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Page 19
py CM reporter SIR RICHARD WAY, urrent chairman of London Transport, is to be the Confederation of British Road Passenger...
A TRANSPORT and distri-. *ion studyteam fribm Japan commenced a tour of Egrop‘ last week with a visit to pRS Parcels Ltd,...
FINANCE for the tunnel under the Thames being built alongside the Dartford Tunnel, is being grovide4 by the European Investment...
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THE BOSS of a roa'd haulage business blacklisted for international permits was alleged to have told his branch manager that he...
IN addition to a longestablished groupage and full-load service between Manchester and Brussels operated by Constantine...
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lorry route proposals A PROPOSAL to close a road in Larbert to lorries was described last week by the Freight Transport...
A SHORT list of only two or three names has been drawn up of applicants for the post of chief executive of the Scottish...
A GROUPAGE "bus stop" freight service has been started between Britain and Germany by Teneris Wingate Routiers Ltd and Haniel...
Page 22
THE CLYDEPORT container terminal at Greenock and 33 haulage companies in the . West of Scotland were brought to a standstill...
AN APPEAL to operators. and drivers to attempt to avoid driving through Exeter at night was made by Mr Derek Good, chairman of...
THE Freight Transport Association's technical committee is still dissatisfied with the ability of some new goods vehicles to...
A CONTRACT for the building of two new ro-ro ships has been signed by Seaspeed Ferries with Trosvik Verksted of Norway. The...
A NEW Continental tyre breakdown service has been introduced by Kenning Tyre Services in conjunction with Poit Pneu in France...
Page 23
*pear on British roads by John Darker )ecision needed before long from new Government 1NE of the early tasks of the ew...
THE AUTHOR of the report Living with the lorry, Or C. Sharp, senior lecturer in economics at Leicester University, will be the...
Page 24
WORK is to start immediately on a new Eastern BRS branch at Heath, North Derbyshire, instead of early next year as originally...
THE Marseilles Port Authority, which holds waste-disposal contracts for the whole of the Marseilles dock area, last year called...
TOTAL RATIONALIZATION would deprive British Leyland of a large proportion of a much needed skilled labour force, Ron Ellis,...
IN the September 27 issue of CM, aspects of the finish of a glassfibre panelled pantechnicon were criticised, We have been...
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tHREE refrigerated swop Indies have been ordered by :he North of Scotland Milk Marketing Board to add to ts fleet of Abel...
are imports 44 EXPORTS of commercial vehicles during the first eight months, to August, of this year have increased 16.2 per...
FOUR new area sales offices have been established by Biffa, members of the BET Reclamation and Disposal Group, as part of the...
Vlr B. McGilivray has )een appoined to the ex)cutive board )f the National 'reight Cor ioration and to a new posiion of group...
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An undertaking not to increase fares for at least six months other than in exceptional circumstances was given last week by the...
SHORTAGE of spares — coupled with a shortage in bus overhaul staff — is costing London Transport 1.5 per cent of its daily bus...
FIVE NEW employees have been taken on by the National Bus Company in the NorthEast as a result of a scheme to recruit extra...
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A SUBSTANTIAL increase in bus production was likely soon. said British Leyland chairman Lord Stokes last week. Speaking at the...
Mr Ronald Cox, directorgeneral of Greater Glasgow PTE, has been elected to the office of president of the Association of Public...
MOST OF a £729,298 loss incurred by Belfast Corporation City bus services last year 1 - tas been wiped out by a Government...
AN ORDER for 18 Volvo 858 llm mid-engined coach chassis are to be delivered by December this year with the other nine by...
A GO-ANYWHERE season ticket is being introduced next week by the West Yorkshire PTE. To be known as the MetroCard, the new...
A PLEA for Stirlingsh ire County Council to run school buses in the area instead of the bus companies was made last week by a...
PASSENGERS who arrive late for work because buses run late or infrequently, may have their personnel officers verify their...
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by Martin Hayes IT IS too early to consider a new system of public transport organization when local government reform has...
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200hp for 14 tons; 320hp for coaches from a correspondent BY pragmatic British standards, two Continental manufacturers,...
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I: The initial checklist for operators Ind drivers this new series we are looking at igislation and regulations which govern...
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continued from page 31 passage en douane. British operators must comply with the national laws of the countries through which...
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giving personal service ember companies of a El 5m public group work together to serve widely trying customers in the UK and...
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British operators who are planning traffic for France should know what route restrictions they may meet. by lain Sherriff...
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When we interviewed Fred Hope for 3ur personality column two years igo, it seemed that there was very ittle which he tackled...
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A look at two independent firms actively engaged in Continental touring by Anthony O'Toole pictures by Harry Roberts ALTHOUGH...
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Whilst wandering around the Commercial Motor Show there were three points which, it struck me, seemed to need further thought;...
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nt Martin Hayes NATURAL extension of domestic rvices. That is how National Travel ews the expansion of its European cpress...
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\ ROAD TEST AND \OPERATIONAL JRIAL 17174 THE DODGE K3820P built at the Barreiros plant of Chrysler Espana and introduced to the...
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for European operators by lain Sherriff A DAMAGED container almost certainly means that it cannot move under customs seal in...
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IF the owner of a lorry wishes to fit a piece of equipment which will help him check such things as speed, mileage and waiting...
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a matter of form by Johnny Johnson In designing a standard shipping note, the Simplification of International Trade Procedures...
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crane, and is an hgv licence required to drive both types of vehicle? You do not say for what A purpose it is necessary to...
fit and I understand why a semi-trailer with a dollyis considered illegal. However, you published a story about one operator...
However, is it not the case that an operator who has no idea that his vehicle is overloaded cannot be prosecuted along with his...
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Swedish hauliers have evolved their own ways of coping with too many vehicles chasing too little traffic by CM reporter IN...
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Some firms will sell staff engineer services to third-party-only risk by John Darker AMBIM A RECENT Financial Times...
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by Les Oldridge TEng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE LAST WEEK I .dealt with the sections of the Construction and Use Regulations concerned...
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A heavy-duty 24V 21W stop-light and flasher vehicle lamp, which is claimed to be up to five times more effective in...