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26th May 1984
26th May 1984
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Editorial

i Campaigning s starting to pay DURING the past five years there have been four matters on which CM has campaigned. The...

Next Week

THE TOPICS in this year's IRTE conference programme could hardly have been more wide ranging. From computers to driver...

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Tolls or roads Ridley tells RHA

ABOLITION of tolls would cut the amount of money available for the roads programme, Transport secretary Nicholas Ridley told...

Abandoned recovery risk

RECOVERY vehicle operators who rescue abandoned vehicles from the roadside will not after all be breaking the terms of their...

Hazards—'fresh look' call

A FRESH LOOK should be taken at the loading and unloading terminals as well as intermediate stopping places used by lorries...

All lorries pay their way

THE NEW RATES of vehicle excise duty for lorries have been approved by MPs after Treasury Economic Secretary Ian Stewart...

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NFC buys into American market

THE NATIONAL Freight Consortium's long promised break into the North American market has taken place. It has bought a £30m...

Customs rules ease

SIMPLIFIED Customs clearance procedures to be introduced on July 'I will be welcomed by both international hauliers and their...

Council space

DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL is selling advertising space on its 300 commercial vehicles and pool cars, and expects to bring in £75,000...

Post Office European plans

THE POST OFFICE is planning European freight services. It has been building up its network over the past two years, and now...

Ferry links

THE CHANCES of the National Freight Consortium becoming a ferry operator have been increased by a Government move to rule out...

11 trailer order

TRAILER SALES and rental company Gylemuir Trailers of Newbridge, Edinburgh, has ordered 11 step frame tri-axle tipping...

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GLC lorries first

POST OFFICE and Greater London Council lorries could be among the first to be fitted with London-only "hush kits" to meet the...

Mobil pays up

AVERAGE EARNINGS of Mobil's tanker drivers now exceed £13,000 a year, following a deal between the company and its Transport...

Hopes up down under

Leyland withdrew quietly from the Australian market last year, having latterly assembled more BMC Bathgate-derived models than...

Disappearing meat hauliers

THE number of Irish hauliers transporting refrigerated meat has dropped by an alarming 43 per cent within the past five years,...

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Sackings upheld

CLAIMS by eight lorry drivers that Smith of Maddiston, a British Electric Traction subsidiary, had acted unfairly in declaring...

Dublin gets a truck park

IRELAND'S ONLY truck park has been opened by the international freight forwarding company Walsh Western in Dublin's dockland,...

'Midway' solution

A MOM SCHEME to relieve motorway congestion in the West Midlands has been announced by the Department of Transport. A northern...

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RHA elections could

signal contest ahead NO OBVIOUS succession emerged from last week's Road Haulage Association elections, which confirmed...

Manpower Moves

BRENDAN BARRETT has been elected president of the Irish Road Haulage Association. Mr Barrett entered the haulage industry in...

Tankfreight appointment

SALES AND MARKETING strategy at Tankfreight has become the responsibility of David Armstrong Richardson, who has been appointed...

West Country post goes

ANDY ROBERTSON, the Road Haulage Association's Western District assistant manager responsible for Devon and Cornwall, has been...

Neal to Chard

CHARD and Axminster Transport Services has appointed Geoffrey Neal as sales manager. Mr Neal joins the Chard, Somerset, road...

New managers

CITY OF OXFORD Motor Services has a new general manager — Arthur Townsend. From June 1 he succeeds David Graham, who is being...

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Coronary figures affect licences

HEART ATTACK statistics may be used by magistrates to help decide heavy goods vehicle licences following coronary attacks, a...

Two more seminars

FOLLOWING the success of the first three Freight Transport Association/Institute of Road Transport Engineers transport...

Load safety code soon

The Department of Transport is expected to publish its revised code of practice on safety of loads in vehicles in the near...

Police appeal

POLICE are looking for a Lockerbie Transport Ford D-Series box van stolen a month ago, and loaded with colour televisions and...

Duty fraud

RETIRED haulage contractor Andrew Geddes of Aberdeen, was fined a total of £990 by Sheriff Muir Russell at Stonehaven on May...

MoD contracts go private

PRIVATE hauliers and garages could benefit next year from the proposals contained in a Defence White Paper released last week....

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Dodge launched

Municipalities Powered by a Perkins in-line 4.236 diesel rated at 58kW (78bhp) at 2,800rpm and 244Nm (1,80Ib ft) of torque at...

Scammell uses Pyrene

PYRENE's low temperature Pyroclean 599 liquid alkaline cleaner and Bonderite 1147 cleaner/coater phosphate treatments have been...

Bolt-on odometer

FITTING a hub odometer is about the only method of recording the running mileage of a trailer. Veeder-Root's series 7777 unit,...

Technical News

Tail-lift fixed to chassis A CHASSIS-MOUNTED tail-lift, shown last week at the Institute of Road Transport Engineers annual...

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Coach and Bus News

LT: targets met DESPITE a year of 'significant' achievements in which all of its major service targets were met, London...

Saunter round the sites

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE County Council has launched a bus service covering tourist attractions and points of interest in the...

One step for French psv

A PATCHY IMAGE of the latest developments in international road and rail passenger transport technology was presented in Paris...

Camping out

TWO COACH/CAMPING tour operators have collapsed in the past five weeks. Surrey-based Megermead Holidays and Hertfordshirebased...

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Low Fell on a high NBCcaeuntdoonrses

TYNE AND WEAR Passenger Transport Executive, Northern General Transport, United Auto and OK Motor Services have lost their...

Coach and Bus News

National Bus Company management has welcomed the views contained in the latest House of Commons transport committee's public...

Passport compromise sought

FRANCE has ended the practice of no-passport 60-hour permit excursions from July 6 for immigration control reasons. The ban...

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Engineering News

New engines soon from Gardner AT LAST week's Institute of Road Transport Engineers' exhibition the major exhibit from L....

IRTE changes

IN HIS keynote address to the Institute of Road Transport Engineers conference last week, Lord Stokes of Leyland, the IRTE...

Well-travelled Kiwi

GEOFF WALSH of Auckland, New Zealand must have travelled farther than any other delegate to reach last week's Institute of Road...

Ali wheel from Volvo

VOLVO HAS a new cast aluminium alloy wheel which is being manufactured to Volvo's specification by a Scandinavian supplier....

Step-frame TL

THE STEP frame conversion on the Boalloy-bodied, 16-ton gvw Bedford TL at the IRTE exhibition was carried out by Chassis...

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The coal unloader that got away

THE TRANSPORT of a boom section of a coal unloader 80ft long, 34ft high and 25ft wide and weighing 76 tons might be thought to...

Sums by day, moonlight at night

WHO SAYS that wealth has not been redistributed under the Tories? A schoolmaster who qualified as a heavy goods vehicle driver...

Tax dodging is easy money

LYNDA CHALKER, Minister for Transport, announced on the same day that almost a quarter of vehicle tax evasions reported by the...

Sounds of tinkling glass

SWITZERLAND'S proposal to follow Italy and France in charging for the use of motorways by levying a £10 toll next January has...

Mystery of "tacho" seminar intrigue

I WAS INTRIGUED by an FTA Press notice headed, "Uses and Abuses of the Tachograph Seminars." How, I asked myself, could...

London bus routes inspire the muse

LONDON TRANSPORT has influenced several composers. Two bus routes, both serving Chelsea's World's End, have inspired musical...

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Emi r Z ff Err

Sale of TIR carnets THE STATE of traffic in international haulage is not as gloomy as your comments on the RHA annual accounts...

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Welding safety screen WATH RUBBER and Plastics, has produced a new transparent fireretardant pvc strip for use in mobile or...

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IN GRAND PRIX racing circles the Toleman Formula One team

is generally reckoned to have a 'fairly strong driver line-up in Ayrton Senna, Johnny Cecotto, Derek Rogers and Dave Hughes....

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Safety trailer proposal: multi million cost

REPAIR COSTS to lorry trailers damaged during loading and discharging on short-sea rollon/roll-off routes could be greatly...

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MARSEILLES is 900 kilometres from London and only a couple

of British delegates were among those who took the opportunity to visit the Marseilles-Fos facilities. Nevertheless, for a...

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Lashing problems

FREIGHT has been put on road trailers in many cases with only symbolic lashings or no lashings at all, Jan Telle, principal...

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Garibaldi design IN THE early Seventies, when a heavy backlog

of rail freight wagons built up between Italy and Sardinia, an advanced railferry was planned. The stateowned Garibaldi, which...

Israeli bridge

THROUGHOUT THE centuries, the Middle East served as a focus of international trade. Daniel Morgenstern, from the Israeli...

Corsica lines

THIERRY DEDEYAN from the Chantiers Dubigeon Alsthom-Atlantique Group explained that the Corsica lines are a subsidised, public...

Latin ports

RO-RO ships are particularly suited for the Italian coastal trade, explained a paper by M. Monica, G. A. Pasquali and R....

Ro-ro shapes

RO-RO hull forms have been developed to take more vehicles and provide efficient cargo handling, but they do have drawbacks....

BPA best THE USE of the British Ports Association method

in rebuilding heavy-duty pavement areas in ro-ro ports has great advantages, said N. Nixon, of Nigel and Partners of Newcastle...

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n memory o Mark

It was awarded to Tom Curran of Roadline for an act of outstanding bravery, but other people who displayed great care or...

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MAN-111111 is climbing UK market chart

I VISITED an own-account operator a while ago where I learned that the last transport manager had been sacked and the firm had...

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This is the MAN-V1N range for Britain...

THE MT 6.90 is rated at 6.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight, the lightest of the MAN VW commercial vehicles available in the UK....

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The clear message is: We mean business...

MAN-VW is in business as a serious contender for major new lorry sales. That was the clear message from senior managers at...

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Highliner has appeal

THE MAN SR280 Highliner coach was one of the first new-generation integral luxury coaches to contest „the British coach market...

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MAN with a Rye smile

JOHN JEMPSON & Son operates one of the largest MAN fleets in the UK and yet has not bought a new MAN since 1980. This...

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Private operators who believe in service

PROSPECTS for independent stage carriage operation in Greater London have probably not been better since the Twenties. The...

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Van der Graaf

IN JANUARY this year Bedford announced that "mass production" of the Electric CF 1-tonne payload van powered by a 40kW (54bhp)...

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'Read Test No 22, 1984

Around the latter route, the Electric CF proved surprisingly quick, covering 41 miles at an average speed of 48.28 km/h...

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Exhibitors respond to legal challenges

IF THE WEATHER was disappointingly dreary for an outdoor display, the display itself certainly was not. Indeed, if there was...

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Tables of Operating Costs 1984-85

How do YOUR costs compare? CM's ANNUAL Tables of Operating Costs is probably the most widely read publication of its type in...