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29th September 1988
29th September 1988
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HOURS NOT TO REASON WHY...

• After all the agonising over the introduction of the latest drivers hours regulations, it is both unbelievable and...

• Thinking of branching out as a hire and reward

haulier in your own right? Before you can win that coveted 0-Licence you will need to pass the demanding Certificate of...

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Scots lodge big claim

• The Road Haulage Association has received its first regional drivers pay claim, from the Transport and General Workers Union...

aulier fights courl

• Lancashire haulier Mayfield Chicks is to appeal against a fine imposed after it followed Government advice on the drivers'...

Lantern Recovery

• In an article on Chris Morris Recovery in Commercial Motor 18-24 August we used some photos of crashed vehicles which had...

Politics mar UICR Olympics

• There was no dope testing at the 15th UICR (Union International des Chauffeurs Routiers) world professional drivers...

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lours ruling

rolling one. Morley says the 11../fp's interpretation allows a driver to stay too long at the wheel. "We can't see that it can...

Sore PTEs join in tender talks

• Angry passenger transport executive bosses, disillusioned by the Bus and Coach Council, are discussing the possibility of an...

Police halt hazard loads

• Nearly 70 dangerous-cargo vehicles were stopped last week by the West Yorkshire police as part of a co-ordinated national...

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Renault makes artic disc debut

• This week's Paris truck show marked the debut of disc brakes on 38-tonne tractive units, when Renault launched its new...

RHA is angered by Dip spend freeze

• The Road Haulage Association has slammed Roads and Traffic Minister Peter Bottomley's refusal to spend any extra money on...

• Curt Goransson has clinched the 1988 European truck racing

championship with the final round yet to run. He won with a total of 204 points: second and third spots will be fought out at...

• Grand Metropolitan Brewery has devised a cab computer designed

to keep track of loaded beer containers. The brewery hopes the new system will save the industry around 20 million a year in...

Channel giants chase Scottish CalMac ferries

• Channel ferry giants P&O and Sealink are said to be interested in buying Caledonian MacBrayne, the state-owned Scottish West...

British bosses to review transport

• Half of Britain's exporters to the Continent plan to review their transport arrangements before the early 1990s. Less than...

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11-tonne ERF launch

• As widely expected, ERF has now launched its small-cab 17-tonner, the ES6, along with a Cummins C-series-engined derivative...

VH adds to tilts

• Belgian bus and trailer manufacturer Van Hool is adding a sliding, curtain-sided design to its standard range of TIR tilt...

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Harder charging Cargos

• Iveco Ford is to offer the turbocharged and chargecooled Curnrnins 6BTA 5.9 litre engine in a range of 4x2 Cargo models at...

Lawrence David glass carrier

• Bodybuilder Lawrence David of Peterborough has built step-frame curtain-sided semi-trailers with slide-back roofs for...

Dayton Walther leg for air trailers

• Dayton Walther has developed a landing leg aimed specifically for trailers fitted with air suspension, designed to withstand...

Met tests Sherpas

• All heavy-duty, armourplated Sherpa 300 minibuses have been withdrawn from service with the Metropolitan Police for tests to...

Cornish reefers

• A bodybuilder, specialising in refrigerated trailers up to 12.2m in length has started up in Gunnislake, Cornwall. Reep...

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Bidding in the valleys

• Bus operator National Welsh has approached Cynon Valley Borough Council about the possibility of buying the municipally-owned...

Duple 9M on course for NEC

• Further information about the Dennis Duple Dart 9M minibus has been released by the manufacturer in the buildup to the motor...

Independents go for LCNE routes

• Independents have taken over several routes in the St Albans area, following the termination of contracts by London Country...

Facelift for Deauville

• Dutch coach bodybuilder Jonckheere has made several cosmetic changes to its successful P599 Deauville. The front and rear of...

Kirby sells

• Kirby Bus and Coach has won two major orders. Fifty Volvo-B10 chassis on Plaxton 3500 luxury coachwork are to go to Parks of...

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Craven Tasker reshuffle

• Craven Tasker, Britain's third biggest trailer manufacturer, is investing £1 million in its four independently-run production...

IN BRIEF

• Trio Containers has placed a £1 million order for 45 Iveco Ford Load Star 175.17 chassis fitted with Telehoist CH503A...

Rentco plans growth

• Growth projections for 1988 by Rentco International, the European trailer rental firm have been underestimated, according to...

HDL adds Clayton to its list

• Claydon Vehicle Services of Ipswich has been acquired by HDL Engineering, the expanding vehicle maintenance and repair...

Rockwell set for huge investment

• American giant Rockwell International will invest over $600 million in its automative division over the next five years, says...

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CHI catches a cab

• Motor Panels, the manufacturer and designer of commercial-vehicle cabs, has been bought from its parent company Rubery Owen...

Hughes goes to waste and rental

• Portsmouth-based transport company Hughes Group has bought CV rental specialist Sibley Hire and waste haulier Sibley...

'No easy pickings' at the local

• Transport contractors were warned last week that there would be no easy pickings from local authority work forced out to...

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Amber licence curtailed

• A failure to disclose pending prosecutions, when Stokeon-Trent-based Amber was granted a licence in May, has led to the...

Skyliner takes off

• Skyliner International, a company run by John and Andrew Schofield, has been granted a new international PSV operator's...

Residents win over licence restrictions

• Although Brigg haulier W H Martin was granted authority to double its fleet, local residents succeeded in getting...

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Roawest licence bid

• An application for additional vehicles by Roawest Shipping, designed to take over vehicles operated by associated Maxihaul...

Douglas given another chance

• Kettering haulier Rodney Douglas, trading as Douglas , Transport, has been granted a fresh licence for seven vehicles, for a...

M & A penalty over parking

• Failures to comply with a condition banning the parking of vehicles in the street outside the operating centre of...

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FACING THE iNctuorn ON

Commercial Motor Workshop's second annual conference and exhibition moved to a bigger venue, with more delegates and more...

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WORKSHOP CONFERENCE REPORT

It was a fact that used engine oil contained a higher proportion of substances, some of which were carcinogens, replied...

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WORKSHOP CONFERENCE REPORT

contributed; with help from Institute funds, £30,000 had been built up and a like amount later contributed by the Department of...

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BUSINESS MOVES SEADYKE BUYS PNEUBULK • Seadyke Freight Systems has acquired Pneubulk Vehicles of Burscough, Lancashire.

The acquisition is intended to provide a depot that will fit and service the full range of Seadyke's bulk feed and coal...

EQUIPMENT

TRANSMISSION MISSION • Texaco is launching a highperformance automatic and semi-automatic transmission fluid to meet the needs...

COMMUNICATIONS

SIMPLE ANSWERS FROM PANASONIC • Panasonic is replacing its current 14-series telephone answering machines with two new models....

PUBLICATIONS

NEW SILENCERS GET A H EARING • The Tnickmaster catalogue of replacement silencers and fittings for commercial vehicles has...

EVENTS

TAKING EUROPE BY STORM • The Metropole Hotel, near the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, is to host a distribution...

SERVICES

N EW BED-MATE FOR RAC • The RAC's latest break down rescue cover scheme is 'Bedford Roadcalr. Free RAC rescue will be an...

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• All you need to play soccer is 22 willing

bodies, a ball and some open ground. American football demands rather more organisation. To knock heads the American way you...

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WATCHING THE PENNIES

Fuel consumption is a major consideration for haulage operators. CPH Transport sells AIC fuel monitors to help companies...

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WHAT TO ASK WHERE TO GO

Choosing the right computer system for your operation is a complicated business. This guide should help you decide what you...

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There are few comprehensive sources of information on computer systems

for transport. The best is perhaps the Guide to Distribution Software prepared by Arthur Anderson Management Consultants for...

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• Gordon Spooner is a transport engineering consultant specialising in

transport management systems. He is currently writing a book on computerised systems in transport and would be interested to...

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GOING PLACES

Earlier this year one of the biggest surveys into contract distribution ever undertaken in this country was made by Corporate...

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SHIFTING ATTITUDES

Volvo has produced an electro-pneumatic gear change system, Easy Gear Shift (EGS). The system is less sophisticated than its...

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THE RASCAL A REAL HALF-TONNER.

There's real power to move with Rascal's gutsy, 4-cylinder, I litre engine with 5-speed gear box. Real load volume with 93,6...

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• SMALL FIRMS SRVICE McKILLOP Ian McKiIlop has been appointed

as co-ordinator for the Small Firms Service in Essex and Hertfordshire, following the opening of the new regional office in...