"There will be ample opportunities for Britain's transport industry in Europe, provided that we are on our toes to take...

road transport by our industrial correspondent • Larger and larger lorries carrying an increasing amount of freight for...

from our political correspondent • Although it is extremely unlikely that either of the two British EEC Commissioners will deal...

knighthood for W. B. "Bill" Batty, a B for Tom Beagley at the DoE, and BEs for the NBC's George Brook and arcy Wynn of Robert...

A broadside at the Government, sting that urgent priority must be given roads linking London docks and other ts that carry the...

• "Examiners would be able to do a great deal better if they had hard information backed by witnesses willing to testify in...

• An indication of the rapid growth in roll-on/roll-off traffic is given by statistics from the Road Haulage Association of the...

torway emergency signals should ie rorce of law, says the RHA 1 and traffic committee which is urging the DoE to make...

network of routes for heavy lorries in id is being prepared. The Scottish pment Department is at work on the up of an advisory...

me 2000 Hull lorry drivers went on )n Monday, and will repeat the action ery Monday until, so they say, /ors are prepared to...

ore than 70 lorry drivers and clerical rs have lost their jobs with the closure Studholme Street, Bootle, depot of Road...

• Urgent Ministerial talks about ways of lessening the dangers when chemicals are carried by road are expected as a result of...

• In main-road investigations into vehicle noise levels, Which? checked more than a thousand commercial vehicles — and found...

• Applications have been receive are now being processed by the N Traffic Area, from nearly 800 haat the 99 multilateral EEC...

• Profits from the road haulai transport companies owned b Proprietors of Hay's Wharf Ltd depressed in the year ended Septem...

• Seaway Ferries Led is to disconti ro-ro ferry services between UE Sweden from the end of this Seaway, a member of the Ocean...

• The London Chamber of Comm suggesting to the Government thE extension of VAT zero-rating for traffic should cover the export...

:hat road haulage traffic in England d up considerably during the last half 972, although interrupted by the i-long August dock...

• Eleven major Welsh road improvement schemes have been transferred from the Trunk Road Preparation Pool to the firm Road...

Mims for higher pay for Transport ied Staff Association members, includhose employed by Freightliners Ltd and )nal Carriers...

• North Sea oil exploration appears likely to involve a volume of freight around 700,000 tons a year to points north of...

• Next week in Glasgow a research team led by Prof. K. J. W. Alexander, head of the Department of Economics at Strathclyde...

• A new 16mrn film made at last year's LDoY final by the Michelin Tyre Co will be available to operators, operators' or...

C. M. M. Hobdell, 30, has been appointed a director of Caudle Ltd, part of the H. Clarkson Freight Group, with specific...

• The motive of private gain should be harnessed to any attempt to achieve optimal provision of public transport. This was said...

• Despite a significantly higher income in the financial year ended March 31 last, Newport Corporation transport department...

• Vandalism is costing Ribble Motor Services, of Preston, £20,000 a year, said the general manager, Mr Walter Hunniball, when...

• Ald. William Collins, vice-chairr the Tyneside PTA, is urging the Audi( introduce free travel on buses and ra in its area.....

• Mr and Mrs R. J. Houchen, whc for a number of years been opt Houchen's Coaches from Bank G Dersingham, Norfolk, have now...

prediction of better times ahead was this week by Sir Richard Way, an of London Transport, in his New nessage to staff. He said...

• No immediate appointment is to be made following the death during Christmas (CM, last week) of Mr Albert Burrows,...

• The national council of the Association of Public Passenger Transport Operators at its meeting next Friday will consider the...

• Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority has decided to defer a decision on free travel until the Merseyside Metropolitan...

• Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority has decided that the new rapid transit system planned on Tyneside should be called...

for no records • After 20 years' satisfactory service an Outwell, Cambridgeshire, company had complete faith in the garage...

• An application to vary the licence of Albert Bartlett (Transport) Ltd, of Airdrie, by the addition of five vehicles and 12...

• Redundancy pay of £42, based on two years' service with a North Westmorland firm, was awarded to a lorry driver, Thomas...

• An Industrial Tribunal in Carlisl week turned down a bus driver-condu application for reinstatement after dist by Ribble...

A platform-skeletal trailer was not a ble vehicle on which to transport large of paper, Sandbach magistrates ed on Tuesday,...

• At a public inquiry in Leeds on Wednesday, a Yorkshire coal merchant, Mr H. G. Platts of Huddersfield, was told by the...

The Scottish deputy LA has warned a much more serious view will be taken )73 of those instances where applicants perators fall...

It was rather surprising and, to say the , unusual that the DoE should continue ress charges against Yardley Transport of Leeds...

By Trevor Longcroft • Because the single-axle weighbridge made by Weighwrite Ltd, White Waltham Airfield Estate, near...

• Vauxhall has announced a four-seater version of the Bedford HA 6cwt van called the Bedford Double Plus. The newcomer serves...

• A 4600ga1 wet-waste articulated vacuum tanker was recently completed by Fusion (Bickenhill) Ltd, Ravenshaw Lane, Solihull,...

• Transport Minister John Peyton is coming under increasing pressure to compel foreign lorries to carry reflector plates. Mr...

• Ferrymasters Ltd has invested a further £200,000 in new tractive units. The latest order announced is for a fleet of 38...

LT does Britain's entry to the Common Market mean for the road transport istry? What are the essential features EEC's common...

a vast market • The accession of Britain, Ireland and Denmark to the Common Market from January 1 1973 welds into one economic...

MARKETING A HAULAGE SERVICE Johnson by Johnny IT is all too easy to dismiss modern management techniques and their...

view by the Hawk • Jungle call Reference to the old Jungle Cafe on Shap is particularly appropriate at this time of the year....

po British Standard hfie tyres? nterested to read the article (CM ier 15) which referred to a speed connection with the...

The introduction of tax next April might be the opportunity for psv op( lsider serious costing of their ready doing so vehicles...

workshop by Handyman Details to save down-time (3) When a spring plate breaks take time to check the whole spring; take the...

)1ce of doom E goes before a takeover, according to dated proverb. The businessman who too loudly of his assets may find f the...

Roger Hall S . The choice of Roger Hall as commercial manager of Freightliners Ltd stoutly reinforces the company's small...

by Gibb Grace THE MAJORITY of the buses running in French cities are Saviems — and Lyon, despite the fact that it is the home...

be normal period of apprenticeship 31 . commercial vehicle fitters is four and this course includes instruction basic...

I passed a test on July 25 1969 to cover Groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 12 and 13. On that licence, before the introduction of the...

on the class of driving licence required for a lorry with a drawbar trailer. We operate a Bedford tractive unit which has been...

Road hauliers need to understand unit loading techniques; customers may need advice! MOST professional road transport men need...

by Les Oldricige, AMIRTE, MIMI Some new law Since October 1 1972 ALL motor vehicles fitted with windscreens must be equipped...

by David Leeming, MIRTE, AMBIM Craft studies courses for heavy vehicle mechanics THE heavy vehicle mechanic is a different...

For the next seven days MONDAY January 8th, CIT (East ANN "Budgetary control" by M. Thome accountant Boulion and Paul Ltd,...

Shawnigan Haulage Contractors Ltd, Cap: L100, Objects: To carry on the business of haulage and transport contractors, etc....

Electronics Ltd has a range of highold-water washers liydro-Blitz. Four a range of waterings of 600, 600, i0 psi. The Cat trips...

Son Ltd is making a transfer pump Cargomaster; it is lighter and smaller irable pumps. Curvailable in two sizes .ies of 100 gal...

A portable .battery condition indicator has been introduced by Smiths Industries. The instrument has a lipped hanging hook, 4ft...

Hot Spot portable infra-red thermometers developed by KaneMay Ltd measure the quantity of infra-red radiation emitted by a heat...

The range of DP neomorphic polyurethane foams, recently developed by the Dunlopillo Division of Dunlop Ltd, is being made...

A low-cost electric hand dryer has recently been introduced by a member of the Redman Heenan International group of companies....

Marketed by C.T. (London) Ltd, the Venus resin spray system is operated hydraulically to meter the resin and a catalyst to a...

Wellworthy has announced a Mk VI version of the Company's Wellworthy /Ricardo WS9 piston-type air compressor which is claimed...

Electrically powered coin counting equipment is the latest addition to the range of cash control systems marketed by...

A range of trailer a) is detailed in an Inte catalogue for 1972/1 range is indicated by exploded drawings ol and drum, the cam;...

by Trevor Longcroft perience of Pickfords ulage is anything to go choice of the correct lubricate fifth-wheel , besides...

kavant has augmented of automotive garage e tools by introducing spot weld remover. Designated Part No. 400, it is designed for...

Jones Filtration has developed four GUD heavy-duty air filters that are claimed to meet practically every road transport...

An infra-red detector, known as the AFA Infrascan, has been introduced by AFA-Minerva (EMI}, for operation on 24V battery-power...

A carburetter conversion kit has been developed by Zenith Carburetter for application to Ford Transit models powered by a V4...

Two models have been added to the Cat range of pumps, designed for pressure washing equipment, marketed by the Spraying Systems...

A device for quickly. stopping a diesel engine in conditions when it is likely to run on and cause a fire or an explosion, has...

A brochure has been issued by the Cold Rolled Sections Association that provides detailed information on: (1) What...

Imperial-Eastman (t. added a modified swai the Kwikrimp 4000, to of hose-assembly equip up-rated version of the 301 machine,...