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PERKINS has proposed a sixpoint strategy for the conservation of the world's fuel oil resources, according to company chairman...
LEYLAND spokesmen would not comment on reports that it is to close one or more of the Leyland - Vehicles commercial vehicle...
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By our Labour Relations correspondent WHATEVER senior trade union officials and TUC delegates may say in public and in front of...
DAIHATSU (UK) is shortly to introduce the new S60 range light commercials to the UK, beginning with the van version i October...
VOLVO group sales for the first six months of this year were 28 per cent up over the same period in 1978 at 11,696m S Kr...
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LIVERY delays are slowing effield's articulated bus kis which could lead to an tomated bus system being roduced to the city....
A DRAFT consultative document on the introduction of tachographs was expected from the Department of Transport this week....
VAUXHALL Motors — and that includes Bedford commercial vehicles — has announced a net loss of £1,977,000 for the first half of...
first time in three years — it is now 25 pence. The increase is made reluctantly to meet rising production costs. We are sure...
BEING exhibited for the first time at Frankfurt next week is the new heavy duty tractive unit from the Dutch manufacturer,...
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. LANCASHIRE operator, David Duxbury, of Heskin, was illed to public inquiry because a vehicle examiner felt that he tight be...
CHANGES to the steering and rear suspension of Ford's Transcontinental have cut the weight of a typical model by around 200 kg...
kN OFFICIAL of the Trans)ort and General Workers Jnion has said that all the ieople who supported the low-permanent lorry ban...
for the F12 which will be making its show debut at Frankfurt next week. The new cab is called the Globetrotter and its main...
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DRIVERS and loaders at a Slough haulage depot have been given an ultimatum — move 16 miles to work or leave. Management at the...
ONE of the main Sheffiel Manchester roads could clo if a Department of Transpc proposal is adopted. The A57 Snake Pass roui...
TOWNSEND Thoresen's Felixstowe Rotterdam service is to concentrate on freight in future. As from October 1 the passenger car...
MERSEYSIDE Chamber of Commerce and Industry is supporting Merseyside County Council's controversial plan to build an inner ring...
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REGIONAL chief engineer for the South East region of the National Bus Company, Brian Hancock, has moved to become NBC's group...
JLAGE FIRM H. W. Dines & Co wants to knock down its roversial garage in the heart of Wendlebury and built up to 'houses. ;e...
Octagon Recovery will be based at Horsforth near Leeds and will concentrate purely on commercial vehicle recovery and not...
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VOLVO has supplied 16 F7 twin-steer tractive units to Shell UK for carrying lpg. Built at the Modified Vehicle Assembly (MVA)...
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ERCEDES BENZ is un;iling two new engines at ;xt week's Frankfurt show. he 0M422 is a naturally ipirated unit and the OM:2LA is...
THE VERSALIFT is a new aerial bucket lift which is designed to be fitted to a standard van such as a Ford Transit or Bedford...
ELECTRIC cables and pipes passing through metal panels have always presented chafing problems. Now grommet manufacturer...
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AN INDEPENDENT coach operator has spoken up in favour of the Minister's licensing proposals. East Midlands Coach and...
NATIONAL Bus subsidial Alder Valley has introduced number of service revisions Hampshire that involve ti complete withdrawal of...
MORE one-man-operat( buses are to take to Fife roads. This follows 25 condu tors and conductresses w1 are platform staff at the...
service started on Monday with a free trial service being launched for a two-year period by South Yorks PTE's Cityliner...
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3H ERCALL in Shropshire s again the scene for the als of the UK Bus Driver of Year Competition, when drivers from a number of...
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Phone Muriel... IF ANYONE tries to tell you that all road hauliers are hard, unsentimental, individualistic, self-seeking...
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Graham IVontgomerie describes the new joint range from MAN-VW and gives his driving impressions of the new vehicles HE FIRST...
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Renwicks are cultivating a 'cuddly' transport image while beaverinc away at ne quality market. Feature: Alan Millar: Pics. Dick...
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\oel Millier sees how operators cope with e tough terrain that makes the sou - n West sc altractiye to tourists Pictures by...
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Admission as a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Carmen and a Freeman of the City of London is not something that one...
vlalcolm Davis had - a bit of a ;hock" when he joined National L'arriers at Lavvley Street, 3irmingham. He was head of he...
A far cry from the seaside talking weighing machine of yesteryear a speaking computer has been installed at Ford's giant parts...
International Harvester, who own Seddon Atkinson, claim to have reduced their consumption of energy worldwide by 15 per cent....
1 shot an ARO into the air, It fell to earth I can't say where Because its an official secret. The launch of the Romanian ARO...
It costs 10p to call Ron Geary, a Heyfordian /Global coach-tour driver, a bus driver. He imposes this voluntary fine on...
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MORE than 250 of the country's top drivers, including five previous champions, will assemble at Cranfield next Sunday,...
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Lightweights, middleweights and heavyweights the DAF Trucks range has them all. The three basic truck types, 'twenty-one...
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John Darker learns how RHA and HA seek to reconcile e need for belter roads with conserving a unique environment WHAT BETTER...
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tells Alan Mikar it's always looking for vehicles, so outsders do stand a good chance too THE TRADE press dubbed South Western...
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Mary Frayne visits - wo West Country hauliers whose business is closely tied to the area's only - wo main industries-clay...
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rowing BOBIE by Graham Montgonneri The Engineering Editor examines one of the few assembly-on operations in this country —...
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T O P I Be damned and publish The FTA claims that reference tariffs for international journeys are up to 40 per cent above...