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21st May 1976
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Government bails out NFC with Ulm grant

DEEP-SEATED financial problems have compelled the Government to give the Stateowned National Freight Corporation an extra grant...

£24: that's the new licence fee

THE DoE is proposing to treble the hgv driving test appointment fee from £8 to £24 from August 1. This week the proposals were...

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Lords go for Green Paper

MANY AREAS of Britain are facing " a virtual cessation of public transport," Lord Mowbray and Stourton told a House of Lords...

JIC talks deadlock

DISCUSSIONS between the Road Haulage Association and the transport workers' union are to go on to try to reach agreement on the...

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Buyer moves i n at Pengco ONLY seven days after news

was released that demountable bodymakers Pengco had been put in the hands of The Receiver, Crane Fruehauf has announced that it...

Permits probe question for Minister

SHADOW Minister for Transport, Mr Norman Fowler, wants to know why foreign hauliers can bring their trucks into Britain...

No truck with sex

the competitive element. But to discriminate against either sex in a contest such as driving where physical strength, stamina...

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Europe's transport building-up 'too slow'

BELGIAN Minister of Communications Jos Chabert said the build-up of a European transport policy was too slow, when he addressed...

CFDC plans for

regional officers THE Continental Freight Drivers Club is to set up a network of regional officers to deal with membership and...

BL in black

BRITISH LEYLAND moved into the black during the six months ended on March 27— thanks to its Truck and Bus Division. Of the...

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'Distribution is lousy' warning

PHYSICAL distribution in Britain is lousy and if the industry does not put its house in order the Government will step in and...

Trust the tacho

THE CIVIC TRUST has joined the great tachograph debate— and it has come out strongly in favour of tachos because it believes...

Scots Tories back roads

SCOTTISH Tories in conference at Perth last week defeated by a big majority a motion calling on the Government to cut its road...

Stolen vehicles trailed in Europe

AN ex police officer Mr F. Topham, left London last Friday to travel to Tehran in search of stolen and abandoned vehicles. He...

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Driver altered hgv licence with ballpoint

A DRIVER was fined a total of £50 and his transport manager £20 when they appeared before Rossendale magistrates last week on...

Umbrella scheme for owner drivers

A SCHEME to provide ownerdrivers with a continuous flow of work and also to give them cover for most eventualities during a...

CM LDoY RESULTS

Wolverhampton R. FOSTER was the winner of the Wolverhampton CMLDoY contest at the weekend. He beat 80 competitors to go...

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LAs' inquiry absentees warned

OPERATORS who fail to appear when called to a disciplinary inquiry before the Licensing Authority now face stronger action. In...

1976-good for BRS

THE new managing director of Southern BRS, Mr John Farrant, made his debut before 200 customers from Sussex, Surrey and Kent at...

Vehicle delivery delays forecast

A WARNING that road haul age and passenger operators could find themselves faced with lengthening delays in obtaining vehicles...

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Removing worry by guarantee

A GUARANTEE system involving members of the British Association of Removers and the Federation Internationale de Demenageurs...

Truck production down 1,000 a week

AVERAGE production of commercial vehicles was down by more than 1,000 vehicles a week over the first three months of this year...

Tories want debate 'fairly soon'

A DEBATE was called for last week by Mr John Peyton, who looks after House of Commons business for the Tories, on " that rather...

(PEOPLE

DoE's research chief to serve another term THE DEPARTMENT of the Environment has announced that Alfred Goldstein is to...

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Continental tours monopoly alleged

AN angry outburst alleging a virtual monopoly by a rival coach firm for Continental tours on the South coast followed the South...

Confed on the green • • .

A HIGH-LEVEL committee of inquiry has been appointed by the Confederation of Passenger Transport to reply to the Government's...

Dial-a-bus rings true

THE Old Harlow dial-a-bus service, which began in 1974, has emerged from an interim rep or t published by the Transport and...

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Irish bodybuilder plans bus range

THE Irish State transport company, CIE, is to back Dublin bodybuilder Van Hool McArdle in developing a new range of buses. At...

Discounts save Manchester fares

GREATER Manchester Transport has stopped its loss of adult passengers by introducing a system of discounts for regular...

12ns on the buses

BUS services in the Strathclyde region are to receive a E2m subsidy this year. The money will go to the Scottish Bus Group,...

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Council lightweight

A THREE-WHEELER demountable gully emptier with 590 litres (130gal) capacity has been designed for local authorities looking for...

Ford conversions for Manchester fire fighters

ONE of the largest fire authorities in Great Britain, Greater Manchester Fire Service, is now taking delivery of the first of...

Cummins and R-R options for Marathon

by the technical editor FORMER Guy operators should be pleased with the announcement from British Leyland that Cummins and...

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Biggest ever Load Lugger

TELEHO1ST has introduced its biggest-ever Load Lugger, a container-handling system with a skip volume of 26.76cum (35cuyd) and...

Safety screen

handling materials destined for the Centre include this screen which is sandwiched out of sight between the main aluminium...

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Long haul to the top

THE CHAIRMANSHIP of the Road Haulage Association is one job that should go to a seasoned, practical haulier and that's a...

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Road transport gives air cargo a lift

THE spectacular growth of the cargo sector in the international air transport scene is accompanied by the development of highly...

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Ford DA1611 urban artic at 16 tons gcw

THREE YEARS ago Commercial Motor tested one of the earliest model urban artics to enter service with Bass Charrington. Since...

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Silent men of Westminster

Things have been quiet from Westminster recently. I noticed it only after Norman Fowler, the Shadow Transport Minister, was...

How's that

That brings me neatly round to real cricket. Today, Friday, sees the start of the Halliday Transport knock-out trophy at...

Moving on

If you missed the pageant of motoring last week at Penshurst Place in Kent, you missed a treat. This is one of the highlights...

Rate cutting

London Transport is nothing if not brave, One day last week LT ran its "Round London Sightseeing Tour" for 12ip

Take your pick

If a 124p trip round London doesn't turn you on, you could always get yourself a trip to Sweden or a weekend in Paris for two....

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Vanguard

Rustproofing can virtually eliminate corrosion on vans SO, RUSTPROOFING a van isn't worth while? If you really believe that,...

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Pioneering at Nottingham

by John Darker LARGE SHOPPING complexes —hypermarkets or superstores —present local authorities with big problems. Although...

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When a Pc says 'show me'

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE A POLICE constable can demand the production of a driving licence from the following...

You can solder aluminium

ALUMINIUM is such a difficult material for the novice to weld, that many mechanics are unaware that it can be soldered...

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Down the owner-driver

road-by kin Sherriff OWNER-DRIVERS are having a thin time. In the present economic climate this may not appear to be out of the...

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Cops and robbers

FAMILIAR to most people concerned with traffic regulations and road improvements is the exchange of correspondence which begins...

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Members at the BAR discuss bulk buying

IS BULK BUYING of vehicles and equipment practicable or not ? The British Association of Removers has not made up its mind....

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Chris applies for his 0' licence

MANAGING A SMALL BUSINESS by Johnny Johnson AFTER DECIDING to become a haulier in his own right, Chris Carter from Crosby,...

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I have been offered a regular summer job which involves

educational excursions on the Continent. It would be much more convenient if I was able to leave my coach at a Continental port...

One of my coach drivers, after completing a regular journey

to a seaside resort, invariably asks me for recompense for parking charges though he produces no receipt for this expenditure....

Q I have been offered work taking loaded trailers to the

Continent using my own tractive unit. The company owning the trailers has a supply of journey permits and they say that these...