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7th January 1977
7th January 1977
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Haulage grinds LXVX

CM on to holiday halt show at Brussels :HRISTMAS and New Year tolidays brought havoc to laulage firms up and down the...

Foden drives ahead

FODEN, the Sandbach-based commercial vehicle manufacturer, has taken a giant stride along the road to recovery by moving back...

Brussels

AMONG the new exhibits at the Brussels Commercial Vehicle Show next week will be Commercial Motor. For the first time CM will...

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1977: grim outlook

or small hauliers PROSPECTS for operators in 1977 are looking grim, according to the trade associations. Road Haulage...

...but NEC set fair

A NOTE of optimism and enthusiasm comes from Sir Daniel Pettit, chairman and chief executive of the National Freight...

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Honours haul for transpor

RANSPORT personnel were .rongly represented in the few Year's Honours List. wards were made to operairs and engineers in both...

Green Line's airport run

THE first of 30 AEC Reliance luxury coaches for London Country Bus Service's Green Line is expected to be delivered within the...

A TOLL should be levied on Continental heavy lorries using Britain's roads, according to Marcus Fox, Tory MP for Shipley.

Mr Fox said that it was the rule rather than the exception for road tolls to be charged in European countries. It could cost a...

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Thumbs down for urban break bulk

HE IDEA that heavy vehicles m be kept out of urban areas y building transhipment spots could be a non-starter, .!.cording to...

IFEINIICLE OUTPUl l IN HIGHER GEA R MODUCTION of commercial vehicles rose

by 11 per cent in qovember over the same period in 1975 — but the figures for the eleven months to November show a drop of four...

OAF win order for £200,000

INTERNATIONAL haulier Jac. W. Herreveld Continental has placed a E200,000 order for 13 DAY trucks and 12 tilt trailers to add...

Transport legislation

ROAD transport legislation is to be the subject of a 14-session training course for transport managers and trainee managers in...

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Terminal speed-up

MOVES to speed up distribution of grain by road from the Royal Seaforth Grain Terminal are being made by the , Mersey Docks and...

M-way 'madness' law ruled out

THE Government is not attracted by the idea of introducing more mandatory rules to combat motorway madness in the fog. Eldon...

World freight data

DATA on transport in 152 countries is contained in the new second edition of the International Road Transport Union book World...

Paul goes to market

NATIONAL Carriers has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Paul Rivett as its new director of marketing. He...

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PERMIT CHARGES SHORT MANAGER CLEARED HAULS FTER a 21-day trial

an interitional freight manager was eared at Cardiff Crown ourt on Friday of allegations [at he forged international oad...

Petrol price promise

'HE Government is to take teps against garages which all to display petrol prices. "I shall take action," protiised John...

Delay routes for Windsor

PLANS to ban heavy goods vehicles from the 12 routes into Windsor and two other routes in the area should be delayed for at...

Support for ho hol

DISCUSSIONS of drivers' hours by European Transport Ministers has revealed almost unanimous support for several years further...

Sales seminar

A ONE-DAY seminar on marketing transport services is to be held at Coventry Esso Hotel on January 18 to teach hauliers the...

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SEVENTY-ONE Leyland AN68A/2R Alexander-bodied double decker buses are coming into

service with the Tyne and Wear PTE. The 79 seaters with two doors are destined for Newcastle. Sunderland is to benefit from...

Help us plead minibus drivers

EXEMPTION from psv licensing from March 1 and changes the size of vehicles subject to EEC Regulations have been urg4 on the...

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New gear slant for Lynx mixer

TWO Leyland Lynx articulated tankers with a prototype gearbox arrangement are being evaluated by Tunnel Cement Ltd, at...

Hot Maggie!

AN in-cab heating system using engine oil as a heat source has been developed by Magirus Deutz. Capable of warming the cab...

Volvo ail

A sixth semi-trailer with Ratcliffe l'-ton elect r hydraulic tall-lift has be added to the Wilkins Transport Ltd fleet to he...

Livestock lift-off

LEX TILLOTSON of Kingswood, Bristol, part of the Lex Commercial group, has entered into the bodybuilding business with a...

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:The union tt

t likes them. U. SECRETARY of State for Transport William Rodgers has stated that he will not sign an order implementing EEC...

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British gift to America...

On my desk after Christmas, a clutch of cuttings and letters — including one in verse. Keep writing: we like to hear from you;...

Millionaire driver...

At least when I read American cuttings I can criticise their writing. Some cuttings from Germany gave us translation problems...

Caught in the Act...

From Barbara A. Cartwright (hgv Class 3) of Eccleston, Lancs, comes a letter in verse She — I can't tell whether it's Mrs. Miss...

Equality...

A more mundane piece of sex talk comes from the European Communities Commission. A draft directive ensuring equal treatment for...

Fanaticism..

Finally, a letter from a self-confessed fanatic — of Bristols. Mr P. Monk of Fowey Bus Services, Lostwithiel, has been reading...

Figure it oui

The new managing director of the Volvo truck division in Sweden, Sten Langenius, has an unusual background for a transport man....

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Progress, DAF style

THE EINDHOVEN-based company of DAF is well represented in the upper weight market in the UK with both rigicis and artics. As...

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Two sides to dismissal

The tribunal was told that after a long record of absences from work the man, employed by Tate and Lyle Transport Ltd as a bulk...

...And the employee is compensated

COMPENSATION of £370 for unfair dismissal was awarded to a depot manager formerly employed by F. J. Everett (Refrigerated...

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Opening up in repairs

In approach to lower rtaintenance costs is what David tilion is aiming at when he pens his new maintenance and epairs workshops...

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Our new

down-to earth series starts off with problems dealt with on the road... SUMMER TIME is always the easiest time of the y Aar...

Motorway leak: I had to mend it and fast

under full, but I had had fuel stolen before and gauges can easily go wrong so the first thing I did was to dip the tank with...

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Using colour for tell-tale tuning

CM puts the Colortune 500 kit through its paces THE operator with one or two petrol engined vehicles doesn't necessarily want...

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Faime Puha beak...

For those of us in the haulage business with substantial interests in serving the building industry, the outlook appears even...

Paolug at cato...

I read with great interest your item on running costs (CM, December 3). The first point I should like to make concerns running...

Mr D. Lloyd's article "Let's design a British coach to

beat the Continentals" (CM, December 10) begins with the statement . "The typical British touring coach is still basicallly...

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s up for Belgium

of Tom Blake, removal driver Today's removal is an easy one, thanks to a client who's tidy and has everything at her...

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Correct air/fuel ratio by using a device that responds to

exhaust gases could promote power unit efficiency and economy . . . ALTHOUGH the announcement by Volvo of the Lambda-sond...

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Cutting costs with swop body boxes

As transport costs continue to soar, companies with their own fleets look mon and more to savings on their V, vehicles. Avalon...

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Haim (lace MCC ditewmut

IS IT an improvement to reduce the intake of new hauliers'While encouraging own-account operators to enter the field of hire...