15 resolutions for conference THE Labour Party has received 15 resolutions concerning the future of the road transport...

THE FIRST fully operational run of Middle East Salvage and Recovery Services Ltd, of Bermondsey, London SE16, was completed...

'Lams and Yorks could train 16,800 drivers a year' REACTION to the news that there was confusion and delay in the driver...

A NEW holding.compa.ny is being formed in Scotland by the National Freight Corporation. The company which comes into effect...

TWO firms running services to Athens were caught up in this week's Middle East war. Biss Bros of Bishop's Stort ford and...

A NATIONAL Education Board on Supervisory Studies (NEBSS) course for foremen and supervisors in the road transport industry is...

A HAULAGE operation which is to take about nine months to complete is to be undertaken by Robert Wynn and Sons Ltd. The...

THE LEGAL advisor to the Road Haulage Association is drafting a specimen alternative clause to the controversial 3(4) in the...

AS soon as Commercial Motor's 1974 Tables of Operating Costs are available, an announcement will be made in CM. Publication...

BRITISH and Russian shipping and freight forwarding companies have agreed the details of a regular groupage service for...

A door-to-door groupage service from Scotland to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and Yugoslavia starts on August 5. The...

A NEW distribution centre is to be set up at Milton, Oxfordshire, following the creation of a new company, 'Milton Distribution...

THE FTA is more or less content with the Road Traffic Bill in the form in which it left the House of Lords, according to...

ONLY a few weeks after the first announcement of CM's 1974 Fleet Management Conference, bookings are approaching 300. Readers...

WILSON DUKE Ltd, refrigerated haulier, of Canal Street, Bootle, which closed down during the nine weeks' strike Of meat...

THE first of a series of Home Office pamphlets, "Code of practice for the packaging of dangerous substances for carriage by...

John Ward, formerly assistant general manager. Europe, for Kwikasair Ltd, has been appointed UK general manager, which is the...

THREE removal companies are changing their names to White and Co Ltd this month as part of their parent company's...

been opened at Stranraer ferry terminal. It will house a special "amenity area" for drivers of commercial vehicles, who wilt...

by John Darker WITH an election in the offing and the Industrial Relations Act of 1971 almost a matter of history, employers...

A NEW cold store has been completed at Dunton Green by West Kent Cold Store Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the Mitchell Cotts Group....

to road hauliers. The reduction in VAT from 10 to 8 per cent will have no effect on transport costs or haulage rates. Only...

THE first stage in the centralization of vehicle licensing will start on October 1. Eighty-one new local vehicle licensing...

WILSON DUKE Ltd, refrigerated haulier, of Canal Street, Bootle, which closed down during the nine weeks' strike Of meat...

peroxides THE first of a series of Home Office pamphlets, "Code of practice for the packaging of dangerous substances for...

John Ward, formerly assistant general manager. Europe, for Kwikasair Ltd, has been appointed UK general manager, which is the...

THREE removal companies are changing their names to White and Co Ltd this month as part of their parent company's...

A NEW 1000 sq ft extension has been opened at Stranraer ferry terminal. It will house a special "amenity area" for drivers of...

by John Darker WITH an election in the offing and the Industrial Relations Act of 1971 almost a matter of history, employers...

by West Kent Cold Store Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the Mitchell Cotts Group. When the store was first opened in 1967 it had IA m...

reduction in VAT from 10 to 8 per cent will have no effect on transport costs or haulage rates: Only operators engaged on...

THE first stage in the centralization of vehicle licensing will start on October I. Eighty-one new local vehicle licensing...

George Wilmot reviews the alternatives WHICH is the better method of organizing a transport examination? Is it a national...

PERKINS ENGINES are to spend £2m to increase production at their Peterborough plant. Output will be increased from 300,000...

AN ITEM in CM of June 7 stated that skilled commercial vehicle fitters at Midlands BRS Ltd earn a basic weekly wage of £26. The...

OVER HALF of Britain's elderly and disabled population are likely to have difficulty negotiating the current legal maximum bus...

A SYMPOSIUM to discuss the first Dial-a-Ride systems to operate in Britain is to take place at Cranfield Institute of...

extension THE British Airpprts Authority's coach control system operating! . from Heathrow Airport's . .West Ramp is to be...

AN EXHIBITION covering 60 years in the history of the East Kent Road Car Co opened at Canterbury Bus Station this week. The...

BUS crews in Edinburgh may halt night services at weekends because of increased attacks on them. A special meeting of the local...

A RECENT survey carried out by the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive shows that on average about 3.000 commuters...

LONDON TRANSPORT has drawn up a programme that could provide up to 7,000 staff homes plus rent income of up to £10m from...

THE Piccadilly bus lane, introduced by the Greater London Council 14 months ago, is to be continued indefinitely. A short,...

approved by the Greater London Council bringing the total approved to nearly 140. More than 60 are already in operation. The...

north-east England and Belfast is now operating on Saturdays. Operated jointly by National Travel (NBC) Ltd and Ulsterbus, the...

WOMEN passengers who travelled to work each morning in a minibus are angry because they are now having to depend on...

THE SOUTH WALES Licensing Authority, Mr Ronald R. Jackson, is to circulate his fellow LAs in other traffic areas about the...

AN APPEAL by J. Wyatt Jnr (Haulage) Ltd to the Transport Tribunal against a decision of the Eastern LA was allowed to the...

A HUNTLY, Scotland, haulage company was granted additional vehicles last week by the Scottish deputy LA provided that written...

BECAUSE he had promised to carry out a transport job, a West Midland ownerdriver undertook to deliver a load of scrap metal...

THE tachograph in a lorry came to the aid of a driver last week when he was summoned at Kirkby Stephen Magistrates' court in...

A NEW form of construction for van bodywork has been developed by Lawrence David Ltd of Middleton Road, Yaxley, Peterborough,...

A SPRINGLESS suspension for heavy, low-bed trailers transporting heavy machinery has been intrdduced by York Technical Services...

AN UNDER-RUN bumper developed by Road Research Ltd could markedly reduce damage to any lorry fitted with it — and to any...

A RETAINED profit of £708,000 has been announced for the year ended July 15 1974 by Charrington, Gardner, Locket and Co Ltd,...

THE 1000th DAF truck has been sold in the UK — 18 months after the formation of DAF Trucks (GB) Ltd. The vehicle, a 36-ton...

by the Technical Editor AFTER many rumours it was announced last week (CM July 19) that Klocknerhumboldt Deutz — the parent...

A NEW control system has been introduced • for the Dennis Bulkmaster refuse collector, a test of which appeared in the June 14...

REFUSE vehicles with an overall width of only 2m (6ft 6 in) are now available for hire from Anglo Municipal Hire, a division of...

The Heatons have the distinction of being the principals in the longest running NIRC case By lain Sherriff MR MICHAEL FOOT is...

We've all heard tales of the Transport free-for-all which existed in Britain before the 1930 Road Traffic Act, but I've seldom...

A distorted chassis can cost the operator a great deal of money in extra fuel and tyre wear. Using a laser beam to obtain...

A Midlands haulier who has consolidated his Ulster ferry traffic despite its special problems by John Darker PORTERS OF DERBY...

Routemasters include two cylindrical accumulators operating at a pressure of 3447.5kN/sqm (500psi). A SIGNIFICANT statement...

Are the problems of how and where to route likely to increase or diminish? Whatever the answer to this question, how will it...

by John C. Vann MANY employers in the haulage sphere to whom I have spoken recently feel confused as to the present pensions...

of service by John Darker AMBIM NO ONE can work in transport for many days without hearing the phrase "service standards". From...

Goods vehicle examiners (2) by Les Oldridge, T Eng (CEO, MIMI, AMITRE GOODS vehicle examiners have considerable powers in...

there is an allocation in the standing costs for interest on the money borrowed to buy the vehicle. As lam buying my vehicle on...

dock for ferrying to the Continent but 1 have been told that if I do this work I will not he able to drive for 10 hours a ....

1968 when the higher braking requirements were introduced. I had understood that these would have to be raised to the higher...

Pressures of up to 1,300kN/sqm (2,0001170g in) can be tolerated by a new thixotropic compound called Oilseal H. This is the...

Euroclean, part of the Electrolux Group, has introduced a highpressure cleaning unit for the medium to small user. Designated...

To fulfil the requirements for an automatic opening and closing device for overhead doors of tip to 4.27m (14 ft) high, Bolton...

Based on a steel Frame, this portable trailer horse from Structures an Pipework is capable of supportinl any make of trailer....