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DURING the past 10 years, road transport has depended on imported vehicles to meet its demands. The domestic manufacturers,...
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THERE WILL be no moves to force an eight-hour driving day on Britain, at least until the beginning of next year. This was the...
A SHARP increase in vehicle operating costs in the last three months of 1976 was revealed by the Freight Transport...
THE NEW Dover relief road, opened two weeks ago, has run into problems with high winds. Vehicles travelling on the curved,...
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A PLEDGE that the next Tory government will reform the public transport licensing system was given by Shadow transport...
CRAVENS Industries Sales has won a contract worth over £500,000 to supply 110 trailers and semi-trailers to Pandoro Ltd. The...
IN AN attempt to forestall any precipitous reform of the psv licensing system, the Confederation of British Road Passenger...
BRITAIN'S REFUSAL to bring in Euro-style tachograph regulations has set it on a collision course with the EEC Commission — and...
A PLEA for the Government to inject more, not less, money int the building and maintenance of British roads has come from th...
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THE national breakdown service operated by National Breakdown Recovery Services (Commercial) Ltd of Bradford became available...
A NEW pre-paid, fixedprice parcels service, allowing delivery worldwide has been launched by Jetpak International. The new...
SOUTHERN BRS has launched a new service for the storage of files and documents not needed in the everyday life of an office....
ARROW Bulk Carriers Ltd, Hull, has been acquired by the Calor Group and will be integrated into the Calor Transport Division....
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reenwoods Transport has spent almost 40 years building up a national transport system, stretchHg from Land's End to John...
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COMMON SENSE won through in transport decisions in 1976, Freight Transport Association president Ian Phillips told the...
WHEN Peter Searson of Heanor Haulage, Langley Mill could not buy a vehicle built to the specification he needed to haul large...
LORRY DRIVERS engaged on TIR work are not protected from unfair dismissal under the 'Employment Protection Act. The anomaly in...
an MP over lorry drivers' pay in a written answer last week. Mr Ronald Atkins (Lab, Preston N.) asked what steps were being...
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USA link DART Containerline is to offer a nine-day service between Southampton and St John's, Newfoundland, following the...
FORD intends to increase its share of the commercial vehicle market as number one importer in Italy with the introduction of...
FREIGHTLINERS have the responsibility for keeping the Chrysler Linwood assembly lines going by keeping them supplied with parts...
AN ANGLO-GERMAN link between two companies has made a new TIR groupage service between cities in Britain and Germany possible....
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DON'T panic — that was the message from the Freight Transport Association on the admission to the occupation of road haulier...
CRANE FRUEHAUF has formed two new companies to replace its service and equipment company, and to cope with the growth and...
Records broken GLASGOW Containerbase broke all its cargo handling records last week when 2,200 tons passed through the inland...
LEYLAND has challenged 150,000 operators of vehicles under 7.5 tonnes gvw to try their luck with a demonstration of the Leyland...
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WITH 1,000 vehicles under his control at Wales Gas, Vernon Griffiths has just taken over his new job as transport manager. He...
INCREASING bus fares may reduce revenue, while an off-peak bus fares reduction may result in a net increase in revenue. That...
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THE FIRST Dennis bus chassis is now nearly finished and due to go to East Lanes for bodybuilding later this month. It should be...
NUMBERS of passengers in Greater Glasgow PTE were three per cent higher in the period 1975 to 1976 than the previous year....
ALLEGATIONS that Lancaster City Transport was substantially undercutting charges for private hire, in unfair competition with...
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WHITE Trux International Ltd's Middle East consortium has taken delivery of it's first Mercedes 2632 six-wheel-drive tractive...
AS 'ODD DOWN TM MAN OUT' CRITICISM of fuel consumption, but praise from the drivers for its comfort was the BRS verdict on the...
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Known as the Delta HS it differs from previous Dennis models in that it features an all-steel cab based on a design of Motor...
AS predicted exclusively in CM (February 4) a Roman 6 x 4 should soon be available in the UK market. Three such trucks —...
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A BITTER BLOW was dealt to hauliers last week when the Government decided to axe the Road Haulage Wages Council. Not that the...
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I am a regular reader of CM and you have a small article about me in CM February 18 headed "Drivers boycott threat." I would...
I must just take time out to write you a short note of thanks, for the excellent article by Johnny Johnson, on the subject of...
I have noticed with interest your comments under Question and Answers of February 11 and the problems of the one-man haulier...
There is an article in the February 13 Sunday Times reference the proposed increase in maximum gross weight which once again...
The following is a copy of a letter my organisation, the National Council on Inland Transport, has sent to the Chancellor of...
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&film I am employed as a driver delivering heavy goods and bus chassis from one factory to another and this involves driving...
wug WC*? Terry Goldrick is critical (CM letters, February 18) of John Darker's suggestion that a competent fitter can safely...
I was delighted to read your recent article about custom painted trucks and trailers in the USA, as there is a fast-growing...
the proposed increase in lorry weights and found your editor's interview with the BBC's Motoring Unit extremely interesting....
I am 43 and have been a heavy goods driver for over 20 years. Last year I had a very slight heart attack, from which I made a...
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THE ROMANIAN range of Roman trucks has been available on the UK market for about a year now. Built at Brasov under licence from...
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to be available in the UK. A result of the engineering cooperation between DAF, Magirus Deutz, Saviem and Volvo, the vehicles...
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CARRYFAST Ltd has convinced the Manchester Industrial Tribunal that its iismissal of a driver was not Anfair. The tribunal...
A DRIVER employed by North Western BRS Ltd failed in his claim for redundancy before an Industrial Tribunal in Manchester....
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A radiator repair is called for in the middle of nowhere by Ron Douglas NOT ALL vehicle failures are the result of wear and...
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Stephen Gray squeezes oft into this oriental run-around ONE of the smallest commercial vehicles in the world has been...
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Martin Watkins reports on a deligh ul but fuel-hungry continental coach DAF has been interested in the British coach market...
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in Egypt and raise their glass of Heineken Beer to the completion of a successful trip across the Sahara. Caution may be...
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AN IMPRESSIVE performance in the hills and excellent handling on tight bends were two of the characteristics of the Fiat 170...
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FRANK TINSDALE, managing director of Magirus Deutz (Great Britain) Ltd, served an engineering apprenticeship with Albion Motors...
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A new film specially for the Catering for old-timers Ron Cater, one-time assistant technical editor, has always been...
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clans play . . . bq gam IF the problem of the heavy lorry is as urgent and serious as is so often claimed, the public ought to...