...

A VEHICLE COST SHEET IS THE BASIS TWO previous articles on the cost of operating commercial vehicles in the issues of July 11...

by George Wilmot, Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies. University of London THE Institute of Transport has issued (CM July...

Igniting the fuel of a diesel engine with a spark could enable a unit to be produced that had the combined advantages of a...

Traffic overflow Congestion problem Congestion is an almost universal problem. It does not arise equally at every point in a...

COINCIDING with the historic moon landing by the United States astronauts the publication of the Transport Holding Company's...

truck on motorway construction. This vehicle is required to make short journeys varying from crossing a public road to possibly...

type cylinder liner had an advantage over the dry type because it enabled heat to be dissipated more quickly. Is this the case,...

and as my costs will not be covered I am trying to do things as cheaply as possible to minimize my loss, and would be grateful...

May I have your advice as to what equipment of this type is available? A Units of this nature are manufactured by the Hawker...

words "inflammable" written on them. I realize why this notice is displayed on petrol tankers, but could you tell the reason...

HAVING in the past few weeks looked at the way in which statistics are presented and how they do not always represent what they...

Hours of work PART 6 of the Transport Act 1968, in Sections 95 and 96, deals with drivers hours, and although at the time of...

From Applied Chemicals comes the Wizard pressure cleaner, an economical, compact unit, which will cope with the cleaning jobs...

The Dyna-Con combined hose coupling and slide valve which operates without using those parts of a conventional coupling (i.e.,...

The Armstrong Patents Co. now makes suspension and steering ball joints in large quantities and has released a catalogue...

A range of glass-reinforced plastic sheets in various standard sizes and thicknesses is being marketed by Anmac. The sheets...

A product for removing "orange peel" effect on new paintwork and restoring colour to faded paintwork has been announced by the...

Gears and Transmissions is the fourth volume of the Automotive Technology Series publications and is imended for...

After a year's research, Simoniz has produced an exhaust protection paint which, it is claimed, gives longer life to exhaust...

are particularly suitable for applications to the discharge equipment of bulk-liquid transporters, notably delivery vehicles...

Goodyear booklet The Story of the Tyre is now in print. The booklet tells the story of how rubber vulcanization was discovered...

The first plastics-cased alkaline battery designed specifically for commercial vehicles has been introduced by Lucas CAV....

From Atkinson Vehicles comes a third edition of its Preventive Maintenance booklet and copies are now available. The booklet...

A range of low-priced commercial and industrial vacuum cleaners—Protasil BinVacsintroduced by Protasil come in 1.0, 1.6 and...

A radial tyre for heavy goods vehicles, the KR-300 from Kelly-Springfield, is designed for on/off road conditions; it is...

The Lightning, an automatic three-brush vehicle washer announced by Wickham Industrial Equipment, has hydraulically controlled...

The 3M Company has announced a new price and marketing structure affecting its complete range of adhesives, coatings and...

The Cord Consultancy Company is expanding its activities. It is able to offer substantial experience in applying operational...