from a special correspondent • On Wednesday the national executive council of the Road Haulage Association met to discuss the...

• A Lancashire haulier is trying to prevent the Transport and General Workers Union from using its £22m funds. A solicitor...

• Acceleration of strategic routes to ports which will be key links with Europe, and high-speed roads linking all main...

• The Dutch company DAF and the International Harvester Company of Chicago announced last week that they are to combine their...

• The Transport Development Group in its report for the year ended December 31 1971---"a tough year in which to earn a profit,"...

# All new maximum-weight vehicles now being bought by the 45,000-vehicle Post Office Telecommunications fleet are being...

to redundancy by John Darker • NFC depots due to be axed are to be g iven time to develop new, viable enterprises—so lon g as...

• In his report of the past year's work of the Road Haula g e Association's a g ricultural hauliers' functional g roup, Mr G....

• In a well-received paper presented at a conference on "Noise, dirt and the diesel", organized by the journal Automobile...

• A wide range of vehicle safety measures was under consideration by the Department of the Environment, said Mr Eldon...

• Following joint representation from the Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association, the DoE has arranged...

• Urgent research into motorway pile-ups, and in particular the hazards by "fogwalls", is being urged by Mr Carol Mather,...

• Rosser and Russell (London) Ltd, Hammersmith-based heating, air conditioning and sanitary service engineering concern,...

arbitration — and district pay rates to replace Wages Council • In a hard-hitting article written during the miners' strike,...

• Applications are invited for a Rees Jeffreys studentship, tenable at the London School of Economics, to enable a suitable...

• Integrated Container Service incorporated, of 555 Fifth Avenue, New York, an ' international container leasing company, has...

• Carryfast Ltd, the express parcels subsidiary of the Miles Druce Group, has moved into new headquarters at Corby. Northants....

• The "Annual Bulletin of Transport Statistics for Europe" just published by the United Nations (price $11S 4.50 or equivalent...

• The Department of Employment has issued two further guides to aspects of the Industrial Relations Act. They are available...

• A new pamphlet published by Aims of Industry, "A Case for a Tax Refund to Industry - , highlights the waste of manpower...

• Over 425 typical questions on goods vehicle testing and plating which may be asked by operators are answered in a book Motor...

• Automobile Engine Lubrication is probably the most comprehensive book of its kind to be published in the U.K. in recent years...

1(01 D. A. S. Plastow, 39, has been appointed managing director of Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd and becomes the youngest md of a...

• The ownership and control of municipal bus undertakings in Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh will be transferred to the new...

• According to evidence at Whittlesey (Cambs) magistrates' court, the local coach firm of T. Canham and Sons (Services) Ltd...

• April is once again the month for coach rallies, with the 12th National Coach Rally in Blackpool on the weekend of April 15...

• The opening of an extension to the head office of London Country Bus Services Ltd at Reigate this week was described as an...

• A Yorkshire operator, Mr Richard Arthur Morphet, of Settle, with no mechanical qualifications whatsoever, "tried to take on...

• Advice on ways to improve Edinburgh's bus system has been sought from British Leyland's product planning department. Two...

Further progress towards integrated public transport • In its annual report and accounts for 1971 SELNEC PTA and Executive...

• A newly formed company, Macclesfield Removers Ltd, 9 Rutland Close, Rood Hill, Congleton, had run into difficulties with its...

0 Difficulties encountered over identity and eight immediate and 12 delayed GV9s were factors considered by the Scottish LA, Mr...

• George Cumming, operating as BGC Transport in Glasgow, appeared before the Scottish LA last week to show cause following a...

• The number of goods vehicles (general and farmers' together) in use in Great Britain in the third quarter of 1971 was...

• New Atkinsons, specially developed for export, and using the pressed steel cab at present used by Seddon, have been announced...

• York Trailer Co Ltd's profits for the year ended December 31 1971 were £822,004 compared with £856,444 for the preceding...

• An offer, valued at more than £3.4m, was made this week for Dennis Motor Holdings Ltd by the Hestair Group, parent company of...

• A range of drawbar trailers available either with a Roballo integral turntable or detachable drawbar dollies is announced by...

• South Africa's Things motor group has negotiated a franchise agreement with Mack Trucks Inc, America's biggest diesel truck...

a The first of the Daimler-Benz natural gas buses (described in CM December 31 1971) has now gone into service, with the...

a A hard top version has been added by . Crane Fruehauf Co Ltd to its range of TIR semi-trailers. The semi-trailer has a...

by Robert H. Grimsley THAT VALUE-ADDED TAX, when it is introduced next year, will not apply to petrol or diesel fuel, that the...

TIR is beating airlines • International road haulage has been growing so strongly for years that the airlines are losing...

Speed itself is relative. The sensation of travelling along a high-banked, narrow country lane at 70 mph, is far more likely to...

This country's largest vehicle manufacturer informs vehicle operators that spurious spare parts should be spurned and only...

by David Lowe, MInstTA, AMBINI DEPRECIATION is a cost item which, as I wrote earlier in this series, I prefer to calculate on a...

view by the Hawk • All at sea Hauliers, I understand, are always looking for new ways in which to entertain their customers....

ROAD T EST Volvo on the 2 72 and operational CM road test by Gibb Grace, CEng, DAuE, MiMechE WHEN Commercial Motor first...

by Paul Brockington, MIMechE TIGHTROPE WALKING, stilt walking and juggling: what better qualifications could anyone have for...

The accumulator • When the prudent trader or manufacturer is deciding whether to meet his transport needs with his own...

Remember the dodo NORWICH PLANNERS would like lorries to travel by night rather than by day. In other places such as...

Ken Justice • Ken Justice has been marketing manager with BRSL in Scotland for only a few weeks but already he is making his...

by Eric Gibbins MOST LARGE COMPANIES recognized the opportunities offered to them for expansion by the transport legislation...

by Handyman Auto-electrics for the mechanic (13) ALTHOUGH much of the trouble the mechanic will meet during winter will be to...

Interest in drawbar trailer operation is growing every week and next week in CM we are publishing an operational trial and...

use. Could you tell me the advantages and disadvantages of petrol engine against a diesel engine in terms of economy,...

5-ton tipping vehicles I asked for seven-pin trailer sockets to be mounted at the rear of the vehicles. These were to be the...

inquirer that "drivers of certain mobile cranes, if these cranes are classified as engineering plant, are exempt from the need...

final examination I have to complete a special thesis—"A Study of the testing facilities of the Motor Industry Research...

can supply mainsconnected immersion heaters for vehicle radiators? I wish to fit one for quick starting in winter. A The name...

is legal for us to use an amber flashing light (not a rotating amber beacon) fitted to the middle of the cab roof on our...

plated at 22 tons and we are thinking of using a drawbar trailer with it. Would this increase the road tax and how would it...

matters By David Barnett Manager, Planning and Intelligence Division, RTITB How trade recession affects road haulage...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI The Construction and Use Regulations (12) THE BRAKING REQUIREMENTS for the newer type trailers...

by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London. loTA's examination scheme IN 1966 the Institute...

A brushless drive-through washing unit developed specifically for irregular-shaped vehicles where brush-washing techniques are...

A metrication service is offered by W. H. Palmer and Co (Bulk Transport) covering all types of tankers, including road tankers,...

Joseph Billingham has recently introduced an addition to its Roadworthy range of products comprising a van-door hinge that is...

A ratchet-tension system for securing loads on lorries has been announced by Irvin Great Britain, leading maker of parachute...

An adjustable shelf clip introduced by Dexion enables adjustable shelving to be built at a cost similar to that of bolted...

A system of repairing the fuel tanks of commercial vehicles evolved by Repairite can be applied without the use of heat. It is...

A pneumatically powered handoperated lightweight metal shear with angled head introduced by the Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co...

Simplarc is the name given to welding equipment developed by Rowen-Arc for vehicle repair which can be operated by unskilled...

by Trevor Longcroft Before the annual test for heavy goods vehicles was introduced suspension systems were at the low end of...

Designed for the bottling trade, for the users of delivery vans and lorries and for warehouse applications, a hand truck has...

A solenoid-operated check valve operating on the pressure differential principle has been introduced by Adan Hydraulics. it has...

Developed in America to prevent containers and trailers tipping over during a loading operation or when a repair is in...

An improvement in fuel consumption of petrol-engined vehicles of 10/20 per cent when the vehicle is cruising is claimed for the...

Rydgeway Vehicle Mouldings have introduced a glassfibre ' one-piece roof known as the 2.70 which incorporates a 2in. radius at...

Designed to assist tyre distributors and repairers to recut the treads of truck tyres or to regroove the plug after a repair...

A one-ton Tuckaway folding floor crane has been introduced by B. Dixon-Bate following the success of the company's 0.5-ton...

A hand-winched elevator truck having a capacity of 500113 and a lifting height of 4ft or 5ft has been added to Powell's...

A reciprocating 2:1 ratio air pressure booster specifically designed for use where excessive demands are made on an air...