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12th February 1983
12th February 1983
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Guise and hols

WE cannot help but return to the subject of the Road Haulage Association's proposed conference venue for 1983. Marbella on the...

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- acho checks every

two and six years 0-AND SIX-yearly tachograph inspections will be compulsory by end of this year, but the proposed...

United Glass's splinter group

UNITED GLASS has hived off its road transport interests to form United Distribution Services, a wholly-owned specialist...

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Drivers win strikes

FORMAL wage negotiations in No week, and strikes on Monday this settling at rates being sought Workers Union. Talks between...

TGWU bows to 38-tonners

GRASS ROOTS pressure is likely to lead rapidly to the Transport and General Workers Union withdrawing its opposition to the...

'38' boost

DERBY international haulier S.B. Atkins is investing nearly E400,000 in trailer equipment to take advantage of the 38-tonne...

Imports up in January

COMMERCIAL vehicle sales off to a promising start month, but importers did bi than domestic manufacture Sales of all...

Oaf's 6 x 2 in rhd form

DAF TRUCKS (GB) has at last responded to the UK's new maxi's , weight limit by announcing that the 6x2 FTG 3300 DKX tractive I...

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hall growth ahead

iD FREIGHT — both hire or reward and own account — is )ming more professional; and demand for freight movement by lese were two...

Tunnel allies

THE GREATER London Council and the Road Haulage Association are united in their quest for the abolition of tolls on the...

)own-lic call

IAMPSHIRE haulier has ed the campaign for downrising, accusing the Governit of using arguments of tax sion and enforcement as a...

)iesel emission controls?

:MURES to reduce the emission of exhaust gases should be :ended to cover commercial diesel engine vehicles as well as...

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■ IFC's 'family' outin

EY NEEDED a quorum of five r the National Freight nsortium's annual general leting in Birmingham last rekend, and got around...

FTA courses for 38-tonnes

THE FREIGHT Transport Association is running a series of three separate courses on legislation governing the 38tonne vehicle,...

EEC rail freight plan

AN EEC scheme to establish a computerised railway freight control system in Europe may start in May on an experimental basis....

Clothes firm computerises

:LOTHING transport company ibbett and Britten has invested 500,000 in a computer system o help its customers with inmines. The...

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Faster deliveries from Lex Wilkinson

EXPRESS PARCELS carrier Lex Wilkinson has launched a new next-day delivery service and contract hire distribution service using...

Hauliers faci stony times

STONE HAULIERS in the Country may face hard Um quarrying companies follow example set by the Ar Roadstone Corporation and out...

Costa plenty for the RHA

THE ROAD Haulage Association's projected Spanish conference in November (CM, February 7) will cost members 1E295 each if they...

Hazard line for Sealink

SEALINK has extended the hours during which authorities to ship dangerous goods are issued to 9am-5.30pm (MondayFriday). All...

... and Scottish Parcels

SCOTTISH PARCELS has entere market with Priority, a service work in England and Wales. Goods are trunked nightly from Scottish...

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URTHER 375 miles of motorways and trunk roads will be

built r the next three years, Transport Secretary David Howell has clicted. peaking after the publication he Government's...

DFDS, the Danish ferry company, will announce a loss of around DKr 120-140m (E10m) at its annual meeting in March.

As a result of these poor results, two to three freight vessels (and four to six passenger ones) will be sold; 350 redundancies...

Chargecard for Esso

SO PETROLEUM is launching Chargecard, a new credit card facilfor buying fuels and lubricants, next month. kny company with...

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38-tonne tipper

THE FIRST tri-axle tipping trailer with parallel sides to be produced by Craven Tasker for 38 tonnes gcw is currently being...

Turbo boost

TURBO INTERNATIONAL, which claims to be Britain's largest supplier of reconditioned turbochargers, is seeking to increase sales...

Sonesson ditches SAB

THE SONESSON GROUP has sold all shares in SAB Automotive to Heselman, part of the Swedish public investment group, Incentive....

E400 savings with new oil

BP IS CLAIMING a possible ti per cent improvement in consumption with its new nellus FE oil (CM February 5). The lubricant...

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NFC Scottish moves

E SCOTTISH Freight Company :h members of the National Fr gial changes. landy Barrie becomes head of tribution services for...

Barton to W. Stringer

TO COINCIDE with a change of address of its Midlands sales office, Waclham Stringer Vehicle Contracts has taken on Trevor...

WBRS managers

WESTERN BRITISH Road Services has made Peter Daniels assistant manager of the Exeter branch and Clive 011is contracts manager...

Darlaston's win

THE WINCANTON Tranportowned Darlaston Truck Centre has made Jeff Rundell workshop manager. For the past five years he was...

Package Control gets Lain

JAMES LAITT has become national sales manager of load restraint manufacturer Package Control. He joined the sales department...

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Blow for Ford

FORD's light 4 x 4 business took a knock last week when a receiver was appointed at County Commercial Cars and its two...

Bedford movi

SOME OF BEDFORD's 10, employees are to be transfel to Vauxhall car production tween next summer and Aug 1984. The move is part...

Nissan plant in Spain

NISSAN plans to manufacture between 4,000 and 5,000 Datsun Patrols this year at the Motor lberica, Zona Franca plant, which has...

£114m Saudi deal by Simon

SIMON Engineering of Dudley, West Midlands has fulfilled a contract for five Simon Snorkel fire fighting/rescue units valued at...

Telehoist

TELEHOIST of Cheltenhar Gloucestershire is complete refurbishing two BBC outsir broadcast communicatiot vehicles. The work...

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It's synchro for ZF at higher weights

HNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (ZF) is confident that the ind towards synchromesh rather than constant mesh gearboxes top weight...

New tyres for new weights

THREE tyre manufacturers have developed new additions to their ranges. These will be of direct interest to haulage operators...

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Amos hearing gets date

THE London Transport special public hearing on Associated Minibus Operators' (Amos) proposals for minibus services in London...

BCC aims at women

CONSUMERS' and women groups are the main target the latest wave of pro-bi propaganda from the Bus ar Coach Council. It has...

Daf may build here

DAF BUS may build some of 11 British customers' coach chassi at Colchester as a hedge ageing possible import controls. The...

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;IE monopoly threatened

.LANDS independent bus operators' trade association is eatening to invoke EEC legislation if Cores lompair Eireann's ir...

Serpell's bus bonus: Fry

iE SERPELL REPORT into itish Rail's finances has killed e idea that buses cannot reace under-used train services, ory MP Peter...

Whites Coaches

IN OUR report "Firm let down by service checks" on p18, CM, January 29 we referred to a Traffic Commissioners hearing at which...

New buses

TRANSPORT Under Secretary Reginald Eyre has reassured MPs that metropolitan transport authorities will be able to use their...

Ensign gets Esprit

Built on a Leyland Tiger 245 chassis, the 53-seat 3.4m (lift 2in) high body is designed for Britain and is 25cm (9.75in) lower...

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CM's Tables of Operating Costs

CM's Tables of Operating Costs were published on June 25. Nine tables covering a wide range of vehicles — from...

Can heating save fuel?

BY HEATING the fuel and thereby reducing its density, Brian Dixon, of Air Products, of Bracknell, Berkshire, in Tim Blakemore's...

Education, not seat belts

I HEARTILY agree with your leader of January 29, raising the standard of the driving test is a better answer to accident...

FTA did not let down' Whites

I AM CONCERNED at the inaccurate inferences drawn from our hearing before the Traffic Commissioners (p.181 Jan 29). The...

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'One-stop shopping scores for IA

Multipart's Red Card service is proving ar ace with dealers. John Durant learns why WHAT is the major attraction of Multipart,...

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Ratepayers pay for election gimmick

THE LAW LORDS have made it abundantly clear that there is a world of difference between the use of bus-fare cuts as an election...

Why not sell BR to the staff?

IT HAS BEEN suggested that employees might buy the American Conrail railway — an option notably absent from those put up by the...

Truth behind Paris lorry controls

"EXTENSIVE lorry controls in the centre of Paris ... if interpreted by British courts would be devastating in London," say John...

This gesture takes the cake

WHEN 64-year-old Richard Wilson escaped from a German prison-of-war camp in Poland in 1940 he was befriended by people in...

A silly way to save pennies

THE DEPARTMENT of Transpo is carrying apparent cost-cuttin to absurd lengths in proposing to absolve local authorities frog the...

He became a father on a Polish road

GENEROUS HELP with transp( also enabled 60 tons of vital supplies valued at about £200,000 to be delivered by International...

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'The dealer network ow most important asset'

So says the managing director designate o . Mercedes-Benz (UK). Teutonic thoroughness goes into selecting and instructing...

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Homing in on exam success

10ME-STUDY packs are now ivailable as a CM/Road - ransport Correspondence ;ourses Special Offer to prepare or the Royal Society...

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Bedford dealers must play their cards right

There is no shortage of people after a slice of the franchise action, but wanting's one thing, getting's another. Mike...

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ntrol engine mperature (2)

THERMOSTAT controls the ine's temperature. It does so Ireventing coolant ulating through the radiator ;ri the engine is cool,...

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Go international and explore a vast market

THE CMSpecial Offer homestudy course for the Certificate of Professional Competence in Road Haulage (International) is now...

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wow in towel

LLCOME has extended its ;hroom hygiene services ;ration with the inclusion of a v Towelaire automatic hand I face drier....

ttter traces r charts

4RTWELL is now producing :der Root and Smiths type h og raph charts on a new de of paper which is claimed live a vastly...

Guide to garage equipment

A HANDY guide to garage and transport equipment has been published by Colindale Equipment Company. It lists the extensive range...

Stainless steel exhaust systems

EXHAUST systems have a habit of failing at just the wrong moment, leaving the vehicle stranded or rendering it illegal. This in...

Cleaner garage floors

CLEANING the workshop or garage floor is a task usually assigned to some hapless apprentice who seldom makes a good job of it....

Keep your valuables safe

KEEPING valuables safe in a lorry cab has always been a problem. Hide a camera or some other precious item behind ,a seat, and,...