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9th February 1985
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Editorial Objectors out of court

OF THE '19 people who objected to an 0-licence for one vehicle at Chelmsford last week, only three appeared at the public...

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Jobs at stake in NFC parcels purge

AS MANY as 1,000 jobs could disappear this year in a major drive to reverse climbing losses in the National Freight...

What about the workers?

CONTROVERSY is expected at the National Freight Consortium's third annual general meeting on February 23 when shareholders will...

Atlas trims

SEVEN Atlas Express depots have been closed and 230 jobs have gone as part of a plan to restore the parcels firm to...

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Jolly good show

By David Wilcox Exclusive OVER a fifth of the visitors to the Motor Show last October were there primarily to see the...

Wages begin to settle

THE WINTER wage round is edging towards a quiet conclusion with agreements reached in Liverpool and Leeds and Bradford....

Ridley blocks GLC ban

TRANSPORT Secretary Nicholas Ridley told the Greater London Council last week that it needs his consent to go ahead with its...

Third round for the Reads

GLOUCESTERSHIRE haulier! George and Richard Read an entering their third round cr legal action to prevent blacking of their...

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More on weights

A TIMETABLE for the complete abolition of the quota system and introduction of 40-tonne lorries in Britain is under discussion...

E13.7m light van order

AUSTIN ROVER and Ford have won major fleet orders totalling over £23m to supply car-derived vans to British Telecom and the...

ADR amended

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport has published an amendment to the European Agreement concerning the international carriage of...

Rocky times on Gibraltar

THE FULL reopening this week of the frontier with Spain faces Gibraltar's few hauliers with some unwelcome problems. During...

Paris/Dakar

EIGHT of the first 10 places in the seventh Paris to Dakar Rally were won by teams with Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The 20-day...

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Environment win

case brought be By Karen Miles This is the first rebound from last June's legislation which imposes environmental standards...

Facts about Cargofax

CARGOFAX, the electronic load matching and information service, has secured an estimated 1.5m to 2m extra tonnes of traffic for...

Ridley's reviews body

A SMALL independently chaired body to review some aspects of traffic law and to promote road safety and efficient traffic...

Manx/Lancs

ROLL-ON roll-off freight services to the Isle of Man are to be concentrated on the Lancashire port of Heysham from the...

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Joint marketing man for BRS and SPD

SALES and marketing director Df British Road Services, Richard Lovell, has been apjointed to the same position mith SPD Group....

UTD fills contracts jobs

TWO new posts with United Transport Distribution have been filled by Paul Hawkings and Gordon Morris. Mr Hawkings, who was...

Colin Raynor leaves Lincs

COLIN RAYNOR, who retired as transport manager of Lincolnshire County Council in January, is joining the management consultancy...

Schaefer is new big Cat

GORDON SCHAEFER succeeds Lee Morgan as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Caterpillar Tractor company. He...

new faces at Ferrymasters

INTERNATIONAL haulier Ferrymasters has made four new appointments as part of its divisional reorganisation programme. Alan...

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No tack, for PO

THE WEST Midland Traffic Area has lost its battle to get the Post Office to fit tachographs to vehicles carrying goods other...

Irish duty

THE IRISH Revenue Commissioners have moved against the practice of converting cars to vans to avoid paying import taxes. Vans...

Munro's escape

MUNRO'S Transport (Aberdeen} escaped with a warning last week when it appeared at disciplinary proceedings before Scottish...

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S cots crackdown G E r s e s e e n x I bu i lder g u i t d f e a r r

By Jack Semple More frequent roadside checks are being held over a much wider area than before, and officers are now stopping...

Adjourned

AN OWNER driver who believed that his bankruptcy had been discharged in January 1984 was told last week that an application had...

REPRESENTATIONS from 19 residents and an objection from Southend Borough

Council failed to stop S. G. Greenwood (Builders) of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex from obtaining a restricted operator's licence for two...

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Gardner plans cutback

GARDNER is planning to cut its by September. The Patricroft, Manchester factory of the diesel engine manufacturer will lose...

Cummins job

AUTOSENSE Systems of Bicester has won a contract with £1.4m to supply the Cummins engine Company with engine test equipment for...

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Tilting at engines Swedish Dinol

UK base for ENGINE ACCESS, always difficult with Luton-bodied or integral vans, has been tackled by two horsebox bodybuilders...

1,000 tested

CLEVELAND Trading Standards Department has completed the calibration of its 1,000th tanker since its testing centre, designed...

MAN's newest scheme

MAN-VW has transferred operation of its 24-hour rescue service to Mondial Assistance, phone 01-686 2444. Under the new scheme,...

Sorry!

FODEN dealers will have been delighted to see the fuel consumption comparison charts used on last week's Seddon Atkinson 301...

Joloda loader

A MECHANICAL skate-andtrack system produced by Joloda Loading Systems of Liverpool for loading and floor level movement of up...

DINOL International is to acquire the Protectol Rustproofing factory at

Barnard Castle, County Durham, giving the Swedish company a production base in the UK and its established aftermarket...

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Unwelcomed

B ill THE LONG-awaited Transport Bill to deregulate Britain's bus routes was published last week and thrust into a hostile...

A declining industry

THE BUS industry was in a state of "chronic decline" and the Government's duty was to do something about it, Junior Transport...

School bus criticisms

LABOUR MP George Foulkes has protested that the Government has backed down on its promise to alter school bus seating...

Uncertainty

BUS INDUSTRY criticisms of Nicholas Ridley's deregulation proposals have merely extended the industry's period of uncertainty,...

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Limits broken

COACHES are continuing to break the speed limit on motorways as much as ever, according to the latest speed survey. Transport...

Hughes wins licence

His company has attempted to establish stage bus services in the area. Mr Hughes, who was seeking a licence for three...

Daf 'disaster'

MAINTENANCE problems that led to Seamarks Coaches and Travel of Luton appearing at disciplinary proceedings before the Eastern...

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D-day for buses timetable runs late

The Transport Bill was published last week, detailing Nicholas Ridley's controversial plans for a free market for buses. Alan...

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Underpowered Urvan

Good load capacity, reasonable cab comfort and a high standard of finish are marred by poor fuel economy and indifferent...

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Burden on the ratepayers

CM's report "LRT in decline" (January 5) was correct to point out that bus services will decline under LRT's new business plan...

Hawk, we can't be matched

IN the last paragraph of the article by The Hawk in Birdseye View (CM January 19), he mentions a challenge by Multiparts' parts...

Life with my Scania 6X2

MY 1982 Scania 82H sixwheeler bought secondhand has had a catalogue of mishaps. After only a week on the road a half-shaft...

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Coach operator turns panel vans into psv

Converting vans into minicoaches was an expedient started by Stockport coach operator Charles Dixon because there was nothing...

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Talk will not sell more tyres

THE LOSS of 2,400 jobs at the Michelin factory in the Potteries is tra g ic, but what g ood would a Parliamentary emer g ency...

Bait for golfers and spectators

WHO wants free passes for four people for the Car Care plan £110,000 international g olf tournament at Leeds from May 9-12?...

From empty chapels to busy stores

fV1AAKS and Spencers' remarkable g rowth durin g the past three g loomy years in what is widely re g arded as the wasteland of...

Simulation tells inside story

IF YOU WANT to explore the inside of a bus without buildin g one, call in a CAD. This, Prime Computer (UK) explains, is a...

Award for lorry race organiser

OPINION on the merits of lorry racin g may differ, but John Hai g h, marketin g mana g er of Leyland Parts, has been honoured...

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THE LAUNCH of Bedford's TL lacked the razzmatazz of Leyland's

Roadrunner, but this model has been quietly helping Bedford haul its share of the 7.5-tonne market to over 21 per cent....

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with very nigh rear-axle ratios. Yet the lower powered 110hp

0811 Cargo fitted with a 3.78:1 rear axle managed over 17.1mpg running in our recent 7.5-tonne group test (CM November 24,...

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Test for compressipn and leakage

KENT-MOORE has introduced a revised diesel engine compression tester and cylinder laakage tester. The new diesel engine...

Heaters for workshops

HEAT outputs of up to 12,000 Btu/h are available from the range of free-standing and trolley-mounted heaters from Tilley...

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SUMMIT Accessories has brought a stick-on convex mirror to reduce blindspots.

The mirror can be applied in a few seconds to a door, wing or interior rear-view mirror and extends the driver's field of...

Twin blades with screenwash

A TWIN-blade windscreen wiper system with its own screenwash jets has been introduced by Sabre Motor Accessories in five sizes....

Save that trailer from thieves

AN ANTI-H1TC1-4 lock costing £35 to prevent lorry trailer thefts, introduced by JMF Enterprises, was developed by three...

No hazard with safety signs

NON-HAZARDOUS loadmarking signs on self-adhesive vinyl and rigid aluminium, which provide immediate identification of chemicals...

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Chase for "BCE space

AT LEAST one British and one European bus manufacturer are already planning major vehicle launches at the first-ever...

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Renewal time? Look around

Some insurance brokers go off the boil as soon as they have clinched your business. Others display more interest and will even...

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Clear route finding

ms' 1985 Ordnance Survey Motoring Atlas [375 THE 1985 and second edition of Britain's best-selling motoring atlas Ordnance...

Scottish trams and buses

OPPONENTS of bus deregulation point to the dangers of competition eroding profits to the extent that many existing systems...

Transport and the picture postcard

ANOTHER one for coach and bus enthusiasts is The Picture Postcard, an Early View of Transport (Omnibus Society; £2.20 post...

A different bus book

NEW BOOKS on buses and coaches are becoming an almost weekly occurrence these days, and the subject matter is becoming...

A brief history of the rigid eight

HALF a century of eightwheeler rigids on the roads is celebrated by the publication o . The Rigid Eight (Peter J. Davies; £1.20...

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Quiet flies the D

Last month Sumitomo quietly completed its acquisition of the tyre manufacturing interests of Dunlop amid excitement about the...