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17th October 1981
17th October 1981
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Slim Training Board that's RHA view

IE newly appointed director-general of the Road Haulage Associan, Freddie Plaskett, has told the Secretary of State for...

Jelson's eye on tachos

:OTTISH island operators are ing advised not to install :hographs pending a meeting Stornoway next week. rhe Highlands and...

TGWU ignoring crisis claim

A SENIOR Road Haulage Association officer last week accused th , Transport and General Workers Union of "blatantly ignoring th...

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Armitage contract

AN ARMITAGE protectio contract where trailers are on long-term lease has been at flounced in Cologne by Tor Rieger, managing...

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Penalty reduced

I APPEAL at the Transport Tribunal in London was partly upheld, rmitting the previous fleet cut-back of six vehicles for three...

Training boost

E MANPOWER Services Corn;ion has received an addinal £20 million from the Goviment for its apprentice 'port measures. This is...

Top lobs vacant

DESPITE UNEMPLOYMENT there is still a shortage of qualified people for senior management posts. This is reported by...

Appeal dismissed

THE TRANSPORT tribunal i London turned down an appe for the second time last week. I this case William North Curti an operator...

Belfast roac

A £1.2m CONTRACT has beer signed for a new road network tc distribute motorway traffic it Belfast. The dual-carriageway three...

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Where firms lose out

"HERE is insufficient education in the transport industry, delegates o the Institute of Transport Administration's Southampton...

Finance for company

A LONDON financier was leged to "have taken" a num of West Midlands haulii leading to their financial ( lapse, when Impexstone...

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Lorry waste

ISISTENT re-examination of y operations by local and ional inquiries wastes both ,ources and confidence, ight Transport...

Overload laws 'unfair' RH)

ROAD HAULAGE Association secretary Eric Russell made a star last week against the "unfair" laws regarding the overloading...

Fleetcare for NW

NATIONAL CARRIERS' fir Fleetcare centre in North-we England, at its Chester branc was opened at the end of la month. In...

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'Vendetta' claim . . .

Al OPERATOR seeking to attack the integrity of vehicle examiners rust produce better evidence than his own unsupported word,...

40-hr week?

10USANDS of new jobs could created if a strict 40-hour eek for drivers of goods 'hides could be enforced, say ocialist members...

Case adjourned again

A COURT case involving a transport operator from Welling, Ker was reluctantly adjourned by Bexley magistrates last week after...

Danger cargoes

SEALINK'S latest ferry, the David, has facilities for shippi dangerous goods requiring c deck stowage; the vessel ru between...

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3-Series: UK launc

1UR MODELS from the com-i ahensive Mercedes-Benz Gries (Gelandewagen) of "go-, hywhere" four-wheel-drive hides are now on sale...

Pick-up an Escort

T manufacturer Dutton Cars d, of East Worthing, West Suslc, is producing a body/chassis ck-up kit for less than ELMO cluding...

Robomatic engine control

SEWART Automotive Equi ment, of Windsor, Berkshire h announced a Robomatic engii control designed to incorpora existing engine...

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Fine Fare, fine vehicle!

FINE FARE plans to replace up 60 per cent of its 200-strong fit with ERF tractive units. Over the past 18 months t company has...

Anti-gas monitor

W. BATTERY Charging fstems Ltd, of Bristol, is marting a compact solid-state ntroller designed to protect e sealed...

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UK can't afford fare cuts, says Minister

1NIOR TRANSPORT Minister Kenneth Clarke has criticised what calls the squandering of increasingly large sums of ratepayers'...

Goldliner Roadshow

THE FIRST Duple Goldliner high-line 12-metre coach to be completed (in time for the coachbuilder's Wembley show) is one of the...

Coachways 'buoyant'

BRITISH COACHWAYS is ali and well. That is the messal from Shearings of Altringhai where much of the Coachwa marketing is now...

Two for the price of one

NATIONAL EXPRESS has a nounced a new fares promoth through a major press advert ing campaign. Passengers filling in coupo from...

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Brighter styling for new Plaxton range

ROM Plaxtons Coach and Bus ;ody Building Division comes a Bvised range of coach bodies 3ir the 1981/2 season. Known as le...

Rally planning

PLANNING has begun of every aspect of an international coach rally in Yugoslavia in 1982 which is expected to become one of the...

Many mon trolleys?

THE EEC Commission has set a committee to investigate possibility of a large-sci switch from diesel-engin buses to electrically...

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Plan for operators

o aid manufacturers TISH operators should be prepared to provide financial support Ireserve home-based manufacturers' capacity...

People

RTRANSPORT LTD has apnted Graham Roberts as naging director and Alan :kle as operations director as -n November 1. This results...

NBC debt probe

AN INDEPENDENT study is to t carried out into the future of ti National Bus Company's capit debt, and a report is expectl...

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Weightsaver van

NINDFOIL has introduced a new ian body constructed from com3os te materials for light weight. The body uses grp composite or...

MelbournE congress

THE AUSTRALIAN city of I bourne has been chosen as venue for the 1982 FISITA gress of automotive enginee The 19th congress...

IRTE forges ahead

'HE GOOD influence of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers lathered marked momentum this year, its president, Sir Peter...

Perkins agent

PERKINS ENGINES has appointed Power Western of Bristol distributor for Avon, Somerset and South-west Gloucestersh The...

Lister diesels for tankers

R. A. LISTER and Co Ltd, of Dursley, Gloucestershire, is supplyi around 80 air-cooled diesel engines each year to Whale Tankers...

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Questions in transport

we progress in transport ough the Eighties, many itroversial questions are ly to be answered, some by slation, others through...

Armitage. where its experts win out

iile it's no to 44 tonnes, Minister suggests the Report's evidence vithstanding critical scrutiny. CM's News Editor reports' E...

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Ilan Millar listens to a message of hope from CBI

economics chief kirmot Glynn. We can reverse the unemployment trend, he said :RITISH labour costs are still too igh and are...

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roo many depots spoil distribution broth

ill the large multiples dictate future pattern? David Wilcox reports ETER THOMPSON, deputy lairman and chief executive of e...

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TY Fry up enlivens conference debate )NSERVATIVE MP Peter Fry

livened the proceedings with harsh message, writes Alan liar. Unless the industry prents a united front when lobby] for the...

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anufacturers who neglect this feature in the future won't st

long, reports Steve Gray NO SPEAKERS covered the wnewhat touchy subject of ter-sales service. David Mansell, direotor of...

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Cabs and RTITB both

need added strength ix Kitson asks: What about the human element? Dave Wilcox ports the lively final session E STING was...

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FMC

CM REPORT 81 Mr Kitson replied that the Gov ernment's tactics of setting a pa norm is antagonistic and doe not help matters —...

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Go international and explore a vast market

4E CMSpecial Offer homeudy course for the artificate of Professional 31 - 11 petence in Road aulage (International) is nv...

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Vhy we need seat eft legislation

4.1 GIVING VENT to his highlinded principles about the idividual's right to choose fhether or not to wear seat elts, Mr...

Buy this superb British product

WITH REFERENCE to the letter from Mr E. P. Foden (CM September 12), I am glad Mr Foden is an optimistic fellow because the...

Analytical fuel monitor saves waste

I READ with interest the item (CM September 19) headed "Wastage stopped". It described how Yelloway Motor Services of Rochdale...

CMLDLoY: a great drivers' contest

AS A REGULAR participant in the CM Lorry Driver of the Yea competition, may I as a driver thank the committee concerne and all...

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nericans are on le right road

E AMERICANS have a word to ;cribe the lack of awareness ;peed after long periods of t driving: velocitation. It is a...

Road ending for fisherman's story

DON'T FISH for trochus shell off the coast of West Australia unless you are prepared for a long swim home. The seven man crew...

Are you sitting comfortably?

WHERE there's muck there's mirth in Paris. Ordures Usines, industrial waste removal contractor, disguises the sordid purpose of...

Mind-boggling accidents

A PEDESTRIAN in Hong Kong complained in a letter to the South China Morning Post that bus had hit him on top of the head three...

Park and ride service. .

GRAHAM SMITH, manager of the goods vehicle rental office Sutton and Sons' Manchester depot, tells the story of a stowaway in a...

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)re storage per rack

:STYLED Clearspan shelving am from Dexion rporates a number of tanding new features. earspan 2 is a high-density ilever system,...

lading in Infined areas

ILL Materials Handling has night out a Sideloader :sion of its range of electric diesel forklift trucks, with the capacity to...

Heavy-duty trolleys

TWO products manufactured by Alwayse are claimed to be ideally suited for transporting gas cylinders. Alwayse now offers...

European style tail lift

RATCLIFF'S first European-style tail lift, the REC 1500 cantilever lift, is now available in the UK. The company says it is...

Bright orange pallet puller

A PALLET puller from Brownlin is claimed to be "a simple, rugged device to help move pallets quickly and easily, whether from...

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Ford delivers the good

The 13-ton cargo in turbo form is best suited to long runs. While the design emphasis is on styling and easy servicing Bill...

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Your guide to costing and rates in 1981/82

M 1981/82 Tables of,Operating Costs cover all classes of Dods and passenger vehicles including saloons in four igine capacity...

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npire building

ONG transport operators mselves, it is rare to find the ision that the various modes ransport are merely parts of !greater...

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re Employment Act 1980 vi k, L Alternative employment, 1 by Douglas Ainley

kNY DISMISSAL, employers a satisfy the test of reasonness and for redundancy lissals, paragraphs 44-46 of 1972 Industrie...