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7th April 1978
7th April 1978
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Back door nationalisation

The introduction of the clause in the Transport Bill at present at committee stage in Parliament which would authorise British...

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3R haulage bid: operators fight back

EUTISH Rail could be coinling with road hauliers for isiness if an amendment to e Transport Bill due to be bled yesterday...

Tighter system

HE National Freight Corpoation has called for a tighter censing system at point of ntry rather than additional ubsequent...

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Prevention is the best cure

MORE and tighter controls over entry to the road haulage business and more attention to the quality of applicants for 0...

Winner is blue

CM's Livery Competition for bulk vehicles has been won by Pandora. Last week the company's general manager, Leone Dunkin...

TRAIL BLAZED

ERF announced this week that it is to sponsor several "grand prix" events during 1978 in association with its distributors....

Russian spies ir the cab

RUSSIA is using recently s up transport companies fronts for spy lorries to intE cept military communicatior say reports from...

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Lighter German

A new version of the Dusseldorf-built L407D van has been introduced by Mercedes-Benz. Plated at 3.5 tons gvw, it is aimed at...

Best guideline

IEW REGULATIONS deigned to plug gaps in the rivers' hours rules have been nnounced by the Department I' Transport and now they...

Tacit° yes

The National Freight Corporation supports tachographs. It has told the Foster Committee that as a responsible operator it will...

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Time off for union

ROM April 1 the sections of le Employment Protection ,ct 1975 which entitle mployees to time off to carry ut certain trade...

Drivers: 'no set hours'

LORRY driving is a job where there ARE no normal hours of work. Consequently redundancy payment under the Employment Protection...

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PEOPLE'

New chairman for LT Ralph Bennett took over from Kenneth Robinson as chairman of the London Transport Executive on April 1. Mr...

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Fitters on all fours

[AINTENANCE facilities at le Nottingham depot of itioval contractors Hoults td were virtually nontistent, claimed vehicle...

TRAFFIC using Dover's dock complex fell during February and freight levies dropped by nearly a quarter.

Dover Harbour Board spokesmen claimed that the drop in freight was due to smaller numbers of cars being imported and exported —...

HIGH ST.

TRADERS ROADLINE UK Ltd has announced a £900,000 trading profit for 1977 and plans to invest £13%m between 1978 and 1980,...

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Greyhound crusaders

GAS-TURBINE powered and valued at $320,000 (£165,00 - 0); Greyhound Lines' MC8 Crusader is one of this month's first unusual...

Artic bus in British tour

AILSA Bus will definitely continue to contend in the double deck bus market, said general manager Sandy Glennie, when a...

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'HE controversial Belfast 5ken fare system has come to n

end. It was introduced by he former Belfast Corporaion Transport Department in 970. Citybus replaced the tokens iith flat...

New look LT's 'human face'

LONDON Transport is still the world's No I transport authority — despite its deterioration over the last few years, claimed...

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Laminated body from new plant

CARGO Van Equipment L.: has extended its Bridgeni Glamorgan plant to cater fi increased demand for truc and trailer bodies....

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:columnists forecast...

!Vlore loads in '78 RECENT economic survey a large operator in the iulage business has come to )me interesting conclucms....

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Wong waged

I was interested to read about British Rail's trick film at Byfield showing up commercial vehicles in the worst possible...

Cituadittit

ALTHOUGH temporarily residing in Canada, I am able to keep up with what's happening in the commercial vehicle field throughout...

%amain cottkedd

There were some inaccuracies in the Berliet TR 280 spares prices quoted in CM's imported vehicles number (March 3). I hope you...

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quatiso Thank you for the CPC exam questions which appeared in CM, March 17. I am sure that future candidates for the exam...

Which '100

• 1 6 Wog . ka I read with interest your article on the CPC, particularly since I intend to sit the exam myself. I sincerely...

Cu you ketp?

I am doing a topic on commercial vehicles hgv/ psv and I was wondering if any of the readers had any spare information such as...

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Versatile 11 demounts save cash

EFFICIENT use of demountable bodies can save up to 20 per cent on distribution costs. When a claim like this is made by a user...

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Versatility the keyword for small bodybuilders

VERSATILITY is an essential for the smaller bodybuilder who, unable to match the big boys when it comes to volume production,...

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Vehicle builders can always provide that something extra...

Specially for you BUYING a basic vehicle ex-stock is much like buying a ready-made suit off-the-peg. You get what you pay for:...

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Body heat must stay constant

REFRIGERATION systems fall into two basic categories: mechanical and chemical. The former is the better known as it includes...

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Drivers' VIP club

Four single Channel crossings by lorry drivers on Brittany Ferries' Portsmouth — St Maio or Plymouth — Roscoff routes confer...

[ STRAIGHTWAY] DRIVERS CLUB

Maximum credit value is £400, which must be accumulated within 12 months. Proof of crossing is a date-stamp in a passbook...

DERV demand

"There's a big demand for diesels in Haiti." That news shattered my dreams of one day escaping to a daribbean paradise. I had...

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Old bodies stay fit

INEVITABLY a time comes when it is prudent to replace a vehicle with a newer model — though the age at which it becomes . an...

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Tote's 'brain' is on the level

CRANE Fruehauf Rigids Ltd is well known for its range of Imperial Bodies and Pengco demount systems built in large numbers on a...

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Such a questionable shape

NEARLY every school leaver was expected to know the answers to 17 questions prepared by the Institute of Mathematics to test...

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Boughton tender for fires, skips for garbage

IT'S gratifying to come across a firm where workers have been consistently putting in overtime — even in the depths of the...

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I put aside a week to prepare for testing

confident. The first inspection went very well but once over the pit, I was warned on three counts of chafing pipes, one set of...