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28th January 1984
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Improving relations

SINCE his appointment as director-general of the Road Haulage Association, Freddie Plaskett has done a great deal to...

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'4 Traffic Areas allow 40-tonnes'

GOVERNMENT MINISTERS are to be asked for an explanation of why some Traffic Areas are giving tacit approval for the operation...

More insurance

COMMERCIAL vehicle operators will be legally obliged to increase their third party insurance cover under a new EEC directive...

French hijacks aired in Strasbourg

FRENCH ATTACKS on lorry drivers and their loads were soundly condemned at the January session of the European Parliament in...

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Gloom at Bathgate

THE AXE of closure looks set to fall on Leyland Trucks' Bathgate plant, with an announcement expected as early as next month....

Wages review

SECRET PLANS are being circulated in the Road Haulage Association to determine how future years' wage negotiations will be...

Belgian Daf restructure

BELGIAN finance has been pumped into Daf Trucks' cab and axlebuilding subsidiary to back up the company's plans to revamp its...

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Smiths and Harris join

ANOTHER merger of Transport Development Group companies has married the interests of Smiths of Eccles with Harris Road...

Night-time ban starts

THE NIGHT-TIME heavy lorry ban on one of North London's major lorry routes got underway on Wednesday this week. The ban...

Scots' pasta

A GROWING contract to store and distribute pasta products has been secured by Scottish Road Services. In a contract expected...

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NFC man joins Tribunal

GEORGE PAPWORTH has retired from the Transport Tribunal and his place has been taken by ex-National Freight Consortium man...

Freeman rises

JAMES FREEMAN, previously field operations manager for National Holidays at Brighton, has been made manager of Shamrock and...

Albert Ingram

WE RECORD with regret the deaths of Albert Ingram and Marie Alice Price. Mr Ingram, who was 57, began his working life as a...

SEDDON ATKINSON has re-organised its marketing team to strengthen activities in the sales, service, distributor and parts sectors.

John Boardman becomes field sales manager, heading a team of four area sales managers. He was previously northern area sales...

Whittle's board

REMOVAL companies Whittle International Movers and Brewer and Turnbull have promoted Michael Evans and David Wiggin to the...

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Job-loss ruling affects new centres

IN A CASE that foreshadows problems the new operating centre controls would create, a Manchester industrial tribunal has ruled...

Vienna pressure

THE EEC Commission is negotiating with the Austrian Govern ment to see whether anything can be done to ease the burden of new...

FTA courses

THE FREIGHT Transport Association is holding two seminars on conditions of carriage and transport for the non-transport...

Plaskett's rate plea

ROAD HAULAGE Association director-general Freddie Plaskett has haulage rates to consider Writing for the fortnightly magazine...

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Ro-ro meeting in France

THREE PAPERS at Ro-Ro '84 the ferry conference and exhibi tion in Nice, on May 9-11 will deal with the problem of properly...

More roads cry

TRAFFIC SPEEDS in West London have fallen and industrial competitiveness is being threatened by traffic congestion. Unless an...

Rentco depot

SEMI-TRAILER, rental and contract hire company Rentco Nationwide has moved into East Anglia, with a new office in Roundtree...

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Baxter Hoare

THE LONDON Import Deep Sea department of freight forwarder Baxter Hoare has moved to new offices in Erith, Kent. The warehouse...

Southampton freeport

FOUR MAJOR companies have made a joint application to the Government to establish a freeport at Southampton which will provide...

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Restrain your load

A NEW SYSTEM of load restraints from Speed Developments of Garforth near Leeds, West Yorkshire provides adjustable bases for...

Ford dealers seek business

FORD TRANSIT and car-derived van owners could all benefit from a lifetime repairs guarantee scheme if regional tests launched...

Ziebartis rust plan

THE AMERICAN Ziebart International Corporation is to introduce a new long term rust-proofing guarantee as a further step in the...

Makes light of parking

A SYSTEM of overhead guide lights that is designed to reduce the risk of damage when parking or manoeuvring vehicles in...

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Tunnel visions

PLANS TO CONVERT London's Marylebone railway station into a coach station are feasible according to a report published by the...

Local boost for McGill

LOCAL residents and councillors are fighting Strathclyde Region's action to stop an independent bus service authorised last...

Mets spell out fears

THE METROPOLITAN counties and a major public transport pressure group have added their weight to protests against Government...

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BUS AND COACH COUNCIL opposition failed to stop the Yorkshire

Traffic Commissioners granting a new psv operator's licence to Drapeweb, trading as Terry Shaw Coachways of Barnsley, last...

TRANSPORT SECRETARY Nicholas Ridley has allowed an appeal by a

small independent operator against the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioners' indefinite suspension of his psv operator's...

Hestair Duple hangs in

HESTAIR DUPLE is concentrating on improving its existing range as part of a policy to maintain its hold on the British coach...

Coach prices slashed

COMPETITION in the new coach market is creating a major price war with dealers offering special "package" coaches at...

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hien directs

IVECO has nosed ahead in the race to develop the first small, high-speed, direct injection diesel engine with its 8140.21 which...

ZF/IH deal

ZF and International Harvester have signed a letter of intent to form two jointly owned transmission companies, one in the UK...

BT charges back to BL

FREIGHT ROVER will be suppying British Telecom with a further 2,200 Sherpa chassis cabs during 1984, following the order for...

Wheels roll in

AN ALCOA forged-aluminium wheel suitable for 15R 22.5 wide single tyres is due to become available in Europe soon. Stocks of...

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Meet Transport 2000's new chief

ampaigning on an aglet THE MODEST headquarters of Transport 2000, the lobbying group that played a key role in diluting the...

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Year-long trucking and Hyundai

THE LETTERS from Martin Shelley and G. M. Humphrey (CM December 31, 1983) were of obvious interest to me. I was unable to...

Bus mandarin hits back

YOUR ARTICLE entitled "What's there to miss?" published in CM, December 10, 1983 has many points with which the bus industry...

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Iveco springs surprise with its turbo diesel

THE SNOW came late to Geneva this winter and I was surprised to find that it caught the Swiss unprepared. Morning rush-hour...

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Tighter rein on coach drivers

URGED BY Sir Henry Plumb, Conservative leader in the European Parliament, the European Commission has asked all the 10 EEC...

£10,000 offered for a better method

INDIVIDUALS or teams of up to four people engaged in commercial vehicle production are among those who have a chance to win...

Lorry cabs as university subject

AS THE WORKPLACE of someone doing an exacting job, the driver's cab deserves close study in design and construction, but it is...

Ford helps disabled to learn to drive

A VAN will be the key to the operation of a £100,000 programme by Ford to help disabled people who wish to drive. It will do...

Mind your . .. bad luck, too late

ONE OF THREE new London underground train designs under review recalls the lowheight double-deck bus which, despite "mind your...

Short haul at over 193mph needed

STEVE MURTY, of Hebden Bridge, Yorks, is bringing a new dimension to short-distance haulage. He aims to be the fastest man in a...

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Beefy, and bouncy

The uncomplicated Bedford TL1630 should appeal to fleet engineers seeking good durability and reliability, says Tim Blakemore,...

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Reliant should have its tail between its legs, says Bill

Brock after testing its light van. The price is right but that'll probably not be enough to inspire many tally-hos BEST KNOWN...

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Mo_ i rcTh„,,, 0,wi r ap by Preceptor

THE STEERING BOX on a motor vehicle provides a gear reduction so that the driver can turn the road wheels with a minimum of...

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COMPUTERS IN TRANSPORT

The first in our new series deals with a management system that some might regard as over expensive, but it's proving a boon...