Fr HERE are signs of growing rapport between road hauliers and the National Board for Prices and Incomes. This is a development...

by H. Brian Cottee R OAD haulage charges will have to go up "substantially". That was the message which a deputation from the...

THE RHA Tipping Operators' Convention will take place at The Palace Hotel, Buxton, November 10 to 12. Reception is at 8 p.m....

0 UT from the Road Transport Industry Training Board to operators this week went a shiny yellow booklet entitled: "Training...

THE Rural District Councils Association is to make representations to the Ministry of Housing about the nuisance problem caused...

SPEAKING at the official opening of his company's new £200,000 headquarters and transport depot at Grimsby last Friday, Mr....

A payload of 21 tons 2cwt of cement is carried by this 32-ton-gross retractable articulated tanker operated by Haul-Big Ltd. of...

THE Minister of Transport's announcement that only 50 testing stations out of a total of 70 will be in operation when annual...

T RAN SPORT economics, Freightliner developments, warehouse security and load packing were the four subjects discussed on...

INVESTMENT grants for the special equipment which had to be purchased by hauliers using Freightliners were called for by Mr. D....

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T HE first tidal wave of Barbara HE big transport shake-up struck British Railways this...

MANY new and modified vehicles make their public debut at Kelvin Ha ll next week. CM's issue of November 1 0 will take a...

MRS. CASTLE'S plans to shake up the transport industry made the worst possible start when the new session of Parliament opened...

C AN a vehicle be licensed simultaneously as a p.s.v. and a goods carrier? This was a point at issue when the Transport...

NEXT year's final of the Lorry Driver of the Year contest will be at Bramcote on September 8, but the national executive is...

WHEN DMT Transport Ltd., Lincoln, applied on Wednesday to add four A-licensed articulated vehicles to carry machinery, tools,...

REMOVAL contractors in the sparsely populated districts in Scotland have special problems, the Transport Tribunal was told in...

REPRESENTATIVES of 76 objectors throughout Scotland strongly 'criticized the Scottish Bus Group's application, to the Scottish...

-nRs Ltd. said that indecision on the part of BMC was partially responsible JP for the issue of 20 GV9s in respect of trailers...

THE Helmsley area of Yorkshire, adjacent to the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, which has been "cut off" from York since...

ON MONDAY an A-licence application by Automotive Conveyancing Ltd., Ellesmere Port, for four articulated car transporters was...

THE Licensing Authority responsible for granting authorization for journeys by heavy goods vehicles exceeding 100 miles will...

I S A public works contractor, operating under a B licence and who has lost a substantial annual contract, entitled to enter a...

"I DON'T think I've ever heard a worse description of a fleet this size," said North Western LA, Mr. C. R. Hodgson after he had...

FOUR vehicles operated by J. Kimberly and Sons Ltd., of Stoke-on-Trent, operating on three different licences, were suspended...

THE Transport Tribunal has reserved its decision at the hearing of an appeal by A. M. Bell (Transport) Ltd. of Macclesfield...

By Eric Willoughby A FURTHER meeting between Transport and General Workers' Union officials and Mr. H. Marsh, chief...

THE resignation of Mr. Norman Morton from the position of general manager of Sunderland Corporation Transport, over the...

MEETING was held between ti representatives of the SouthWest Passenger Transport Coordinating Committee and Cornwall County...

BRADFORD CITY'S transport committee has accepted tenders for a total of 30 new buses to be delivered next year, both as normal...

AGAINST tough Japanese competition, Seddon Pennine IV buses with Metal Sections bodies have been chosen for Costa Rica. This is...

WINDSORIAN COACHES LTD., of Windsor, Berks, is one of the first coach firms to take evasive action over the Government's...

A DEFICIT of £588,875 is envisaged for Liverpool City Council's transport department in 1967/68, Mr. A. Burrows, general...

FIVE YEARS AGO the parent company of Temple Press Ltd., the proprietors of this journaLtook the first step in establishing...

AN AGREEMENT has been reached by which the Transport Holding Company will acquire a 50 per cent interest in Skyways Coach Air...

TN a 20-page report the Northern Regional Council of the Labour Party has put forward a plan for a single giant transport...

B. C. BRUCE-GARDNER has been appointed chairman of Metropolitan-Cammell (Holdings) Ltd. and its subsidiaries,...

G. H. Yarnold has been appointed Perkins Engines Group general service manager. He was formerly service manager in the Group's...

J. H. Darling, 53: general manager, engineering services division, Coventry, Dunlop Engineering Group. He will continue as a...

By A. J. P. Wilding A COMPANY called the BUT Electrical Co. Ltd. (BUTEC) has been formed as a whollyowned subsidiary of the...

SELF-STEERING axles in both single and twin-tyred forms are now being offered by Primrose Group Sales, Padiham, Lancs. Of...

S Li - PER-SIZE brakes feature on a model added by Leyland Motors Ltd. to its Freightline Beaver range. Designated Model...

ANNOUNCED today is a Rolls-Royceengined Seddon tractive unit. This is the 32:four 220, which has the 12.17-litre sixcylinder...

seven-point service plan Bv R. D. CATER ir GHER standards of workmanship, and quicker turn-round of vehicles requiring...

FOUR HAULAGE models and two tippers will be offered in a new version added to the Chieftain range by Albion Motors Ltd. Called...

A SIX-WHEEL dump truck with a 20 cu.yd body and a gross weight rating of 39 tons has been introduced by Fader's Ltd. A payload...

EIOR just under one year now Ailsa Trucks Ltd., of Glasgow, has been sole concessionaire for Volvo trucks in the UK. In this...

AFTER OUR LOOK at the ordinary local delivery or short haul vehicle, we must deal with yet another class of vehicle with the...

and publications Chassis washer AN OLIVER DOUGLAS bus and chassis washing machine incorporating the first drive-over chassis...

M ANY interesting developments in container handling systems and advanced palletization techniques typified the second Nedex...

By A. J. P. WILDING, AM1MechE, M1RTE THE MOST IMPORTANT of the Turin Show new models are on the stand of OM. This concern has...

T HE BACKGROUND of Genoa, with its maritime character and the natural desire of Genoans to be the main container terminal in...

By A. J. P. Wilding, AMIMechE, MIRTE DY INTRODUCING the Eagle range of engines in July 1966 Rolls-Royce showed an increasing...

You've got two kinds of customers. Those, like the gentleman above who know about valve bounce. And those who don't. Thosewho...

In 10,000 miles, a valve spring goes up and down 40 million times. It gets tired—starts bouncing too much, or too little. At...

WE all have a crack at vehicle servicing shortcomings from time to time but it is all too easy to overlook the size of the...

THAT was a very lively brains trust session at the RHA conference last week. The panel certainly covered some ground, and I was...

ANOTHER topic at Bournemouth was the Channel Tunnel. G. Telfer, from Scotland, wanted to know what safeguards hauliers should...

MR. N. J. CLARK of the New Zealand Road Carriers Association, who is travelling the world on a transport scholarship and...

DRIVERS in the Pointer Group now have a chance of winning a £5 bonus each quarter in the group's road safety competition. The...

THE Hull and East Riding area of the TRTA Yorkshire division has regularly met for its annual dinner at Hammonds Restaurant,...

CIE PHASES IN FACILITIES FOR ANOTHER 50,000 REGULAR TRAVELLERS By Ashley Taylor AMIRTE, Assoc Inst T NATIONAL passenger...

pays off Eric Willoughby investigates the background to the BDH/TGWU productivity agreement L , ULL company control of...

1. This agreement between the British Drug Houses Ltd.. the BDH Group Ltd.. and the Transport and General Workers' Union, shall...

D ISCIPLES OF FREUD would have no difficulty in finding the right words to describe the emotions aroused by the container. It...

so far we have not found a suitable small bus or coach meeting the following requirements: chassis-2-tonner; number of...

goods vehicles, mainly attics, and with the new regulations about to be introduced we are not sure as to what is legally in...

been unable to get information on Croner's Road Transport Operation. What is the price and publisher's address? A This is a...

soil, hardcore and rubbish. I have now been asked to move scrap iron which my intending customer classifies as rubbish. But my...

pre-packed items (not food) direct from a vehicle. Its design should allow ease of access by customers and movement of staff...

to make coach expeditions both at home and abroad. Where can we get all the relevant information as to whether this is a...

fitted with a diesel engine when averaging 300 miles a week? A The total operating cost for this vehicle would be 19.41d a...

our employees to working sites with a resulting low mileage of around 200 a week and would like to know: What has been the...

The comparative operating costs of a 5-tonner with either platform or van body are examined here C OSTING of commercial...

Road goods vehicles in GB: vital statistics AS WITH the road passenger industry, it is essential in studying road haulage to...