SECRETARY of State for Industry, Mr Anthony Wedgwood Benn, was last week urged by one of his own back-benchers to stop...

THE Greater London Council has selected a 13 square mile zone of Greenwich and Lewisham for an examination of freight...

Mini-computer controls gear changes while retaining conventional gearbox A SIGNIFICANT new development announced this week by...

from our Parliamentary correspondent THE Government could see no good reasons for the inclusion of tachograph legislation in...

A GENERAL upper speed limit of 100km/ h on all highways except motorways was recommended in Vienna last week at the 39th...

A HINT was given in the Industrial Relations Court last week that delays in hearing the £50,000 compensation claim against the...

If the 10 operators we approached in connection with the article on page 31 of this issue are typical — and there is no reason...

worries the Associations bY CM rePolter 'A decision without consultation' claims FTA THE Freight Transport Association and...

SAFEWAY CARRIERS, the Midlands express parcels carriers, has been acquired by the London-based express carrier, Kwikasair Ltd....

AN APPROACH to the Scottish Office by Lanarkshire towns and villages to have lorries banned from using the A702...

THE Birmingham warehouse and transport depot of Thomas Meadows and Co Ltd is to close as a direct result of a series of...

HE do-it-yourself home emovals scheme started in _ondon by Hertz is now to be ixtended to cover the whole ;ountry. The scheme,...

A SEPARATE clearing house organization has been formed by Seaspeed Ferries, operators of ferry services between Barry, Dublin...

BETWEEN June and August of last year, six per cent of the mileage of goods vehicles, other than light vans, was run on...

THE LEITH office of W. Wingate and Johnstone, part of the Howard Tenens Services Group, has moved into larger premises. The...

A NEW exit gate to improve traffic flow has been provided by Tor Line Ltd at its Immingham freight terminal. The new gate is...

ecause of the way in which nformation was presented to ls for an article published in )ur June 7 issue, an incorrect mpression...

going about that the unions were opposed to this measure. He believed the unions were not half as opposed as they were...

chairman of PRTA R. Bailey has been re-elected chairman of the council of the Public Road Transport Association for a second...

'continued from page 15 measurement in the UK — 70 miles = 110 km. Although a number of delegates felt that for non-motorway...

DESPITE the opening of the Buckinghamshire North Centre this year, Buckinghamshire South LDoY recorded an increase of 66 per...

Davies, A. F. Parker and John Peckham. Mr Davies, 53, who was assistant commercial manager of Park Royal Vehicles, collapsed...

ABERDEENSHIRE haulage contractor A. Nicol Ltd had its margin of three vehicles removed by the Scottish LA last week. The firm,...

WALLACE Arnold Tours Ltd was told by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners in Edinburgh last week that it had "blundered" in...

A SOUTHAMPTON scrap dealer appearing in connection with record-keeping offences under Section 69 was given "one more chance"...

A DEFENCE contention, that a vehicle fitted with a rectangular extendible tower and used as a tower wagon for street lighting,...

NORFOLK haulier Alan Green (Roadways) Ltd had its licence curtailed from six vehicles and four trailers to two vehicles and...

A DRIVER aged 34, starting up in business for the first time as a haulage contractor, had to give an undertaking not to park...

AN OVERSEAS division has been formed by National Travel (NBC) Ltd to coordinate existing sales activities abroad and "to mount...

TRANSPORT services in certain towns and villages in the rural parts of Scotland had now reached a point of crisis and...

A MAJOR seminar on various aspects of public transport planning is to be held in Britain next month. Organized as part of...

by CM reporter THE FIRST fruit of the takeover by Van H ool McArdle Ltd of Coras lompair Eireann's bodybuilding operation in...

VAN HOOL's announcement of its double-decker last week heralds a significant bid by the Belgian bodybuilder's Irish plant for...

IF PLANS now being formulated for demandresponsive Dial-a-Ride bus services come to fruition the system will be operating soon...

THE TRADE UNIONS had been very forthcoming in the matter of women bus drivers in London, said Government spokesman Lord...

WESTERN SMT is to install an MDS 1200 Key Display data preparation system at its Kilmarnock headquarters. The system, which is...

COACH operators are up in arms against a police decision to enforce a 6-ton weight limit along one of the Scottish highland's...

A FILM produced by the Greater Manchester PTE is currently being shown in schools in the area. It is intended to combat...

A REPORT based on the proceedings of last November's symposium on public transport fares structures has been published by the...

WORK has started on a £400,000 extension to United Counties' garage at Castle Street, Luton. The extension includes a five-pit...

UTURE electric road iehicles will probably be rowered by sodium sulphur ratteries if developments innounced this week come o...

AN UNUSUAL application of demountable equipment on a drawbar combination has recently gone into service with Trent Vulcan...

New Ford semi-automatic uses mini-computer IN WHAT could be one of the most significant technical developments of 1974 Ford...

THE production of trailers is to be phased out by Brockhouse (Victoria Works) Ltd of West Bromwich because of a progressive...

Pengco announces electro -hydraulic elevator vans and platforms usable with all Load-O-Matic chassis WHAT is claimed to be the...

lain Sherriff takes a look at some of the frightening cost increases in the pipeline .AST WEEK I asked 10 operators to luote...

this winter? continued were quoted to me by G. H. Morrison and Son, in South East London, and I am told by operators that...

If words mean anything at all, the commercial vehicle and transport industries of the Common Market can forget all about...

truck by Trevor Longcroft THE FIAT 0M75, which we have just tested, is one of the new imports to this country and costs 10 to...

)elegates at Commercial Motor's seminar were liven engineering and operational advice on ways Yf reducing consumption and...

UNTIL the serious development of road ferry services Continental operators kept up a pretence, at least in the UK, that lorry...

Driving a towed vehicle I write to you in the hope that my letter will prevent operators from being misled by a portion of the...

Wow! Do you think that Volvos know that their FA88 chassis will lift 55.9 tons on the back axles? Do you think that EKA from...

vehicles 3 by Les Oldridge, T Eng (CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE LAST WEEK 1 dealt with the problem associated with towing broken-down...

IT certainly pays dividends to keep a critical eye on the operation of road transport. Though costs are obviously important, a...

ILL the private car go diesel or will e efficiency of the petrol engine be :pped up to near compatibility with e diesel and...

for a company manufacturing concrete. Could you tell me how the vehicle would be assessed for road tax? A The vehicle would be...

on the Continent this summer for an educational trip. The proposal is that I should hire a minibus and drive it myself. lam...

traffic lights. The driver telephoned our depot to tell us what had happened, and our workshop foreman immediately arranged for...

by John Darker AMBIM In a Hull survey 55 pc said they joined the industry "first, for the money" — the rest on impulse; all...

Peter Sunter, who was elected chai man of the heavy haulage group of V Road Haulage Association in Febri ary this year, is a...

11111 running made safe . . . Safe running of engines in workshops is made possible with the Groba carbon monoxide extraction...

Able to carry 4.5 tonnes payload, yet weighing 0.9-tonne unladen, a new plant trailer from RM avoids DoE plating regulations....

Threaded holes can be put into sheet metal, heavy plates, blind holes and tubes with a new tool from King Klik. The T122...

A lightweight hand-held spot welding gun from Portable Welders is now in production. Weighting 9.5 kg (20.81b), it has a...

This road gritter from Tuke and Bell can be fitted with little modification to most vehicles, and will accept any grit...