TOWARDS the end of this month the s.s. "Fair-1land". an American container ship, will dock at Grangemouth. It could herald the...

A ITS recent annual general meeting the Road Haulage Association's international group unanimously rejected those sections of...

THE Road Haulage Wages Council was due to meet yesterday (Thursday) to consider representations which, as reported last week,...

Operation TRTA NATIONAL SECRETARY SURVEYS THE PROSPECTS A GOVERNMENT wanting to help the railways had three choices suggested...

freight transport FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TRANSPORT issues can be expected to take a more central part in the affairs...

T HE information officer of the RHA has begun a sample survey to provide a means of assessing movements in vehicle operating...

C RITICISM of the MoT system which I.— , permitted a vehicle to be issued with a GV9 prohibition notice even though undergoing...

T HE Road Haulage Association would, as always, co-operate with the Government in any steps which would clearly improve its...

THE possibility of forming a United King' dom group of Transfrigoroute—the international organization for hauliers specializing...

S PEAKING at the annual luncheon of the East Midland division of the TRTA on Tuesday, Mr. K. C. Turner, president of the...

COMMERCIAL vehicle operators in Oxford and Oxfordshire have introduced a plan to protect goods carried by road in the city and...

THE transport businesses operated by the five member companies of the TER Group have, from April 1, been amalgamated into one...

UN DER an agreement with Truck Engineering Ltd., of Woodstock, Ontario, the Shipley, Yorks, company of W. P. Butterfield...

be published this month. This register, compiled by computer, is in three volumes giving access to more than 32,000 products...

and Borders area of the Scottish Division of the TRTA for the ensuing year, with J. W. R. White as vice-chairman. In the Angus...

M W express services to be introduced by the East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd. this season were described by Mr. .1. M. Rodger,...

A GLIM PSE into the future of public transport in Northern Ireland was given last week by Mr. Werner Huebeek, general manager...

Dinnis. will be presenting the paper to this year's annual conference of the Scottish Road Passenger Transport Association at...

rr HE applications by the companies comprising the Torbay Pool were adjourned at Leeds on Friday, the ninth day of the hearing,...

T HE Scottish Traffic Commissioners have approved the application of the Scottish Bus Group for increased fares amounting to...

verything by Ashley Taylor WHYTE'S NEW DUPLE-BODIED RELIANCE FOR TOURISTS IN BRITAIN THERE may be other coaches somewhat...

F OR the first time in election history in Leeds and district, Leeds City Transport took over arrangements for the collection...

T HE social consequences of higher fares and reductions in services, particularly in rural areas, were serious, said Mr. R. J....

T HE appeal of Factory Clearance Con tractors Ltd. against the refusal by the Eastern Licensing Authority of a B licence for a...

THE Minister of Transport has refused an A appeal by Mr. James Thompson against the decision of the Scottish Traffic...

VOLLOWING completion of the evidence of the policy witnesses at the hearing (resumed from February 11) of an application at...

FIERCE OPPOSITION TO BID W EN arrangements were made with rospective purchasers of Tower Hill Transport's "ancient vehicles of...

THE application of United Counties Omnibus Co. Ltd for a road service licence and backing, authorizing stage carriage services...

F IVE tipper operators were described at Birmingham on Friday as "puppets of another operator who danced to his tune". The five...

A STRONGLY-WORDED letter about vehicle maintenance, from the chairman of FMC Ltd. and associated companies and addressed to...

wanton disregard of vehicle maintenance instructions was putting the company in jeopardy, damaging its reputation, and...

T HE lively opposition to the Contract A renewal bid by Stoke St. Michael Transport Co. Ltd., reported last week, is...

W OULD-be road hauliers not infrequently telephone COMMERCIAL MOTOR to seek advice as to the easiest way to enter the industry....

T HE partnership of P. Jeory and Son, of Halewood, Lanes, was granted an A licence for one 7f-ton vehicle by the North Western...

AN application by Charles Rickards (Tours) Ltd, of Brentford, London, to run an express coach service between London Airport...

A large show of commercial vehicles is to be held in Manchester from April 18 to 23, It will be at the Store Street premises of...

A LEYLAND Panther bus will be one of the exhibits in a large section devoted to commercial vehicles and buses at the British...

TN order to simplify internal organization, A Crane Fruehauf Trailers (North Walsham) Ltd. has been wound up and all its...

T HE International Harvester Co. of Great Britain Ltd. has been admitted to associate membership of the Society of Motor...

p E11ERS LTD., a Hawker Siddeley company, will exhibit three of their Thermo King transport refrigeration units on Stand I 1SB...

fr May 6 a new transport management course is to start at South Dorset Technical College, Newstead Road, Weymouth. The tutor...

Part 5—The Separate Unloader Valve have discussed the compressor mounted unloader valve and indicated how it is arranged that...

New trap proves its worth on test W HAT happens if you add 11 gallons of water to the nine gallons of Dery in the fuel tank of...

A REDUCTION in the time required to change the engine lubricating oil— from 20-30 mm. to 1-4 min. depending on the vehicle—has...

A SUM OF Rs15m. in foreignexchange is to be allowed to reputable firms, groups and individuals in Ceylon to import commercial...

I NTRODUCED recently by Step Industrial Equipment Ltd., is a new range of axle stands. They are supplied in two sizes, and the...

View BY THE HAWK Lost Bonus Convinced Them! T HE proof of the puddin g , it is said, is in the eatin g . Never was this more...

TT is seldom that I have encountered a vehicle with two such distinctly different sides to its character as the Atkinson...

B LIZZARD-BLOCKED roads leading to the Lancashire venue for the two-day , National Coach Rally last weekend brought a...

long-distance refrigerated transport R ELATIVELY recent improvements in the design and construction of insulated containers or...

C HILDREN in some schools are now being taught to drive. When there is so much talk about co-ordination of effort and...

distinction between the Road Traffic and Excise Acts: extinguishing front lamps R OADWORTHINESS of commercial vehicles is of...

C OURSES in transport studies provided both by professional organizations and by local education authorities and universities...