OR old London Transport! One more expert has told them how 'to operate efficiently (at fares of id. a mile) if, that is, hie...

THE likely effects of plating, in cutting customary payloads of livestock vehicles, are potentially a matter of "grave concern"...

"I'M delighted to say that all the researches all over the world have shown that diesel smoke is entirely innocent of causing...

ANOTHER tipping vehicle convention in 1967 on the lines of the highly successful one at Buxton last year is not only desirable...

A MAMMOTH exercise in cross-Channel haulage was carried out last week by G. C. Munton (Heavy Haulage) Ltd., of Ruskington,...

AT the ECE's request, IRU has prepared a detailed report on delays caused to the international transport of meat, livestock,...

A DEPUTATION from the Traders Road Transport Association has met Ministry of Transport highway officials, including Mr. G. W....

TIME taken in loading and unloading vehicles often costs hauliers more than the transportation, RHA ex-chairman Mr. A. R. Butt...

TAsKE,Rs of Andover Ltd. officially opened the 15,000 sq. ft. extension to its Skelmersdale workshops last week and introduced...

E VEN before the re-introduction of the heavy goods vehicle driving licence, public opinion clearly places the long-distance...

THE Minister of Transport is to open the Ports and Terminals '67 Exhibition in the exhibition halls, Metropole Hotel, Brighton,...

Guy Distributors in NE: Guy Motors Ltd. announce that they have appointed Murray and Charleton Ltd., Chain Bridge Road,...

THE TRTA accounts for the year ended December 31 show a 12,716 deficit, as opposed to a budgeted surplus. This, says the...

A PPROVAL has now been given by Ford for the towing of trailers by its Transit van range. Maximum trailer gross weights laid...

MONDAY, April 10, has been chosen as the date on which the road-rail terminals of Tartan Arrow Service Ltd. in London and...

Peterborough Engineering demonstrates lightweight design g uiLT under licence from the Ackermann Fahrzeugbau, of West Germany,...

RESERVING his decision on an application by Tartan Arrow Service Ltd. to switch 10 articulated vehicles from London to their...

A WHOLLY-OWNED subsidiary of the Transport Holding Company, to be known as Containerway and Roadferry Ltd., commences operation...

coach and bus companies in the Group since 1937, has retired. His successor is Barry M. Jennings, rolling-stock engineer since...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A VIRTUAL ban on buses in the congested heart of London is part of a Conservative plan for...

THE AMERICAN Trucking Association (ATA) in Washington has submitted a formal application for membership of IRU. This will be...

THE fate of the wage negotiating machinery of road haulage men is in the balance. At present their wages are settled by one of...

FALMOUTH and Camborne MP Dr. John Dunwoody is to urge the Minister of Transport to implement her suggestion that GPO minibuses...

Reducing the time and labour cost of handling is the aim of an increasing number of hauliers and C-licensees: many are turning...

M AINTENANCE problems arising from a rapid fleet expansion were described by Mr. J. E. Guilfoyle, a director of J. E. and J. L....

A T Kirkcaldy on Wednesday, Mr. L. A. Wells, the Scottish deputy LA, was asked to hear representations from two firms as to why...

THE Minister of Transport has decided, on the recommendation of an independent Inspector, to allow the appeals of local...

A SMALL family bus company which has served the area of South Hylton near Sunderland for 46 years won a routes battle with...

Mr. F. E. too many coach operators in Shropshire scrambling for RE a r e Walker, appearing for Ribble Motor Services Ltd. and...

IT is likely to be at least a month before the full effect on coach bookings of the oil pollution of West Country beaches from...

THE general finance committee of Glasgow Corporation has agreed to contribute £80,000 from the rates towards concession travel...

A STANDARD 4d. bus fare for all distances in Edinburgh could be achieved by lowering operating costs and channelling all...

p - ,NDON TRANSPORT has announced details this week of a proposed new Green Line coach route 727, which would be a 74-mile...

- Mr. Hodgson W HEN the North Western Traffic Commissioners last week granted an application to delete all vehicle restrictions...

EASTERN Licensing Authority, Mr. W. P. S. Ormond, granted a new B licence in restricted terms to Mr. D. W. J. Whitfield, of...

A WARNING that higher costs and possibly higher fares and increased rates could result if the Government decreed that all...

A NY proposal by the Minister of Transport to nationalize the private sector of the PI. bus industry would be "absolutely...

DROFITS on bus operation by City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd. fell last year from £66,341 to a paltry £8,500, said the...

A RAPID-TRANSIT system based on the use of singledecker buses operating on their own track is planned for the new town of...

DRIVERS and conductors on Belfast buses are to receive bonus payments based on additional passengers carried, as an incentive...

A PAY award for Birmingham Corporation busmen operative on July 1 has been agreed by the Minister of Labour, Mr. Ray Gunter....

C HANGES in London Transport's country bus service 424 from April I include an end to the experimental operation of...

IRTEEN Daimler Fleetline CRC6-36 double-deckers ordered by Johannesburg Municipality could well be the forerunners of a new...

A NEW Unlink universal fifth-wheel assembly from Scammell Lorries Ltd was introduced last week at the opening at Liverpool of...

SHELL-MEX and BP Gases Ltd., says that if LPG (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, last week) were used for fuelling vehicles licensed for...

V OLVO is to standardize on tandem bogies with a single driving axle having a lockable differential (which is combined with a...

Leeds, could, it is claimed by the designer, be adapted to provide non-locking or anti-skid charac teristics. Although details...

A NEW SAE 90/140 oil which can be used in the steering box, gearbox and back axle of commercial vehicles, is being introduced...

ALBION MOTORS LTD. has asked us to announce a correction to its advertisement which appeared in last week's COMMERCIAL MOTOR....

gr GE as it may seem, the simple ey to preventive maintenance is to know the worst and not the best about a fleet at all times....

E XAMPLES of a range of 24-volt d.c. exhausters designed for milk tankers announced by the Drum Engineering Co. Ltd. include...

T HE standard Scammell horizontal 10ton winch will in future be supplied as an air-operated model replacin g the previous...

T OLLBRIDGE Trailers Ltd. has introduced a two-wheel model with a carrying capacity of 10 cwt., designed for transporting long...

A HIGH-SPEED M6 Flowmeter for accurate recordin g of fuel oils, gas oils, lubricatin g oils and water has been added to the...

TNTRODUCED by Clayton Dewandre Co. Ltd. is a new diaphragm =loader valve for commercial vehicles using air pressure braking...

A COMPLETE touch-up kit for repairing It vehicle body scratches, comprising factory-matched paint, touch-up brush and rubbing...

T HE comprehensive agreement concluded a year ago by Mobil Oil Co. Ltd. and the Transport and General Workers' Union provided a...

Enlightened theorizing by a Ford technician helps to remove some obscurities regarding the behaviour mechanisms of...

A NUMBER of thought-provoking articles have been published in COMMERCIAL MOTOR referring to the transportation of products...

THE constant influx of immigrants into Hong Kong has made it impossible for that city to overcome its slum clearance problems,...

PROPOSALS by the Minister of Health for the transfer of the ambulance services from the various local authorities to the...

TESTS have recently been carried out by a number of fire authorities with a new TBA product which I think I am correct in...

WASH-BASINS are among the optional items available on SD and other refuse collection vehicles but I understand from Shelvoke...

"THERE was nothing pedestrian about the speeches at the annual 1. dinner of the Institute of Transport's Scottish section last...

Ar CH work is being done on problems of transport and storage of bulk powders—as was evident at the I.Mech.E. conference on the...

M one has made an . up-to-date count of the number of associations in Britain, but my guess is that it would run into four...

A , the British Railways network Press conference my attempt to draw a hint from Mrs. Castle as to the identity of the head of...

S OME observers believe that the economic case for privately operated Freightliner terminals should be fully made out. Sir...

A NYONE looking for revolutionary air-cushion developments from the British Railways stable is likely to have to wait a long...

T another spectre is now being installed in the transport trade unions' Chamber of Horrors. In retrospect the ceremony may be...

p LANS for the future of British road passenger transport services appear to be a threat to independent operators working...

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of the recent John Hodgson (Haulage) Ltd., appeal before the Transport Tribunal, he and others seem to have fallen into the...

W TH 85 per cent of all hauliers having five vehicles or less and more than 90 per cent of C-licence operators in a similar...

are proposing fitting Gardner engines to 16-ton plated four-wheel rigids and 24ton g. v. w. prime movers coupled to singleaxle...

from a 1966 Bedford 'KG 7÷-tonner fitted with 900 x 20 tyres? The vehicle is used on milk collection from farms and is...

force on January 1 1968 what will be the effect on my 7-ton Commar with an unladen weight of 3 tons 15 cwt, when operating at a...

A No, but the question is an interesting one because the "lowest useful compression ratio" may well be coined to apply to the...

of the TRTA Yearbook contains a comprehensive exposition of many legal and operational aspects of road transport. Can a student...

and are often asked by our customers if we could move caravans for them. The type of work offered is to take caravans from our...

0 of the chief obstacles barring the way to successful study for the various transport awards are the difficulty of finding a...

Bain and Hodge—example of 'profitless prosperity' A LONDON broker's now famous comment "profitless prosperity" (referring to...