Road haulage has need of plenty of clear-sighted Ted Smiths at this time. Mr. Smith is the man who, as reported in this issue,...

One section of the prize-winning RHA essay is especially topical: the image of road transport. Among other things it asks that...

FREE LIGHT VEHICLES FROM RULES AND EXTEND SEASONAL-PEAK CONCESSIONS, MINISTRY IS TOLD • The Ministry of Transport has been...

• British Electric Traction Co, Ltd„ which already owns 16.5 per cent of United Transport Company Ltd., announced last week...

• In its comments to the Ministry of Transport on the proposed exemptions and concessions in the new driving hours rules, the...

damaged. Hence, the anticipated yield from the new fare increases was less than had been estimated and higher wages and other...

Mr. Alan Law, the TGWU's Midlands trade group secretary, is the official handling negotiations between his union and British...

• At the present time vehicles registered after January 1, 1968 are not included in the plating and testing scheme. But they...

• The winner of the Road Haulage Association's essay competition is Mr. E. B. R. (Ted) Smith, 62-year-old director of Reece...

• Management of haulage businesses is now becoming so complex that honorary officers of the Road Haulage Association will be...

• Support which the vehicle security committee of the Road Haulage Association is giving to the "Lock up London" campaign by...

• Parliament should stop making transport a political shuttlecock, according to Mr. Peter Bessell, Liberal MP for Bodmin....

• British operators to the Continent are losing out on the bilateral agreements. This is the opinion of a trans-European...

• The courier service of Security Express Ltd. which began operating in June this year is proving an immense success, according...

M -way servi ▪ ce contract • The Transport Minister has awarded to Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. the contract for the development...

• The Minister of Housing and Local Government has dismissed the appeal of Mrs Berta McCrone (CM August 22) against the refusal...

• An increase in haulage rates by 10 per cent, due to "ever increasing costs hauliers are unable to absorb was decided upon...

• Carlisle City Council is recommended by its planning committee to authorize its city engineer to consider possible sites for...

• The Ministry of Transport has confirmed an Order made by Northumberland County Council restricting to three tons the weight...

by David Lowe Through services to Canada CANADIAN PACIFIC, the largest trucking organization in Canada, and the third largest...

• The banks in Turkey have been instructed to refuse foreign exchange transfers for goods and services where foreign transport...

• On Wednesday the British Railways Board introduced new conditions of carriage. Freightliners Ltd., National Carriers Ltd. and...

• The Western area of the Road Haulage Association has reached agreement on quarry rates with the Western Roadstone Centre....

• The MoT should announce the proposed fees for the new operators' licences without any further delay, said Mr. G. Turvey,...

• On Monday the Minister of Transport laid before Parliament the Goods Vehicles (Carriers' Licenses) (Exemptions) Regulations...

by Derek Moses • British bus operators placing orders with Metro-Cammell Weymann Ltd. for the new Metro-Scania 11-metre...

on urban transport • The Minister of Transport is to meet the United States Secretary for Transportation, Mr. Volpe, next...

• The National Bus Company has formed a headquarters marketing unit which will have the responsibility for the general...

• Following the setting up of the Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority on April 1, Mr. Richard Marsh, Minister of...

• The wind of change appeared to blow in diverse directions, said Mr. W. L. Russell, general manager, Dundee Corporation...

• A prototype Ford gas turbine engine is being installed in an American continental Trailways bus which, after normal...

• Seven bus companies in the west and south-west of Scotland are applying for permission to increase their fares, following the...

• A strong attack was launched against a document relating to the sale of a Davis Group company, by counsel representing the...

• A C—licence holder has lost 12+ per cent of his vehicle strength for three months, following an inquiry by the Metropolitan...

• Alfred Morris, a coal merchant from Liverpool. was granted a new B licence for a 3+-tort flat to carry household effects,...

• As from November 1, goods vehicle operators planning journeys to or through Italy will no longer have to apply to Rome for...

• Oldham's Livestock Transport (Barford) Ltd. was granted change of normal user, in Birmingham on Monday, although the West...

- LA insists on figures • Johnson Bros, of Saughall Massie, near Liverpool, applied to vary an A licence, in Liverpool last...

111 Summonses against tipper operator, Leslie House, who is a Road Haulage Association officer and Mayor of Hackney, were...

C. R. Buckley, recently appointed a member of the executive board of the National Bus Company with effect from October 1....

• For the first time since it entered the commercial vehicle market in 1918, Chevrolet of America will now be marketing a full...

• Development and research work on Pirelli tyres is now being carried out at a new tyretest site just opened by the concern. at...

• Duramin Engineering Co. Ltd., Harbour Road, Lydney, Gloucestershire, has announced a new range of Duravan integral...

Loads and forces (20) by Handyman • For some years now I have watched the annual movement of large balers, harvesters, etc.,...

Company Freight Management • I have just read Company Freight Management by George A. Hughes. This is a book that is...

by the Hawk *Ship-shape The new £13,000 Bristol headquarters for the Western area of the RHA had a splendid launching on...

PAPER SUMMARIZED BY DEREK MOSES A NEW APPROACH to the analysis of shortterm public transport requirements, starting from first...

LESS than a year after the announcement in 1966 by Bristol Commercial Vehicles of its novel VRL chassis, with longitudinal...

A SPECIAL SERIES BY R. P. C. BLOCK 9. New look at depreciation/management accounting needed EARLIER in the series I described...

One form too many Equally, there will be some who can expect the most searching inquiries to be made". The point has been...

To Mr. Peter Mase field, chairman of the British Airports Authority, the real world is full of these. But, in his view,...

driving a 16-ton-gross 24ft platform lorry. August 30 1970 being my 21st birthday. Could I drive this ion',' on September 1 and...

on the subject of training for personnel employed on mechanical handling equipment? A The British Industrial Truck...

suitable for use on a commercial vehicle is available. Could you please tell me the name and address of the manufacturer? A An...

the International Motor Show will be held at Earls Court. Is this the Commercial Vehicle Show or the Car Show? A The...

one time powered by semi-diesel engines. Could you explain the principle of the semi-diesel? A The engines you mention must...

Engineering). During our final year we are given a design project to carry out. The problem I am faced with is the design of a...

by Geo rge Wilmot University of London. How to choose a good management course IN the spring of 1965, I was able to devote a...

H. M. Hodgson (Transport) Ltd. Cap.: £1,000. Object: To carry on the business of haulage and transport contractors, etc....

SY LES OLDRIDGE, AM/MI. 1835 Highway Act still good law ALTHOUGH one is inclined to think of traffic laws as belonging to...

quipment he ARO Machinery Co. is !arming to introduce a new eneration of equipment for rotor body repair at the 1969 1otor...