Power units will be an undoubted focus of interest at this year's Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court. Last week Ford gave a...

Disaster for bus industry, says Norman Harris From our industrial correspondent • Leaders of the Transport and General...

by Paul Brockington • Mr. P. Haxby, director of training, Road Transport Industry Training Board, stated last week at a...

• • The Anglo-Swedish Road Haulage • Agreement, which was ratified on August 6. comes into force on • September 5. • Under the...

• The Road Transport Industry Training Board announces that it is now able to accept nominations for vacancies on the training...

• A new model is to be added to the Guy Big J range of goods chassis at the Commercial Motor Show. It is a four-wheeler for...

• The first Scammell vehicles for several years to be bought by British Road Services were delivered last week. They are...

• An education convention for small operators is being organized by the North Western (Eastern) division of the Road Haulage...

The Government has ordered a Prices and Incomes probe into the recent pay deal for 2,500 British Road Services maintenance...

• The Traders Road Transport Association has told the Ministry of Transport that the proposed plates for goods vehicles under...

by Hands Trailers Ltd. at the Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court in September. The new unit incorporates a caststeel main...

• Sealord Shipping Company Ltd., 108 Fenchurch Street. London, announces that Fred Olsen and Co., Oslo, has been appointed...

Next week's Commercial Motor will feature new ranges of high-payload fourand six-wheeled haulage vehicles which are the first...

• For the year ending March 31 last, a pre-tax increase in profits from £319,944 to £402,605—some 26 per cent—is announced this...

• Mr. Richard Marsh has written to vehicle operators reminding them of the requirement to give advance notice of the movement...

• A new maintenance depot for the IL J. Cutler fleet was opened by Maj. Gen. A. F. J. Elmslie, the Licensing Authority for the...

• A goods vehicle testing station capable of testing up to 20,000 vehicles a year was opened at Gosforth, Northumberland, on...

• Two directors of the Birmingham Accident Hospital. Dr. J. P. Bull and Mr. W. Gissane, who are analysing fatal accidents to...

• When Mr. R. Jackson, the Licensing Authority for the South Wales traffic area, opened the BRS driving school at Bridgend...

• Key feature of the much-needed Midland Link Motorways scheme, the multi-level interchange at Gravelly Hill, Birmingham, is...

be held at the Connaught Rooms. London, WC2. on November 14.

• Nineteen member countries of the OECD are to participate in a new co-operative venture into road research. Under an initial...

• A one-day business course on the theme "Quantity Licensing and the Transport Manager" has been arranged by Davies and Robson...

manufacturer's automotive product sales department from Wolverhampton to its new plant at Craigavon. Northern Ireland. The...

over the railway near the entrance to the docks has been closed to traffic, in the interests of public safety, while work on...

New lined freight containers Another entirely new type of 30ft freight container, incorporating - Salwall" lining and providing...

• "If one accepts that the conception of the new Authorities EPTAsl is to be one of public service run by publicly elected...

• Leading luxury coachbuilders—Plaxton and Duple—have each introduced major styling changes to their principal models. which...

36ft double-deckers b Y Derek M°ses • At least two 36ft double-deck buses designed for British operators will be shown at the...

• An appeal to delay the setting-up of the Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority for a year which was made by Newcastle upon...

• London Transport introduced emergency measures on Monday to reduce as much as possible the effect on Watford area bus...

business of N. S. Edwards carried on at Mill Common, Huntingdon.

• The match for the Castro! Shield in the National PSV Undertakings cricket competition will be between Manchester City...

• There was insufficient maintenance staff to cope with the rapidly expanding business although the work was done very good....

• Twenty nine of the 3,650 total population of Knott End and Preesall in north west Lancashire travelled to Manchester last...

• ft was stated in Newcastle upon Tyne last week that the cost of two double-deck buses could not be covered by the present...

Loss of use by lain Sherriff REVOCATION and suspension are familiar enough terms to readers of CM. Over the years many...

• At the ioint sitting of the Northern and North-Western Traffic Commissioners in Morecambe on Tuesday Ribble Motor Services...

• Two Devon haulage operators who appeared before a public inquiry to show cause why their licences should not be revoked,...

• The Minister of Transport has dismissed the appeal of the Chepstow urban district council against the joint decision of the...

• Application by Mr. Joseph David Bateman, of Sycamore Avenue, Newport, Mon, for a B-licence for a tipper not exceeding 6 tons...

had prevented a haulier lodging his objection in time, said his advocate at a public inquiry in Birmingham last week. Mr, J....

Terence Goldrick, 41, has been appointed to the new post of Traders Road Transport Association chief engineer. Mr. Goldrick...

TRTA vehicle inspection service. Mr. Moody, who has been with the Leeds City Police traffic department, and Mr. Gregson....

• Although Atkinson Vehicles Ltd. will not be featuring a completely new design at the Commercial Motor Show, the concern is...

• A demonstration was staged on Tuesday of the Velvet Ride bogie suspension by the Holset Engineering Co. Ltd. A journey of...

• From January next year certain models in the Dodge 500 Series range will have the Perkins V8.510 diesel engine as the...

by Tony Wilding • Two of the new Scania LB110 fourwheel tractive units were demonstrated to the Press in London last Friday....

• A new range of six-wheel conversions by Universal Power Drives Ltd. on the Commer Maxiload chassis is now available. These...

• The new turbocharged version of the Ford 360 cu.in. diesel engine announced last week has been made an option to the Cummins...

• Among the new semi-trailers which will be seen at Earls Court in September will be a lightweight skeletal container carrier...

and publications Trailer-mounted loader The Rol-Loader is basically a standard HIAB loader mounted on a self-powered roller...

\ with Ron Cater/ Under the regulations which now cover tyres used on roadgoing vehicles is one dealing with tyre pressures....

by Handyman Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (7) • Since it is generally agreed that maintenance manpower is not our strong...

*Father's footsteps From Kirkmichael in the Isle of Man, which looks out over the sea to Co. Down, comes Michael Lambden,...

I hear that the BMC Drivers' Club is to be wound up shortly. While this seems to be a result of the BLMC merger, to the extent...

The distribution manager of Standard Telephones and Cables, S. G. Christie, tells me he saw a significant and unusual load on...

Nice tribute to CM's world-wide pulling power in the latest issue of Kingpin, the magazine of the Hope anti-jack-knife drivers'...

In the same issue of Kingpin John Castle, a J. Lyons driver, has some pretty strong things to say about poor standards of night...

The name of Bonallack, well known for bodies in the commercial vehicle field, is even more famous in golfing circles'— Michael...

To get the better of the Taxman is a feat in itself. To do it with the help of the Ombudsman is such a tour de force that the...

To judge from the number of examples, air-cushion machines exert a special fascination for road transport men. One who has just...

The Ford Turbo 360 truck engine is a significant step forward in the heavy sector of the commercial vehicle market. It produces...

Improved serviceability of the front brakes. Increased fuel tank capacity. Turbo 360 engine provides: 150 bhp, 349 lb-ft...

More and more operators are appreciating the time and money-saving benefits of the 13 Series cab. And more and more drivers are...

Licensing business as usual HARDLY a single protest has been made against the dismantling of the old licensing system which...

—the Leyland Series 500 diesel New Leyland in-line six-cylinder engine has fixed head to give long life and to provide for...

by A.J.P. Wilding, MIMechE, MIRTE OUT goes the LD, in comes the 350 EA. Today, BMC replaces the LD 1and 1,5ton van models with...

by R.D. Cater, PETROL-ENGINED 322 CU.FT. MODEL TRIED BY CM ON test the EA certainly matched up well to the particular...

AIR SUSPENSION ON TWO SHOW MODELS by A. J. P. Wilding, MIMechE, MIRTE FIVE vehicles will be exhibited at Earls Court by ERF in...

Mr. Hilditch wonders aloud about the elusive benefits of one-man operation, the potential chaos of PTAs, the restrictive...

Rural transport economics The provision of adequate passenger and freight services in rural areas provides a constant...

The next seven days August 30-September 5 MONDAY TMC Mast Lancashire) meeting: Ye Horns Inn. Goosnargh, near Preston, 12.15...

research into the valuation of commercial vehicles "saved" as a consequence of road improvement schemes. Of particular...

IN EXAMINING transport subjects I have noticed an increasing tendency in recent years for candidates to disregard English style...

FOLLOWING on from my previous articles on forward and rearward projecting loads, let us now look into the requirements for...