The accusation of inactivity on rural transport problems certainly cannot be levelled at the present Government, as it...

'Quantity control' to be scrapped under sweeping Government proposals • Road service licensing in respect of all public...

Note: None of the proposals apply inside the Greater London Council area. 1:" Road service licensing (quantity control)...

• Ford R series buses and coaches will from to-day be equipped with the Ford 6-600-S all-synchromesh six-speed closeratio...

• A preliminary evaluation of the heavy vehicle driving axle market is being carried out by the recently formed transmissions...

• Varying parking regulations for lorries in different parts of London would soon result in absolute chaos, an MP has warned...

• Transport Development Group Ltd has acquired the entire issued share capital of Entress Transport Ltd of Neath Road,...

• The long-established American Air Courier Corporation has launched its British subsidiary under the name Courier I, at 2...

• A European Transportation and Distribution Congress in Berlin from October 25-28 will provide' a forum for the discussion...

• The squabble between the Transport Salaried Staffs Association and the Association of Clerical, Technical and Supervisory...

• There is a good prospect that the Road Transport Industry Training Board and the Road Haulage Association will develop a...

• The Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association, who are responsible for the issue of TIR carnets in...

• The RTITB is considering proposals from the DoE suggesting a grants scheme to allow the Board to train 100 hgv drivers from...

• Praise for the work being undertaken by the National Guild of Transport Managers in investigating overnight accommodation...

• The business programme for the annual conference of the Road Haulage Association, at Brighton from October 25 to 27, opens...

• A new batch approval scheme for containers under the TIR Convention was introduced in the United Kingdom on August 2 1971....

• The Road Transport Industry Training Board intimated this week that it will recognize the 1972 Lorry Driver of the Year...

• Southern Ferries and the Institute of Work Study Practitioners are joint sponsors of an open competition for the best paper...

• At his first attempt, 30-year-old Peter Bontoft, of Laceby, Lincolnshire, with an ERF, drove outstandingly for Conoco Ltd...

• Last weekend the York centre held a highly successful event and yet only three weeks ago they were still searching for a...

by John Durant • Jimmy Savile handled the starting flag like a matador preparing the coup de grace, whereupon the flag fell...

• Mr Alan Law, bogy man of Birmingham road haulage employers and—some say—of members of his own union, was at the centre...

• Road transport drivers earn about 1.5 a week less than the average manual workers in a vehicle-manufacturing concern—...

• The employees of Morris Transport Ltd, Boldmere, Birmingham. whose managing director is Mr Ron Butt, a former president of...

• Mr John Peyton last week rejected a suggestion that British Rail Engineering Ltd might give up its container manufacturing...

• Mr John Peyton, the Minister for Transport Industries, is to consider whether waiting time at docks should be discounted as...

• The Institute of Road Transport Engineers has compiled a list of colleges offering courses leading to IRTE qualifications....

continued from page 18 of the Environment. It is now more than 40 years since the Road Traffic Act of 1930 established the...

• Following publication of the Government plans for bus licensing and rural services, CM interviewed Mr Denis Quin, director...

from a special correspondent • An integral double-deck bus design is being produced by Metro-Cammell Weymann Ltd....

• United Transport Company chairman, Mr D. Lloyd-Jones, forecast this week that the profits for 1971 would be not less than...

• A spokesman for Metro-Camrnell Weyrnann Ltd confirmed to CM this week that SELNEC PTE has placed an order for 12...

• It was SB for SuperBus day in Stevenage on Saturday. when a fleet of striking yellow and blue single-deck one-man buses...

by Gordon Crabtree • With three months still to go before it begins operating. Britain's first Busway at Runcorn New Town,...

• Mr Gordon Campbell. Secretary of State for Scotland, is to consult local authorities before reaching a decision on the...

• How many people do bus advertisements reach? This must be a question often asked by commercial advertisers and bus...

• Clelands of Bogside, car transporters of Newmains, Lanarkshire, was granted a variation of its 0 licence to add two...

• Derby town council, among others, is to appeal against the decision of the East Midland Traffic Commissioners made last...

• After reaching an agreement with eight objectors, Rick's Coaches, Bolton, was granted a road service licence to operate...

• Dukes Transport (Craigavon) Ltd, of Portadown. Northern Ireland, has been granted an 0 licence for 27 vehicles and 51...

• Fifty-one charges against the National Coal Board for aiding and abetting overloading were dismissed at Consett...

Road transport proprietors and managers cannot be expected to know all the ins and outs of taxation. but without a good working...

Ronald G. Hooker has been made chairman of Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd in succession to Ian T. Morrow who has resigned in order...

• The Department of the Environment has issued a reminder to drivers that they can no longer rely solely on their "ordinary"...

• A system of operational cost comparisons has been introduced by Hanomag-Henschel, the German commercial vehicle...

• The first lorry-mounted Dufon hydraulic crane to go into service with the South Eastern Electricity Board was demonstrated...

• A trailer capable of carrying cable drums up to 7ft 6in, high by 5ft wide and weighing up to 6 tons has been developed by...

• Believing that its products can best be demonstrated by taking them direct to the potential market, Ultronic Data Systems...

• A sleeper-cab for removal companies operating Continental journeys has been designed and developed by J.H. Sparshatt and...

Algie rs by lain Sherriff, MITA, A1RTE Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland...

Strasbourg converge on the Paris terminal. At 7.20 pm on the Tuesday the train leaves Paris and arrives at Marseilles 12 hours...

VEHICLES registered and based in Britain but operating to and from Europe require to be properly taxed, insured and, where...

We welcome letters for publication on transport topics, Address them to Commercial Motor, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London...

I suggest that the motorist or the passenger put his hand flat on the passenger side window so that the driver can see it. Most...

Derek Marsh • Just appointed managing director of Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd at only 35, Derek Marsh is tremendously proud...

by lain Sherriff, MITA, MIRTE COMPILING a rate for Continental operation, as with every costing exercise, must take into...

DRIVER ACCOMMODATION is beginning to receive a great deal more attention in this country, particularly with the object of...

shareholders are too often dull, formal affairs. Not so the recent Bumholme and Forder meetings (reported on in CM last week)...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE. MIMI The carrying of corrosive substances WHEN dealing with the carriage of radioactive materials a...

by Handyman Benchwise: cool it (13) IT IS quite common to find that an old but apparently sound hose is steadily shedding its...

Permanent way of thinking REPLYING last week to a question from a Conservative MP, Mr Fergus Montgomery, on the effect of...

by Tim Hoare MEN WITH DOZERS, scrapers and tippers on the windy escarpments of the Pennines are influencing the future of one...

THE CMR CONVENTION, or to give it its full title, "Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road",...

ADR European necessities continued be imagined, if such freedom is allowed there must be sateguards. These consist of an...

approximately 7 lb less than 3 tons. Could I take an hgv test for a Class 3 four-wheeler in this lorry or are there any...

garding the issue of hgv drivers' licences. With the recent introduction of the four-tier system of licences, the...

courses to include reference to distribution. Have you any details of the changes? A The Council has decided on a new...

A There are regulations requiring certain vehicles to carry fire extinguishers as follows:— Passenger vehicles as required...

use a vehicle (rigid or artic) which has an empty container (liquid or box type) secured to the body or trailer by twistlocks?...

breakdown truck of more than 3 tons unladen weight. I have been told that an hgv licence is not required to drive this vehicle...

Consider the cost of under-utilization All companies have five basic resources—if these are not fully used, operating costs...

LOCAL EDUCATION authorities play the key role in promoting, arranging and staffing courses to follow the examination schemes of...