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11th June 1976
11th June 1976
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im trucks off the road warning

Subsistence form : strike threat worsens by CM reporters A MILLION vehicles could be off the road if employers continue to...

Cash and cuts for NBC

SUPPORT CASH from local authorities for the National Bus Company for this year already amounts to £20m—nearly £12m more than...

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'Transport Authority to end chaos' call

A NATIONAL Transport Authority should be set up to end the present "chaotic" situation of Britain's transport network, a...

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ASX

HUNDREDS of overweight lorries are illegally landing at British ports every day, it was claimed this week. And Mr Jack Stokoe,...

'Heavy mob' roll in

by CM reporter by the hundred obvious that there are certainly hundreds of overweight lorries arriving every day. "More than...

Ford CV output forges ahead

THE weekly production of Ford commercial vehicles (including buses and coaches) averaged 2,777 in April this year compared with...

BR's 'Coo de grace'

IT'S A MOBILE re-creation of Hitchcock's film The Birds, And it's the answer of one group of pigeon fanciers to the British...

Cut back call

A POLICY of cutting down on road transport has been published by the European Environmental Bureau following the IRU congress...

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HGV test fee

is 'preposterous' PLANS to up the hgv driving test fee by 200 per cent are "preposterous," the Freight Transport Association...

Spare parts go visual

MERCEDES-BENZ has added two new visual display units to its parts unit at Hayes to make it among the most modern and efficient...

Parking charge

GRAMPIAN Region has announced both short and longterm plans for overnight hgv parking. The short-term policy is to establish a...

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Lost, found, stolen and lived in

AN EXCLUSIVE arrangement for the recovery of abandoned trucks and equipment has been made by Barking Investigations in the...

Build —don't ban! council told

DON'T ban the lorry—improve the roads ! This message has gone out from the Freight Transport Association to Strathclyde...

Nightline Express links airports

A NEW OVERNIGHT road seryid—called Nightline Express —has been set up to link the North East with Heathrow airport. The...

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Mersey tippers

IN a sequel to prosecutions by Cheshire County Council weights and measures department earlier this year, when fines and costs...

soiled their records

specified vehicles suspended for one month. Mr Barry Molyneux, trading as Barry Molyneux Haulage, Winwick Road,...

This will be the tough one

THIS year's CMLDoY final will prove to be tougher than any in the 22 years' history of the competition. For the first time...

CMILICIoY

Liverpool Liverpool heat of the LDoY contest saw the lowest overall score since the contest started in Liverpool when winner,...

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good vehicle isaves his licence

A STAFFS OPERATOR, Mr Harry Rouse!! of Stokes Avenue, Tipton, had his 0licence authorisation reduced from four vehicles and two...

High hopes for the hauliers

THE haulage industry could be turning the corner to better times, according to Aberdeen Road Transport Instruction Centre....

SHORT HAULS

Roadline links ROADLINE (UK) Ltd operates 76 depots, all of which could, in theory, be served by rail, said Dr John Gilbert,...

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ASX

PASSENGER Objections hit Oxford cutback plan OXFORD-South Midland plans to cut services and save 17 buses and £300,000 over...

European tours 'need new licence

SEEKING to enter the Continental tours field by means of a variation of an existing licence or day excursions in Great Britain...

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BUS STOPS

Paradise lost PLANS by West Midlands PTE to use the new Paradise Circus bus station have now been dropped. The idea had...

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TH1SWASATESTING TIME FOR VOLVO...

by Graham Montgomerie METHODS of testing trucks from both the manufacturer's and the operator's point of view came under...

A NEW range of steel tipper bodies has been announced

by Imperial Coachbuilders Ltd, part of the Crane Fruehauf group. The bodies are based on a design produced by Fruehauf of...

This job suits Alan Richards

TIBBETT and Britten, specialists in hanging garment distribution, have appointed Alan Richards managing director in succession...

PEOPLE Southern operation manager of the Universal Freight Organisation is

to be 26-year-old Howard Sarna, who is moving to the company's Dover office from the Wetherby headquarters. UFO has also...

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Nippy, thrifty 360 from Honda

TWO micro-commercial vehicles, a panel van and pickup truck, have been introduced to the UK market by Honda. They both share...

Slimline tankers get up and under

AIR BP, British Petroleum's airport refuelling company, is investing £250,000 on five airplane fuelling tankers which have been...