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17th August 1985
17th August 1985
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p EOPLE in road transport live in a constantly changing world.

CM is no exception, next week the journal — the market leader — will have a new editor, the seventh in 80 years. A more...

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Slim haulage margins hold back TDG profits

by Alan Millar POOR BRITISH haulage margins and continued losses at its express parcels subsidiary have restricted growth by...

Maxaret anti-lock anticipates EEC rules

A NEW MAXARET antilock braking system for air braked commercial vehicles goes on sale next month. The CRM is the first Maxarct...

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Bedford on target: JT

BEDFORD Commercial Vehicles is "on target to make a profit in 1986", according to general manager J. T. Battenberg III....

Registrations down 4.5pc

THE FALL in new commercial vehicle registrations is accelerating with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders reporting...

Liquid CO 2

storage guide EXTENSIVE advice on the hazards which can be associated with liquid carbon dioxide is assembled in a guidance...

United controls York Trailer

UNITED PARCELS no has effective control of Yo Trailer, following acceptan of its £4.96m 45p-per-sha bid to add the trailer, erg...

French acquisition

MYRTLE TREE Holdings Bristol haulage, coach a taxi group, -has expanded it: France by taking over haulage business in Viet:...

Football deal

BEDFORD Commerc Vehicles is expanding sponsorship of Luton To' Football Club with a .i750,t deal which lasts until 19' The...

MAN is recovering

MAN, the West Germ truck and engineering In ness, expects to be profita again this financial year. It has sold its 50 per c...

RNA seeks meeting

THE ROAD Haulage As dation is to seek a meet with Chancellor of the chequer Nigel Lawson discuss the retention of f year...

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hi the road to ruin

E ROAD LOBBY is capi.ing on a quasi-Governit report which shows that Department of Transt's motorway and trunk repair budget is...

French Govt tightens up on weekend ban conditions

REFRIGERATED vehicles will no longer he exempt from French weekend lorry bans, if plans being formulated now are put into...

Truckstop owner wants new signs

AN AWARD-winning truckstop is fighting to have motorway signposts erected and is running into problems in attempts to get a bar...

lips on the new blocks from Detroit Diesel

FROIT Diesel Allison will nine the first diesel engine sufacturer to offer full :ronic control of its fuel :fion equipment as...

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by Jack Semple

TIP TRAILER Rental stressed last week that the company will be able to maintain longterm rental contracts. Contacted by...

EEC speed-up

NEW PROPOSALS aimed at speeding up the transit of goods by road in Europe were drawn up by the EEC Commission just before the...

Tanker takeover goes ahead

THE EXPECTED £3.5m deal for United Transport International to buy Hargreaves Transport (CM, July 20) was completed on Tuesday...

TIBBETT and Britten, management-owned fori Unilever clothing and te) carrier,

is co-operating N Seabourne Express, Essex-based international rier, to provide an inte: tional next-day deliv service.

Speakers for Portui

NEARLY 400 bookings I been niade for this yr Road Haulage Associar conference which runs f October 19 to 27 at Albuf on the...

Local govt seminar!

A SERIES of six seminar local government fleet n agement will be held by Freight Transport Associa in September and October...

New Scots-MAN

MAN coach dealer Tony drews of Stair, Ayrsl heads a new comp; Beaufort Trucks, which bought Borderman Tr with MAN outlets in...

CM competition

COMMERC IAL MOT 1985 advertising awards petition winners will Ix nounced at the Scot Motor Show in Novemb. Entries, which must...

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Moving Day at Pickfords

TWO new branch managers' have been appointed by Pickfords Removals, Richard Day joins the Croydon branch and Ashley Jones is...

Management team for Pitt and Scott

WITH its takeover of the international removals and fine arts transport specialist firm Pitt and Scott, the National Freight...

New directors for Bedford

THE PLANT manager at Bedford's Dunstable truck factory has been promoted to become director of operations. He is Ralph...

Fisher confirmed for National

THE APPOINTMENT of John Fisher as managing director of National Holidays, the National Bus Company subsidiary, has been...

Ken Hannis leaves Merseyside

AFTER 45 years in passenger transport Ken Harris, division general manager (south) with Merseyside Transport since 1970, has...

Birch gets his carts marked

CLIVE BIRCH (pi above) present Master c Worshipful Company of men, presided over the a cart marking ceremony i City of London...

Chief engineer at Leyland Bui

CHIEF engineer, prc control, Leyland T James McKnight has rr to Leyland Bus as produ velopmcnt director. He ceeds David...

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env famine looms

VIAND for temporary rs from market leader !rdrive has soared this user to 50 per cent more for the same period last ais is...

?e You 0-licence application turned down

LIMITED company led to take over the busiof Robert Lindsay, midas See You Transport of nthorpe, is to appeal inst the refusal...

Container tippers from Capital Rental

TO MEET DEMANDS for specialist tipping trailers, Capital Trailer Rentals has converted six 6m (2011) skeletal trailers into...

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Conviction overturned

by a special correspondent A TANKER firm's conviction for tachograph and drivers' hours offences has been overturned by...

Dip steps up reefer checks

THE DEPARTMENT Transport has noted feats illegally wide refrigerated tics are being brought Britain from the Bene countries,...

'Complete flip' by operator

A NORFOLK operator confronted by a traffic examiner over an alleged false declaration "completely flipped" and was beyond...

SPD chilled fleet gets bigg

SPD, National Freight's exUnilever distribution subsidiary, has almost doubled its common user chilled distribution fleet. It...

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Nissan's world truck

by Bill Godwin THE FIRST of a new generation of Japanese mediumweight trucks for world markets has been unveiled in South...

Compressors added to Perkin Power Exchange

PERKINS ENGINES ha tended its range of Power change products to inc engine compressors. The tory remanufactured unit: available...

Pirate warning tom Davies

SUB-STANDARD "pirate" locking jaws in circulation for fifth wheel couplings are worrying Davies Magnet. The Davies jaws are...

Brewer's Volvo Fls shunt in packs

YARD SHUNTING of senii. trailers at Bass depots has been made safer, quicker and easier following the conversion of 14 Volvo F7...

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NBC calls in Amos

NATIONAL Bus Company subsidiary Bristol Omnibus is planning to form a new joint company with minibus guru Anthony Shephard's...

Sonia seeks new dealer

SCANIA and Kirby Cer have mutually agreed to their existing coach de agreement, although Kir will continue to provide 11, up...

Morley loies 0-licence MORLEY's Grey Coaches Mildenhall, took its coaches

off the road August 6 and made its dri redundant when the Eas Traffic Area withdrew firm's operator's licence. Morley's ran...

Berresford cut back

THE NUMBER of vehi the various members of Berresford Motors Grotty companies are authorised operate has been reduced the West...

Independent victory HEART of England Ti and Heart of England

Ser.. have won their battle agz . West Midlands PTE for right to run stage service Warwickshire (CM, June The PTE's...

Caetano wins Parks order

SALVADOR Caetano is supply 21 Portuguese-h Algarve bodied Vo BlOMGL and B9M coa to Parks of Hamilton.

Crystals clears its first hurdle for LIIT

THE SECOND London Regional Transport service to be contracted to an independent bus operator is now in operation. Crystals of...

Waugh, Waugh to jaw-jaw for Labour

THE LABOUR PARTY is preparing a new public transport policy in time for the next general election. It has appointed a five-man...

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VYF'TE fears dereg

ST YORKSHIRE PTE is licting a gloomy future its public transport nark after deregulation. -1 its three-year plan to 8/89, it...

prator fined

HEREFORD trial area inPendent has been fined £675 a series of offences and ered to pay prosecution ts 4014. William Davies of...

Electric midi at work in Scotland

A NINETEEN-seat i)odge 50-Series electric rnidibus is being used to attract visitors to the Scottish Office centenary...

New registrations are now 27pc down

REGISTRATIONS of new buses and coaches are now running more than 25 per cent below last year's, according to the Society of...

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NOW IT'S THE HAULIERS' TURN

NICHOL kS Ridley has as good as got his bus licensing legislation through Parliament. So in the coming year he (or his...

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COOL BODIES,

HOT COMPETITION -IAT was once picked, icessed and delivered the ac day is now more often lied, held over and ivered the next,...

can

FEBRUARY, Alcan import Products launched Loadstar thin-wall reefer, imed by the company to be le first all-British designed 1...

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i SURPRISED young couple who bought the 500,000th ticket e issued

on the National Express eside-London service and were on first leg of a journey from Newcastle .hodes, were toasted in...

PING UP )IZ SERVICE

LT obliged to write to you, first to ;e a small firm which really seems to about its customers, and secondly nock a large...

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP

THANK you for publishing my letter requesting information on obtaining supplies of the special filter element which we...

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NEAPOLITAN' BODIES

LNSWER MAID'S PRAYER Triple-compartment boxvans, holding frozen, chilled and ambient temperatures within a single unit, are...

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OUT FREEZING THE

COMPETITION Thermo King and Petter, market leaders in refrigeration units for temperature controlled transport, arc looking to...

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'PAROCHIAL' OPERATORS

GROWING FAST Bob Greenwood looks at cool distribution packages run by a cautious but far from unenterprising firm A.. MID the...