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Page 5
lan Law to RHA: let's get talking' .NY SMALL hauliers could ll find themselves out of a by the end of the year !ause of the...
A MIDDLE EAST operator has been told that there is no guarantee that he will get Austrian road haulage permits — despite having...
Page 6
SHELVOKE and Drewery has won orders worth £5 million which will push up the company's production rates to full capacity....
A CONSULTATIVE document published by the Health and Safety Commission this week sets out draft proposals for the labelling of...
CONTINUING cash cuts .means a "disturbing" future for public transport in London, says London Transport in its annual report....
THE JOLODA mechanical roller conveyor, used in pallet loading applications, was praised last week by Raymond Baxter, the TV...
ON page 48 of last week's issue, CM's White Paper, we proposed supplementary licences for hazardous loads. In this paragraph...
Page 7
VERALL loss of £15.26m made by the National ght Corporation for 1976 r interest and other charare included. is is compared...
YOUNG hgv trainees will be competing for new awards at this year's CM Lorry Driver of the Year competition finals in...
OCEAN Transport and Trading has made a £22.2 million bid for the Hay's Wharf company. But the offer is being fought off by...
Page 31
DDLE EAST operators king up return loads in rkey are now faced with ays of up to ten days. The Turks have just brought a new...
at Freightliners and National Carriers depots has been called off. The men will return to National Freight Corporation...
Page 32
Euro-liquid UNISPEED Intermodal is to extend its overseas bulk liquid service to cover the whole of the EEC from May 1. A...
GOVERNMENT transport policy is already in ruins — weeks before the publication of the White Paper. Freight Transport...
OWN-ACCOUNT operators could not afford to have problems with transport. It was often a vital part of the business and it was in...
Page 33
DDS and public service icle accidents caused 12 cent fewer casualties ing 1976 white the level of fic dropped by only one per...
LR has been declared on joie noise in Darlington as t of a "quiet life" experint being carried out by the Lse Advisory Council...
BRITISH Road Services will be operating a comprehensive commercial vehicle recovery and repair service as from Monday. BRS...
IF YOU use it, a lorry brought it, and hauliers should make that fact known said Road Haulage Association national chairman...
Page 34
OBJECTIONS to the abolition of the Road Haulage Wages Council have come from the British Association of Removers this week. In...
CITY LINK Transport Services has extended its British Rail Red Star based parcels service to take in another 11 intermediate...
PROFITS for the current will be "substantially in ol of those for 1976," Ai Murray, recently appoi chairman of Crane Frue Ltd...
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R EVERY pound spent in es another pound is being d out by society in trans subsidies, the British ads Federation claimed last...
TRICENTROL Coaches has just put the first stretched 12-metre Bedford YMT-based vehicle into service. The new coach carries a...
LEYLAND'S new export B21 single-deck chassis was on display at the Nice International Coach Show for the first time this week....
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ERICH KRAMPF has been appointed managing director of Mercedes-Benz UK Ltd. He succeeds Gerd Hoffmann, who akes up a new...
Page 37
REASED subsidies for lic transport, a fares freeze an end to the "nonsense" that public transport is le only when it is able to...
services to obtain up to date information on usage and needs of passengers. Chief traffic assistant Andrew Cudbertson will be...
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AS PART of a research and development programme, Leyland Truck and Bus is spending £500,000 on two test facilities and a new...
g i an t semis TIPPING semi-trailers wit 28-ton payload capacity now being built by Ed Bodies Ltd, of Bolton, to n orders...
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...00M and despondency rouds the Road Haulage isociation's 32nd Annual !port. The idea that the "social" st of haulage should...
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I was surprised when I read your editorial of March 18 in which you accused Ribble of giving you a "No comment" comment the...
I was interested in the item in -Birds-eye view (CM, March 25). Under the reference - Get in now The Hawk suggests that...
Your paper contained an Interesting article by Mr Paul Brockington (Technitopics, April 1) about a spark-assisted...
The study just published by the Polytechnic of Central London (CM, April 8), assumes a construction cost five times the figure...
As co-author of the report I question, I would like to take up some points made by Mr Elliott, traffic manager of United...
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Graham Montgomerie looks at your best specs... r0 TRANSPORT a load quickly and at the best possible price must be the goal of...
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is the new 6 x 4 truck from Mercedes-Benz. Titled the 2419, it replaces the existing LP2419 model from which it is easily...
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SHORT of nothing but seating capacity, a 12-metre Van Hool-bodied Fiat coach, seating but 24 passengers, carried off the...
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Stepaen Gray tests an economical eigatrwneder F or a good many years now Fodens have held the Number One position in...
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Anyone who knows the RHA Western area knows Harold Russett is this year's area chairman, but he was not in his usual place on...
'Another RHA man who gets involved in extra activities is Bert Simpson, the RHA's Southern area secretary. Not content it seems...
The new LDoY secretary John Wells takes up office on Monday. He will be the third man in the driving seat since CM began its...
Tomorrow is rally day in Ulster, but thankfully this one has neither political or religious connections. It is the sixth annual...
Q What is the NEB? A The National Enterprise Board Q What is NEB interest in British Leyland? A It is the BL holding...
Driving competitions have sprouted up all over the place since the early CM days. Many companies now run their own eliminators...
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TIPPER operators are still going for the more expensive alloy bodies in a big way. In pay load conscious Britain. aluminium is...
Page 99
Bill Godwin tells how a Bavarian haulier beat Interpol... NHEN two tippers were stolen rom a construction site in the 3avaria,...
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an stop as you mean to go on. 3irling Skidchek. The anti-skid, -jack-knife system from Britain's ling brake systems...
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A lthough the Edbro Group is involved in the manufacture of equipment intended for a variety of industries, it is perhaps best...
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N o tipper can operate without a pto or combined pto/pump. It's a precision piece of equipment, and so it's essential to...
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T o the British tipper operator, one of the more surprising aspects of the tipping scene in Holland must be the predominance of...
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a desirable feature bringing advantages of economy and enabling vehicles to be switched from one job to another. At this time,...
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T he detailed attention given to Edbro customers is soon apparent to a visitor to the company's Service Department at Bolton....