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?. introduction of tachographs took another decisive step forward last week en the Minister of Transport issued draft...
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WEST YORKSHIRE is the first region to come to a pay agreement with drivers — and its 20 per cent settlement could set the pace...
METRO-CAMMELL Wey. mann is reported to havt received many new orders fa) its Metrobus double-deckel following last month's an...
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THE RISING POUND has brought British hauliers big increases in French haulage permits and the lifting of restrictions on...
CAREFULLY monitored tes show that a 40-tonne vehic gave worthwhile fuel savini when compared with a 32-tc model running over...
FODENS are to re-enter the double-decker market in Britain with the Foden/Northern Counties vehicle which has now completed...
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FEWER road hauliers ar planning to increase their sta . in the next three months tha in the last quarter. Overdrive, the...
A COMMERCIAL cost ana lysis computer service ha been given official approval la: the Freight Transpor Association. The...
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The service, operated b Brittany Ferries, link Plymouth with Santander o the north coast of Spair Sailings from the UK are o...
A NEW DEVICE designed to prevent air pollution by exhausts In enclosed spaces has gone on sale. Called Unitox, it is a...
IN READINESS for the opening of the new Freightliner Terminal at the Royal Seaforth Container Terminal in November, British...
Royal Automobill Club in London when the winners of classes D and E in CM'I Livery Competition received their awards. The CM...
WADHAM STRINGER, car and commercial vehicle distributo • and bodybuilder, has announced pre-tax profits for the half-yea to...
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ic engine , LUCAS Industries chairman Sir Bernard Scott told the Garage Equipment Association that the future of road transport...
A PROPOSAL by Merseyside County Council to raise the weight limit on the new Hancocks Canal Bridge, Aintree, from five tons to...
NORFOLK LINE has inovec its Barking offices to new larger premises in Ilford. ThE new address is Cranbrool. House, 61 Cranbrook...
A. SEMINAR on the subject of Law as it relates to transport Dperation is being run by the Institute of Traffic Administration....
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MERSEYSIDE County Council should pay off its £29m toll tunnel debts in the next five years, said Transport Minister Norman...
MARCUS SMITH is to become London Transport's next engineering director (buses). Mr Smith is now general manager of the...
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arms of Mick Percy, near ocklington, appeared before DLA, following a number f overloading convictions. Tie lid there had been...
FOUR MILES of new motorway into the centre of Liverpool are now unlikely to be built. The £90m M62 extension cannot be...
HE MINISTER of Transport has awarded grants to two rmpanies to encourage them to use rail transport instead of ad haulage to...
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LONDON TRANSPORT has given an early warning of an mpending £10m deficit this year. And it has told staff that :uts in staff...
A SWITCH to European road service licensing is proposed by Britain's leading independent bus and coach operators as an...
LOTHIAN Region Transport is to run two new coach tours from Waverly Bridge in the winter season to take passengers to see the...
THE SCOTTISH Bus Group can expect fierce opposition to its plans to raise fares for the third time this year. The group's plea...
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)111PETITION in Britain's avy coach market will inIndy next year, with DAF rowing its weight behind a 0-vehicle assault in the...
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['HE REDMOND brothers, "leoff and David, whose many rears' association with Seddon ktkinson came to an end last rear, have made...
WITH WINTER approachin and fuel costs increasing, range of fully automatic, sell igniting waste oil air heater has been...
Blackhawk Automotive Ltd showed the trade its latest "Porb Power" kit at Olympia last week. The range of body repair too now...
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,N ELECTRIC-powered ehicle with a gvw of 7.3 tons as been developed over the ist 21/2 years and is now being tarketed by a...
FOUR OUT OF FIVE night. time drivers use dipped hea. dlights, concludes the lates1 survey by the Night Safety Advisory Bureau....
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JR YEARS after the tacho was first supposed to be introed in the UK, Transport Minister Norman Fowler has taken first steps to...
CM publishes in November a book containing about 50 questions and answers on the use of tachographs. We are publishing a...
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It is all very well for John Silbermann, the Road Haulage Association's chairman, to take the mickey out of business...
More than 160 engine reconditioners who bought an agreed value of selected components from Advance Motor Supplies in three...
Ever resourceful, DAF Trucks have breached the Windsor cordon, which has defied the combined might of the RHA and FTA....
How does a cigarette manufacturer suddenly run out of cartons and risk immediate closure of a production line? This apparently...
A new 20-minute documentar colour film on transport, now o general release, depicts th activities of Wilkinson Tram. port. The...
- You can't insult the intel ligence of skilled men b) treating them like schoolboys,' says John Baxter, supervisor a! Seddon...
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by Graham Montgomerie Bengt Gadefelt, head of Scania's engine division, reveals how development work is unfolding on the...
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TOLL-ON/roll-off ferry services :ontinue to prosper and are :ttracting new customers, some 4 whom may not be aware of ome of...
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AN - ACCOUNT transport was le subject for Class D of CM's very competition. Because this such a wide-ranging category, le...
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OLYMPIA'S second trade-only garage equipment exhibition (the first was held in 1977) attracted 125 exhibitors and approximately...
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Hall of mirrors The typical contributor to this hall of mirrors has an unflattering opinion of the typical haulier. It is...
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Bengt Sorensen talks to Tor Line about e hazards of ill-sorted and badly packed cargoes on ferries IT'S NO GOOD phoning for...
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...it may not seem the quickest way to do if-but APS has shown, by linking up wilh Cargolux, that it's highly competitive to...
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The price is up for turbocharged Seddon Atkinson-but the ex - ra cost should be repaid in fuel economy, report Tim Blakemore....
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cuts freight delay that Canyfast claim for its new European Sh le service. Report by Brian Chalmers-Hunt ANUFACTURERS who...