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25th August 1984
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Loophole? Pitfall!

BRITISH COACH operators must still be smarting after the startling revelations on Radio Four's Going Places last Friday. Quite...

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MacGregor calms coal hauliers

THE NATIONAL Coal Board's regular hauliers need fear no reprisals from the NCB when the current miners' strike ends, said Board...

Drivers' card check

A MAJOR check of haulage drivers' heavy goods vehicle union identity cards will be mounted early next month by the Transport...

Read in court

GEORGE M. Read, one of the two hauliers from the Forest of Dean to take successful legal action against the National Union of...

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TDG ups profit

BUSINESS is recovering for the Transport Development Group's British and overseas haulage activities, with turnover up by 12...

ERF goes for standard

ERF IS preparing a radical change to its marketing and production strategy and offer a "standard" tractive unit in place of its...

Council slammed

THE FOREST of Dean District Council has been severely criticised by the acting Western Licencing Authority, Sir John Potter,...

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MPs look at tolls

THE TRANSPORT industry will have another chance of campaigning for an end to tolls on major bridges and tunnels this autumn...

Trailers grow

HOME market demand for new trailers is boosting profits at York Trailer, which reports a more than threefold leap in its net...

Cool tests by York

FEARS that French ATP perishable goods transport testing may be inadequate for thin wall refrigerated lorries are being allayed...

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Express vat bond

AT LEAST three international parcels carriers have lodged bonds with HM Customs and Excise to help their customers cope with...

Wait to object to ban

COMPANIES planning to object to the Greater London Council's proposed night and weekend lorry ban are being warned to wait...

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Wincanton's two into the cold

WINCANTON CHILLED DISTRIBUTION, the specialist nationwide chilled and ambient distribution company within the Wincanton...

Obituary

FORMER deputy chairman and managing director of the Scottish Transport Group, William Mortis (`Moris') Little, has died in...

Connolly's move is international

DEVELOPING Pickfords international executive moving service is the task for Victor Connolly of Clandon Road, Rochester, Kent....

Port man is md and chairman

GEOFFREY PARKER, managing director of the Port of Felixstowe since 1976, has now been appointed chairman and managing...

Gilbert expressed to National

JOHN GILBERT has been appointed continental services manager for National Express from August 20 in succession to David...

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Tribunal award to 'courteous' driver

A DRIVER/labourer was sacked on the spot when he was accused by his boss of deliberately wasting time on a job. John McNeil was...

Time stretched

DRIVER Douglas Wilkinson of Kelso gave his farm-owner em ployer nine time sheets showing longer hours at work than recorded on...

Liner service

LINER Terminal Operators is a new company established by Associated British Ports and Humber Land and Sea Services to provide a...

E Kent in Orbit

EAST KENT Shipping and Forwarding is being taken over by Orbit Shipping, a company controlled by Sally Line chief Michael...

Eros to Edinburgh

VANGUARD Engineering, the Middlesex-based machinery removal company, dismantled the Eros statue from London's Piccadilly Circus...

Day trip only

TRANSIT van driver Ronald Powell of Whitburn, West Lothian, was dismissed when he refused to drive to Paisley and Greenock from...

Sack upheld

THAMESBREAK Transport of Slough dismissed with regret Thomas Cargan of Penicuik, Midlothian. Mr Cargan had been 10 years with...

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Goodyear test track

GOODYEAR has purchased a 500-acre proving ground at Mireval near Montpellier in southern France. Its 3.3km (2.1 mile) and...

ETMC grows

FORD is the latest manufacturer to have its name added to the list of sponsors of this year's European Transport Maintenance...

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New star rises in Bedford's firmament

BEDFORD'S restyled Astra van range announced this week has sleeker lines than its predecessor. R also offers increased body...

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Artics for town

RHM INGREDIENT Supplies of Leeds is changing its rigid vehicle distribution fleet to specially developed lightweight,...

Lex specifies Maxaret system

PARCELS carrier Lex Wilkinson has specified Maxaret anti-lock braking equipment produced by Anti-Skid Controls as standard on...

Underfloor fridges

FIFTEEN new refrigerated semi-trailers equipped with fridge gear mounted below the trailer chassis have entered service with...

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It's exciting: Lothian

LOTHIAN Region's transport department has little to fear from privatisation if it can be proved to be efficient, Scottish Home...

A tender fight in Glasgow

ANOTHER traffic court battle is looming in Strathclyde where a Scottish Bus Group company is seeking authority to run three...

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Best of bad luck

THE BEST of British Travel (UK) operate stage carriage services (CM August 11). The company, which trades as Shakespeare...

They're put out

DARLINGTON Borough Council has landed itself in the middle of a blazing row over its decision to ban smoking on all of its...

LRT refutes GLC claims

LONDON REGIONAL Transport has reacted angrily to a claim by its former master the Greater London Council, that it has secretly...

Roadshow

HESTAIR DUPLE is to hold a series of road shows to promote its new Laser 2 and Caribbean 2 coach bodies. Each will include a...

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Are car tests too soft?

WHILST AGREEING with CM'S Editorial (CM July 7) that the hgv test is too simple, surely most of your criticisms can also be...

Micros are for small fleets, too

I WANT to reply to the "Computers in Transport" article (CM, July 23) referring to the decision taken by Eddie and Joan Farrall...

The attraction of webbing

WE WOULD like to pursue further the point raised by Mr P. J. Edmonds in CM (June 30) regarding webbing side guards and their...

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What the strike means to hauliers

Coal-lorry convoys can spell survival. 'The prospect of blacking after the dispute is irrelevant if you cannot otherwise...

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The one that got away

PLAYING his first round of golf in two years when he entered Volvo Trucks nationwide golf competition, Peter Rawlinson, a...

Daring young men in refuse machines

THE DUSTMEN'S derby is on again. More than 150 four-man teams of salvage executives, armed with Seddon Atkinson dustcarts with...

Nearly all that glisters is gold

COMPANY reports are not my favourite reading but I make an exception of the 1983 report of Volvo Trucks (Great Britain). It is...

Stop playing the goat

THIS IS the silly billy season. When else would a goat make news? Belonging to an Essex publican, the animal naturally drinks...

Drivers' contests fewer but better

ALTHOUGH the number of regional centres in the Commercial Motor Lorry Driver of the Year Competition has dwindled this year,...

1,000 "guests" for 75th birthday party

THE NOSTALGIA business is becoming highly competitive as local parades and exhibitions of commercial vehicles and cars, old and...

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Hill's Transport depot is college campus

Cardiff haulier Hill's Transport has a special concern for training, as Bob Greenwood discovered recently. It even has a centre...

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A manual of management

DAVID LOWE can justify his Study Manual of Professional Competence in Road Transport Management (Kogan Page; £14.50) on page...

The heroine is a Scammell

BOB TUCK clearly eats, drinks and sleeps heavy haulage lorries. His book, Mountain Movers, sub-titled Heavy haulage vehicles at...

Labour of love on eight legs

HERE IS ANOTHER one for the enthusiast. Colin Wright's book The Eight-Wheeler (Wyvern Publications; £4.95) is a photographic...

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There's a Unimog in the hillsides

Brian Weatherley visits the Bwrdd Canolog Cychyrchu Trydan (CEGB), Rhanbarth Y De Orllewin (SW Region) to see these...

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Bodybuilders Guide

ALONG WITH most of British industry, commercial vehicle bodybuilders have suffered considerably during the past five or six...

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Overcoming distrust

This 7.5-tonne van built in Spain is competitively priced but Motor lberica must watch its anti-corrosion treatment. Bryan...

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First past the post 200 years on

Coaches and buses are seldom out of the headlines these days. Last week, at Bristol, they again attracted special interest, but...

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Here's a straight tip: unload horizontally

THE STABILITY of articulated tippers has long been a matter for concern. A much-quoted Health and Safety Executive figure...

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This is how Walking Floor works

TAKING a 12m semi-trailer as an example, the floor surface consists of 25 aluminium planks laid side-by-side and running the...

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Safety stores

DESIGNED primarily for paint respray shops and damage repair establishments, the new 1.21 x 1.21m (4ft x 4ft) and 1,82 x 1.82m...

This.boot lock is discreet

AN INTERNAL locking system has been developed by Simba Security Systems to provide a discreet alternative to traditional...

Emergency vehicles in better light

BRITAX PMG has developed a better bucket beacon and range of light bars for emergency vehicles. The 340 series Bucket Beacon...

Retrieve fuel in minutes

A MOBILE fuel retriever from Baelz Equipment allows one man to drain, store or refill up to 45 litres (10gal) of fuel in a...

Quick tyre checks made easy

VISUAL Pressure Instruments has launched a low-cost tyre pressure gauge called Rapid Check. The gauge, housed in a rugged outer...

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Sheet metal folder

A 1,200mm (48in) capacity folder now produced by SykesPickavant complements the existing 600mm (241n) sheet metal folder and is...

Light vehicle safety aid

A DEVICE designed to cut off the electrical supply in a light vehicle in the event of an accident has been introduced into the...

A cut above the average

ENERPAC now sells a 12-unit range of hydraulic cutters sets designed for cutting bolts, alloy chains, wire rope, cable, time...

Improvements from Berger

TWO OF BERGER's most popular Vinton Autospeed preparatory products — Meltic and Preclean -have been improved. Meltic paint...

Going up in the world

COLIN DALE equipment has introduced the VEGA range of flush fitting platform hoists, with lifting capacity up to 40 tonnes....

Sprung a leak?

KENT-MOORE UK has introduced a universal cylinder leakage tester to their existing Dieseicare and Serviceaid range of engine...

Pneumatic wheel puller

PNEUMATIC Power (UK) of Warrington, Cheshire has introduced a heavy duty pneumatic/manual commercial vehicle wheel puller. The...

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