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THIS WEEK'S PIB report on road haulage wage agreements not only confirms that these have resulted in more pay than productivity...
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from our political correspondent • The Prices and Incomes Board has taken a decidedly unfavourable view of a series of...
• S hooter • from our industrial correspondent •• The Road Haulage Association is to appoint a full-time labour relations...
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• Mrs. Barbara Castle, Minister for Employment and Productivity, has approved the Road Transport Industry Training Board's...
• A call for stern action by Mrs. Barbara Castle, Secretary for Employment and Productivity, if the Prices and Incomes Board...
• Raising the road transport drivers' prestige could benefit management and the industry generally, said Jack Wood, Transport...
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from our political correspondent • Vehicle maintenance workers employed by British Road Services should receive only half the...
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• F. Dickson Transport Ltd., of Kingston Road, Wimbledon, SW, was held liable in the High Court last Friday for a theft from...
• Tachographs on lorries would seriously discourage the "lunatic fringe" which exists among employers as well as employees, in...
• On Tuesday the BRS Federation announced that member companies would seek to pass higher fuel charges straight to their...
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and the Transport Act by Roger Howell • The road haulage industry can take comfort in the fact that the Transport Act is a...
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• • Ford has introduced a new scheme to help transport men keep within the plating and testing laws. Through selected Ford...
• The issue of certificates of temporary exemption in cases where exceptional circumstances (such as' a local emergency)...
• Since publication in CM November 22 of dates for the 1969 Lorry Driver of the Year eliminating rounds the Leeds contest has...
SHORTLY to be marketed by Metalair Ltd., Wokingham, Berks, are 20ft, 30ft and 40ft powder tank containers equipped with Edbro...
A NEW. vehicle-mounted loading and unloading system will shortly be made available to British transport operators. Manufactured...
A MATERIAL designed to meet the needs of the container industry has been announced recently by Flexo Plywood Industries Ltd,...
BELLFERRY'S new container terminal at Waterford was officially opened last Monday week by Mr. George Colley, Southern Ireland's...
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• Another stage in the long-drawn-out Channel Tunnel project was reached on Tuesday when, at a meeting jointly organized by the...
by lain Sherriff • This week eight British Road Services managers took up their appointments after an intensive training course...
• Testing and plating of heavy goods vehicles started in Scotland on Monday. The scheme was inaugurated by Mr. Neil Carmichael,...
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SAYS ADVOCATE • Any proceedings regarding allegations of forgery or uttering false documents made against the drivers of the...
• Ribble Motor Services Ltd., Preston, the State-owned undertaking operating throughout the North West, was fined £85 with £24...
k. N. Todd, who is to be part-time chairman of the National Bus Company, will receive a salary of £5,000. Announcing this in...
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• British Road Services objected to a variation application in Leeds last week whereby two double-deck car transporters would...
• Under Section 177 of, the Act, the North Western LA, Mr. C. R. Hodgson, last week in Manchester removed all the vehicles from...
• The Minister of Transport has refused the appeal by the Lincolnshire Road Car Co., Ltd. against the decision of the East...
• He had sympathy for the objectors who had suffered as a result of rate-cutting, but he was obliged to grant the final part of...
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• Magistrates at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, erred when they upheld before hearing any evidence a defence submission that a...
• Bury and Leigh Corporations ,were both granted fares increase for one year in Manchester on Monday. • Bury will maintain the...
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From our Parliamentary correspondent • The first, crucial step towards solving the commuter problem was the establishment of...
• As part of London Transport's plan to reshape bus services, three new 6d flat-fare routes—E1, E2 and E3—were started last...
• Mr. Marsh this week turned down a request that the law should be altered so that, when bus fares are increased, 30 days...
• London Transport's application for a licence to operate its Blue Arrow service in Stevenage (CM November 15) was granted in...
• The Scottish Bus Group has announced orders for 232 new vehicles to meet the 1969 replacement programme. Worth £1,583,000,...
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• A significant order received by Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd. is one from Stockport Corporation Transport for 10 Bristol...
• About 420 London Transport bus workers at Brixton garage called off their ban on late-night Saturday services last weekend....
• Negotiations to transfer Glasgow's municipal transport undertaking to the Scottish Bus Group could, if successful, set the...
• A new range of "under 30cwt". bodies tailored for Ford Transit 25cwt, 30cwt and 35cwt long-wheelbase chassis/cabs was...
by Ron Cater • Some interesting tippers are emerging from the light-alloy body shop recently opened by Reynolds Boughton...
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by Paul Brockington • Opposing views were given on the British Standards diesel smoke standard in the discussions on air...
• Mr. Robert Vigars, chairman of the GLC planning and transportation committee, warned members of the Motor Agents Association...
• Newly introduced by Tiverton Body and Container Co. Ltd. is a range of fold-down bulkers which carry both bulk and bagged...
• • CM's testers have just driven • • Leyland's 30-ton Beaver with • turbocharged 0.680 engine over • • their punishing...
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by Handyman Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (21) • A new interest must be taken in tyre welfare by both the operator and...
IT WILL BE SEEN from the two cases referred to last week that there is little chance of a driver escaping conviction if he...
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TIPPER OPERATORS FACE A SEVERE PAYLOAD PENALTY ARISING FROM PLATING IF MAXIMUM USE IS NOT MADE OF LIGHTWEIGHT FEATURES by P. A....
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A game of dominoes THE CULT of productivity has been overdone. When higher wages are demanded it is too easy - or the...
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overhaul by R cater , p. sBE THERE ARE more owner-drivers in the tipper field than in any other branch of road transport. In...
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by A. J. P. Wilding, IVIIMechE, MIRTE THERE was a time when a tipper was produced in the most basic form—minimum...