The managing director of Midlands British Road Services Ltd said this week that by 1980 the road improvements in the Midlands...

VEHICLES WOULD NEED MODIFYING TO USE IT • Changes in the distillation of crude oil could be all important as a means of...

• A range of Bedford trucks modified for the German market will make its first public appearance at the Frankfurt Motor Show...

This 240-ton knuckle for the North Sea oil pipeline is the biggest-ever load carried by Strathclyde Transport Services Ltd, of...

from our political correspondent • Total nationalization of transport undertakings, passenger and freight, is demanded in many...

• Keith Speed, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, will visit the National Finals of the...

• Transport operators who have been playing the market to get fuel supplies at the cheapest price may find themselves in...

• Poyaud, the French diesel manufacturer, is to set up a diesel assembly — and later a full manufacturing — plant in Swansea....

• Axel Engineering Ltd is the name that has been registered for the Metropolitan Cammell Ltd subsidiary which as revealed...

• Mr Ft. R. Jackson. the South Wales Licensing Authority and Chairman of Traffic Commissioners, who has also been serving in...

• Last week Repcon (UK) Ltd opened new service and repair depot for containers and trailers at West Thurrock, Essex. It is the...

• Tankfreight Ltd, the NFC subsidiary which controls Pickfords Tank Haulage and Harold Wood and Sons, has set up a waste...

• Through its TLT Distribution division, Tate and Lyle Transport Ltd plans to offer a national warehousing and distribution...

• The second national conference of the British Institute of Management's Centre for Physical Distribution Management will...

• Sutton and Sons (St Helens) Ltd is evaluating an Atkinson 30-ton-gvw rigid eight-wheeler as an alternative to using maximum...

• In our August 17 issue we published an article on York Trailer Co Ltd's current publicity campaign "Operation Snowball"...

A major British manufacturer will be announcing a whole new range of light/medium commercial vehicles for both goods and...

by CM reporter • Despite reports after the Young Liberals' council meeting in Newcastle upon Tyne on Sunday that their campaign...

• Kiindig International Ltd, of Dagenham, Essex, is a fast-expanding trailer operator which intends to open offices on the...

• The shortage of hgv-licensed drivers has led National Carriers Ltd to intensify its replacement of articulated c. vehicles...

by CM reporter • A new British system of classifying hazardous chemicals in transit, known as Hazchem, has been presented for...

• A roll-on/roll-off terminal for services to Ireland is to be built at the western side of Fleetwood harbour in the River...

Protective clothing is worn during discharge of sulphur trioxide — used in the making of detergents — from this new...

• Some delays could occur in obtaining driving licence renewals for licences which expire after October 31, the DoE warned this...

• BRS Parcels has extended its UK Pacemaker service into Europe. The company has launched a road/air service for consignments...

• Two prototype city buses to be put into service by the SELNEC PTE shortly will be of a type unique to Britain. The integral...

by Martin Hayes • British operators will have their first chance to study America's latest longdistance coach next month. The...

• SELNEC PTE is currently receiving 33 more Seddon Midi buses to add to the four it already has in service. Eleven of the new...

• Tyneside PTE has acquired the 34vehicle coach fleet formerly operated by R. Armstrong Ltd and Galleys Coaches Ltd of...

• A strong response is reported to tenders put out by London Transport for 95 singledeck, underfloor-engined bus chassis. The...

• The three PTAs of Tyneside, Merseyside and Glasgow are planning an approach to the Industrial Arbitration Board in an effort...

• Two operators who failed to attend a public inquiry before Mr H. E. Robson, the Eastern LA, at Cambridge last week, had their...

• Following the issue of 23 GV9s in 1970-1972 Ho!mans Haulage (Exeter) Ltd had its operator's licence curtailed by three...

• An appeal to the Secretary of State for the Environment by Wallace Arnold over a decision by the Yorkshire Traffic Com...

• Four men — a haulier, two drivers and an owner-operator — appeared before the Yorkshire LA, Mr R. S. Thornton, on Tuesday as...

Eric Lucock, 45, has taken the newly created post of national distribution manager for Pickfords Removals Ltd. He joined...

We record with regret the deaths of Jim Carlin, William McCrae, George Porter and Joel Wharton. Mr McCrae, 53, was managing...

• Huge back-log of maintenance and a year's delay in the arrival of new buses led Eastern Counties assistant traffic manager,...

unlinked tandem axles by CM reporter Damping is important, says TRRL report • The validity of EEC proposals for vehicle taxes...

• Two British companies making a special effort in the European market have announced their plans for sizeable displays at the...

Perfidious Albion WHATEVER the causes, the steady decline in lorry thefts over the past 10 years is phenomenal, especially in...

I have not met many engineers in road transport circles who are at all sympathetic to the problems of their opposite numbers in...

RANGE by Glib Grace VOLVO announces today new cabs and several detail chassis changes to its longserving N series bonneted...

DAF, of Eindhoven, has introduced over the past three years new features and cabs on all its truck models except the heaviest...

by John Dickson-Simpson THE technical press is frequently asked to deal with quite fundamental questions about maintenance:...

Dy John Darker AMBIM +TOT SO LONG AGO there was a rulei-thumb axiom that a ratio of one skilled itter to 10 vehicles was...

)y Paul Brockington CHREE principal factors have enabled nckfords Tank Haulage Ltd to reduce ts spares stock to an economic...

just what have you promised to do? A. W. Balne advises on the distinction which must be drawn OPERATOR'S licences are,...

Control of wages by government restriction may apply to the actual increase, but the matter of timing appears to be somewhat...

I was very interested to read about the campaign (CM August 17/ by York Trailer Company to champion road haulage. This does...

As a regular reader of Commercial Motor for many years I. along with many other experienced drivers', am at a loss to...

I am preparing a comprehensive historical volume on haulage liveries back as far as 1930. Whilst I have thousands of notes and...

Drivers who don't stop at the first sign of malfunction are costing operators time and money, say the service men by Trevor...

Hugh Dykes • Although Hugh Dykes MP may not be popular with sections of the road transport industry, no one can deny that he...

Checking drivers' records of hours worked A NEW LOOK at old problems may sometimes lead to a conflict with the law being...

PROBABLY the single most damaging factor which eats away the potential resale value of any road vehicle is rust. Without any...

number of customers. My vehicle averages about 250 miles a week, the fuel consumption is 11 mpg and fuel cost 32p a gallon. The...

3 issue about drivers taking trailers to the port for unaccompanied transport to the Continent. As I understand it, a driver...

flashing light on a breakdown vehicle but could you say what the Regulations are about its position on the vehicle and when it...

matters by John Darker AMB M Controlling maintenance cost by computer analysis An American system now being offered to UK...

An hydraulically driven drum winch manufactured by Hill Lushington Ltd is now available for fitting to Land-Rover vehicles. It...

A range of easily attached clop' pockets announced by Polo( Products is suitable for ligh vehicles derived from car models Made...

The Association of Hydraulic Equipment Manufacturer: (AHEM) has published the 197:: edition of its Directory of Mem bers. It...

ecently introduced by Brook tictor Electric Vehicles, an lectric platform truck has been leveloped from the company's Z4A...

To be shown at the Assembly and Fastener Engineering Exhibition, Earls Court, Sept 17 /Sept 21. by the maker Gardner-Denver...