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17th May 1980
17th May 1980
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:ut trade unions ower, says RHA

N SILBERMANN, formerly National Chairman of the I Haulage Association, addressing the RHA's Annual or at the Grosvenor House...

stomers will pay r reliable service

:NT survey by Freight tion Services shows that customers are prepared or reliable service rather op around. Because of pacity...

Northern Ireland tacho centres

THE Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland has issued the following list of approved tachograph stations. J. E....

Minister upholds coach appeal

SCOTTISH HOLIDAYMAKERS heading for Morecambe and Blackpool this summer will have a wider choice of travel services thanks to...

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Scots travel concessil

HANDICAPPED people in land are well on the w getting the same travel c( sions available in Englan Wales the House of Lor...

Another bore

The southbound bore of the Dartford Tunnel is due to be opened at 1300 hours today (Friday). With more than 1,000 vehicles an...

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1 /2m in grants

aid roil sidings AN FOWLER, Minister of rt, has agreed £496,000 grants 'reight facilities under Section 8 ailways Act 1974....

rasion urvey

OH the Transport Depart/1 , M not carry out a survey d out how many goods as are being used without mt of vehicle excise duty...

Yugoslavian permits

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport today announced a new special quota of tax-free permits for Yugoslavia. This additional quota,...

WESTM NSTEI HAUL

WHATEVER private thoughts the Government may have had about the House of Lords when they threw out proposals to allow charges...

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liree men in book is legal

:LAIM that a haulage opera, Browns of Wem, Shropre, broke the law, when they ued a driver with a record 3k which had been used...

iffers for sites it Dartford FC for load, rail, ro ro

1E DEVELOPERS of the new Dartford Freight Centre, the Blue rcle Group, are inviting enquiries from prospective tenants of the...

Road deaths down

ROAD DEATHS in Great Britain last year were the lowest since 1958. The Department of Transport estimated that 6,300 people were...

24 Hours by Roadline

ROADLINE's 24 hour Express services now covers the whole of Great Britain. • The company carrier claims its next-day...

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Home study training pack for CPC exams

TRANSPORT Driver Training (Esher) Ltd has produced a self study pack for the C.P.C. National Operations. The packs will be...

Operator goes for a wipe-clean body

Richardson's the Yorkshire based hauliers who specialise in the transport of foodstuffs are putting York Envoy grp vans in to...

New bank scheme

A NEW scheme from Williams & Glyn's Bank — the Business Borrowing Plan — offers loans for the purchase of plant and machinery...

Scottish drivers get meals tax relief they are first

A DEAL between the Transport and General Workers Union and the Inland Revenue should give 15,000 Scottish drivers a tax...

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;BG surveys to )eat cost spiral

SURVEY designed to improve bus services is being underken in Perth and surrounding district by W. Alexander & )ns (Midland)...

Subsidy request

Secretary of State for Scotland, Mr George Younger, has turned down a plea that the Government help to subsidise Eastern...

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Con Lib Lords back the Bill

LOCAL EDUCATION authorities will be allowed to carry fare-paying adults on school buses where they have spare capacity, and it...

ACAS award for GMT

PLATFORM STAFF employe by Greater Manchester Tran: port have received an ACAS pa award. One-man-operators haxi been awarded £5...

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lew turbo kit For Land-Rovers

NEW turbocharger kit suitable ir both the short wheel base nd long wheel base Land-Rover 'hen fitted with a 2.25 litre etrol...

RHA win THE RHA TECHNICAL Committee has obtained £8,500 in

credits or refunds for members following investigations into nine complaints against manufacturers. The complaints have all...

SMMT debate EEC

WHILE BUTTER Mountains, wine lakes, Green Ponds and sheep seem to create perennial dispute between the Nine of Europe, the...

TECHNICAL

MEMBERS of the Glass and Glazing Federation have joined together to provide a nationwide windscreen replacement service to...

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Containers down but curtains up at York

THE YORK Mark III Curtainsider launched in January this year is now available as a body which can be fitted to existing used...

Cummins at Eire Show

Two Cummins cutaway engines will be on display at the Dublin Show. Blackwood Hodge (Ireland) Ltd, the Cummins distributor will...

RB44 for Military

A REYNOLDS Boughton RB4 vehicle, fitted with test weight has completed the 5,000 mi cyclic reliability trial at the Mi tary...

A powerful wash

WARWICK Pump and Engineering have increased their range of Power Washers by the introduction of the new "Compact" series of...

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Costs are up by 20-25 percent

SURVEY carried out by ;outhport based Freight Inormation Services shows that raffic has reduced by 15 per ent in the last...

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The

:onstructors arc .oming THE SECOND VEHICLE in Leyland's 745 range has made an early appearance on the toughest of all...

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Signs of the times

WHEREAS in Britain the signwriter's art on bodywork tends to be replaced by transfers, pop art flourishes on lorries in parts...

You may die twice

I didn't believe in death after death until I heard about the use of human corpses — cadavers to the squeamish — in road...

Cold shoulder

IF a vehicle breaks down on a motorway it is natural for the driver to try to coast as far as possible before pulling on to the...

Brit's say "Belt up"

THE WORLD'S longest conveyor is doing a job for which either lorries or trains would normally be used. It carries coal for 12...

Who carries the can?

BEFORE undertaking a job volving the use of a vehii mounted loading device, m sure that the stage at which goods may be said to...

Snakes alive!

A FORMER prize fighter, Hi Bennett, was employed Henry Ford at the Dearb plant about 40 years ago to ( with the unions and...