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24th June 1977
24th June 1977
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Veto threat to EEC talks

IISAPPOINTED diplomats nd EEC civil servants fear hat the absence• of the ierman minister at next veek's Common Market...

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Volvo and Scania to compete COMPETITION between Volvo and Scania will continue, even under a merger, according to Sten...

Austrian border plight

VEHICLES returning from runs to the Middle East, and forced to return by road following the end of the Ljubljana train, have...

STRIKE-HIT FORD

PRODUCTION of Transit vans and Ford heavy vehicles was halted earlier this week when 3,150 men were laid off at the Southampton...

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Call for a weight guide

GOVERNMENT guidance over gross weights is needed if the British heavy vehicle makers are not to lose out in the European...

Arrow Freight to lose 0 licence

EAST LONDON haulier, Charles Thurleigh, trading as Arrow Freight International, had his 0 licence suspended after he failed to...

Riding rumours roughshod

REPORTS that Japanese vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi is to build the new Canter range in Britain have been denied by Colt Car...

FTA 111111111 OF PARI

LOCAL authorities can no longer increase lorry and coach parking charges without going through the consultation and...

Imp( by c

IMPORTERS of commerci vehicles pushed their share • the market up to 15.33 per cei of total sales last month as ti sales rose...

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BATTLE

MG LEVY ricted hours. Vehicles affected by these :ontrols (including buses and milers) will be those whose mladen weight...

; rise

r apc sales and 58.8 per cent of the market. Bedford sold 112 vehi:les and had 19.65 per cent, while Ford trailed with 68 sales...

R E COVERY

i.TAggs SHAPE THE ASSOCIATION of Vehicle Recovery Operators is the proposed name of a CM-sponsored organisation, set up to...

WESTM NSTER HAUL

I pm ' 4tla 1 4 71 418 1 POOR old John Horam. it should have been his week — holding the fort, and he a mere Under-Secretary...

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Ipswich by-pass battles on

LTITNESSES at a marathon lepartment of Environment iquiry in Suffolk are taking a. tell-earned rest after three feeks of...

'Give lorries more road'

COMMERCIAL vehicles should be given priority over cars by introducing a system of special licences and reserved road space to...

Overloading is cut by half

OVERLOADING by British vehicles in East Sussex has fallen by a half in the last three years, but foreign vehicles continue to...

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IMF( ash slashed

PROPOSED cash grants the National Freight Corpo don contained in the Gove ment's Transport (Financ Provisions) Bill, have he...

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Builder loses licence

kN Inverness building con.ractor has had his licence' . evoked for failing to attend a fleeting of the town's Licencng...

SHORT HAULS

Tamplin order TAMPLIN Engineering has received an order worth £36,000 for pneumatic discharge equipment to be installed on...

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Safety regs hit the roof

IN A written reply in the House of Commons, Transport Under-Secretary John Horam has said that proposed regulations affecting...

' Death ' s do

' man neglected c ches KENT coach operator Maurice Wells, who had been given only half an hour to live recently, has been told...

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Psv transport 'needs change'

A PLEA to free the growing number of people "in prison in their own environment" by the run-down of transport services in rural...

Hillingdon's 'first' bus

HILLINGDON is to be the first London local authority to run its own bus service. The service will be launched in the autumn...

FREE TRIPS ON NT

NATIONAL Travel (South East) has been granted, with conditions, an application to carry tour passengers free of charge on its...

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Snapper may be snipped by auto

THE NEXT generation of gearboxes from Fuller, following the 'Snapper', could be automatic according to Paul A. Miller,...

Maggie length option

A LONGER version of th. Magirus Deutz eight-wheele will be available for the Britisl market later this year. At present only...

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TECHNICAL

Made to measure TRACTION has been improved on a DAF 6x2 by rifting a Primrose Hi-lift axleload transfer unit, claims North...

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More power for the RTITB

implications for traffic managers PUBLICATION of the Road Transport Industry Training Board's ambitious plan to extend its...

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Tea tug a

wit kvi opafte Reference to the letter (CM May 20) by Mr. R. H. Flockhart saying SMT Sales and Service Co Ltd, Glasgow, is...

Reference the letter in CM May 27: "Is this freedom?" from V B. Gill of Wadebridge, Cornwall.

Mr Gill seems to have overlooked the fact that he does employ union members, so he could send them to drive coaches for...

Cam riatt wait

The juggernauts are causing concern to the people of Nettlestead Green, near Maidstone, Kent. They are using the...

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The Combined Strength of CRAVENS HOMALLOY and TASKERS TRAILERS-now Stronger than ever

CRAVEN TASKER is the new corporate name for the CRAVENS 1-10MALLOY AND TASKER TRAILERS Group of Companies who boast over 100...

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Swings and roundabouts..

at the crucial moment, making the van overturn, if the speed was just a bit high. The same problem is likely to occur with any...

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Traffic Office rou tint

REVENUE protection begin: with the first phone call which offers traffic. For *i. purpose, an efficient traffic office...

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YOUR KEY TO MAKING MONEY

lestination and special collecon and delivery instructions. he staff make a point of btaining the name of the Jerson operating...

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SLIC approach

YOU'RE NEVER very far from an inland clearance depot these days (see maps on pages 46 and 47) and they are all expecting even...

Tips for hauliers and drivers • •

IN an interview with CM, South London Inland Clearance depot manager Edwin Crouch gave these tips for hauliers and drivers...

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Heavyweight champion

Noel Miltier takes the AEC Leyland coach on a test drive. Photos by Dick Ross THE AEC Reliance chassis has been in production...

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Update your costing

CM's Tables spell out the message FOR THE SECOND consecutive year, the cost of operating commercial vehicles has risen by an...

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Psv: another picture. • 411

FOR PASSENGER vehicles, the picture is somewhat similar, though the increase in costs is slightly more for coaches than for...

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KNOW T

by Les Oldridge, T.Eng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE 'No-go' offences IT IS surprising how many offences can be committed with...

AW

home, on a trunk road or in a country lane could all amount to contravention of Regulation 114, Over the years there has been a...

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PEOPLE PROBLEMS

Noel Milner learns what's crucial in a day in the life of Peter Helm, traffic manager IMAGINE THIS: you're in charge of 53...