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21st April 1984
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Extend the day

SUPPORT is growing in Europe for the extension of the driving day from eight to nine hours. There seems to be very little...

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Nine-hour day gains itself friends

PRELIMINARY discussions in Brussels over the EEC Commission's proposals for more flexible rules on hours and the tachograph...

Motecs safe

THE ROAD Transport Industry Training Board's Motec training centres have been granted a stay of execution, provided they work...

Extra German permits

HAULIERS who have made maximum use of their existing West German permit allocation are being given special consideration with...

Roadline simmering

INTENSIFIED industrial action could be on the cards at Roadline UK from next month, if the current wages dispute with the...

Lex share out

LEX SERVICE Group, which includes Bees Transport, Carpet Express and Lex Wilkinson, is to pay its employees in Britain 000,000...

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Mining row ahead

THE HAULAGE industry could be plunged into the heart of the miners' dispute this weekend, if two Gloucestershire hauliers' bid...

MEP angry

BRITISH Conservative MEP Christopher Prout has condemned delays in getting compensation for British transport operators whose...

Daf/Spain yes' Japs 'no

DAF TRUCKS has now officially announced its joint development of a new cab with Spanish manufacturer Enasa. As reported in...

TGWU card in a storm

THE NEW HIRE or reward hgv drivers' card was at the centre of a stormy meeting of Transport and General Workers' Union regional...

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011is takes over Guest

THE OLLIS GROUP is to take over Guest Road Services later this month as part of its expansion policy. Guest operations will...

Courier air

COURIER EXPRESS is offering a door-to-door delivery service to over 100 countries, with transit times between one to three days...

Home delivery for Thorn?

PARTS DELIVERIES direct to service engineers' homes are being considered by electrical giant Thorn EMI to improve efficiency...

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'Boom time coming': BRF

HEAVY GOODS vehicles in use in 1985 could reach similar proportions to the pre-recession figures of 1979, according to the...

Bacon's licence reduced

NO ACTION other than to terminate in 18 months' time the licence held by Peter Bacon Road Haulage, of King's Lynn, was taken by...

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Loft md at Fleetcare

FLEETCARE, the National Freight Consortium's automotive care and maintenance subsidiary, has a new managing director. He is...

Chadwick to Crusader

LONDON CRUSADER, the National Bus Company's coach broicing and marketing business in the capital, has strengthened its sales...

NBC reorganises National Express

TWO COMMERCIAL managers join the National Express division of the National Bus Company on May 1. This completes a...

Obituary: George Newman

GEORGE NEWMAN, the Road Haulage Association's directorgeneral until his retirement in 1981, has died aged 66. He was an Oxford...

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Next-day Lex

LEX WILKINSON has established a next-day delivery service to the Channel Islands, with collection throughout the United...

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Archbold Holdings takes Midgley

A PROMINENT West Yorkshire haulage business, J. B. Midgley, has been taken over by Archbold Holdings as part of Archbold's...

Trunk roads

A REVISED trunk road map is available from the Department of Transprt, showing the British network and planned extensions as at...

Kammac recalled

KAMMAC TRUCKING is being recalled to public inquiry on May 15 by North Western Licensing Authority Roy Hutchings. The grounds...

FTA seminars

THE FREIGHT Transport Association, in conjunction with the Local Government Training Board, has arranged a series of seminars...

New ferry

AN INTERNAL ferry service is planned between Kirkwall. Westray and Scalloway in Shetland, twice weekly to begin work in time...

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Leyland's S-cam

AN ADVANCED design of S-cam brake from Leyland Trucks will have its first showing at the Institute of Road Transport Engineers...

Wheelbases too

TWO NEW WHEELBASES — 3,580mm (141in) and 6,606mm (238.61n) have been added to Leyland's 16-ton gvw Freighter range, and a new...

Craven Tasker M. East order

CRAVEN TASKER has won an order from a major Middle East defence force to supply 43 high mobility, semi-trailers in mixed...

Fault finder

IMMEDIATE INDICATION of a fault in a refrigerated or temperature controlled vehicle is provided for the driver by a new digital...

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Half million for lveco

IVECO'S SOFIM plant in Foggia. Italy, has produced its 500,000th 2.5-litre 5 1.5kW (6 9bhp) naturally aspirated diesel engine,...

Three-way reefer

SPECIALIST vehicle bodybuilder Locomotors of Andover has built a three-way entry refrigerated body based on a Ford 0811 Cargo...

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Another NBC shake-up

NATIONAL TRAVEL coach operating subsidiaries of the National Bus Company are to be reorganised into specialised coach units...

Pop coach

TRATHENS COACHES of Plymouth has taken delivery of what it believes is the ultimate pop group touring coach. Its Sta rider...

More to Wick

DUNNETT'S Motors of Keiss was granted an extension to its existing stage services from Caithness to Inverness at a hearing in...

NBC gets its Metroliners

The first vehicle is one of 15 being built to Rapide specification and is fitted with 73 reclining seats, toilet, servery and...

Leyland gets 54pc at SBG

LEYLAND BUS remains the principal supplier to the Scottish Bus Group, taking 54 per cent of its 1984/85 order for new vehicles....

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COACH OPERATORS are being warned that failure to comply with

the new voluntary code of conduct on coach speeds drawn up by the Bus and Coach Council in collaboration with Transport...

DESIGNS, plans, chassis parts, jigs and a partly completed chassis

from the defunct Ward Motors plant at Shepley near Huddersfield have now been collected by the Greater London Enterprise Board...

Driver award

WELCOME BREAK, the motorway catering company formerly known as Motoross, has launched a Welcome Break top coach driver award....

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LAST WEEK'S meeting of the Road Transport Industry Training Board

(see p3) and its attendant deliberations on the future of the Livingston and High Ercall Motecs has assured one of the...

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Under not over, Mr Lazarus

I NOTICED in Commercial Motor's Coach & Bus News of March 24 that the DTp Permanent Secretary, Mr Lazarus, told the House of...

Safe driving begins with you

IF WE are to have a safety year, let's hope it has a firmer basis than the initial outpourings suggest. All road accidents...

Consignors' responsibility

I ALSO share the sentiments of your correspondents Mr Mike Taylor (CM March 24) and Mr B. P. Palmer of Palmer Freight (CM April...

No tax dodge this

I WAS pleased to see my six-axle combination featured in Commercial Motor, March 2, but somewhat upset to be branded as a tax...

Axle ratios are vital

YOUR EXCELLENT Engineer's Notebook of March 24 dealing with fuel economy mentions our work on axles, ratios and fuel efficiency...

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Setra rocks Brighton at biggest-ever rally

Coach of the year was a surprise decision at this year's major get-together. Noel Millier reports on the weekend's events...

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Single-deck Darlington shows them the way

Short routes and journeys plus the desire for robust simplicity led the municipal undertaking in this town to forgo a second...

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route (CM October 31, 1981), and on the same 338km

(210 miles) circuit the G12 with its 7.35 tonne payload produced a similarly workmanlike performance. Powered by the same...

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Hauliers here are on the move backwards!

Low rates, low trade, low hopes. This sums up the feeling of hauliers in the beleaguered North East of England. The only...

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'Phone tap leads to fish-tea fiasco

THERE have been complaints of telephone tapping by the police in Much Griping. Fred Grass, the local coach operator, said that...

A cold tip for the RHA dinner

"COLD TABLE" took on a new meaning at a banquet held in a railway tunnel under construction at Heathrow Airport. A crane...

Passengers last in the bus queue?

NICHOLAS RIDLEY, Transport Secretary, believes that bus operators regard transport as an activity for their sole benefit. The...

"I'll see you in the siding, dear"

AS PART of its campaign to keep out lorries, the Greater London Council is giving British Rail £115,000 to help to develop and...

Did they know the strike was over?

LONDON TRANSPORT'S representatives, clearly cobblers' children, were the last guests to arrive at the opening of Wincanton...

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Be on the safe side

In this the second instalment of our coverage of the IFSSEC exhibition on fire, security and safety, Tim Cobb reports on how...

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Sweet music for these Durham coal porters

Young's the name and so are the vehicles at this very successful operation. Tippers are replaced after three years, which has...

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Hardened arteries threaten road sclerosis

We reproduce here the British Road Federation's study of the state of road planning in the Tyne and Wear area TYNE AND WEAR...

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Business is picking up for this parcel carrier

After struggling to survive ANC (Tyne and Wear) now has over 150 customers and a E1/4m turnover. Jack Semple has been to see...

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7j0 by Janus onsultation Nas a charade

'WHAT about tax, then?" asked vlaggie's brother Cromwell. I tried evasion. "You mean the 11/ programme Brass Tacks?"I isked...