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2nd June 1978
2nd June 1978
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ALB

Confusion! Confusion reigned in the industry this week over an incident in which lorries were commandeered by Thames Valley...

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Save it now

ENERGY conservation should be the concern of everyone. Too often it is regarded as the business of the boffins, engineers or...

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Police action u sets hauliers

CONFUSION reigned in the industry this week over an incident in which lorries were commandeered by Thames Valley police on the...

Vleal strike to hit .ondon next week

PERATORS in the London area have been warned by shop .ewards that more than 6,000 drivers will take part in one-day rikes every...

SCOTS GOODS BUS

PUBLIC transport will serve up to 5,000 more residents of Border Region later this year under plans announced by the regional...

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UR wins in surprise IRU move

THERE was a surprise, behind the scenes, move by the 15strong British delegation at the International Road Transport Union...

'No thanks' to Tory sales plum

CONSERVATIVE plans for selling off both the National Freight Corporation and the Natior Bus Company seemed unlikely to find a...

Unpopular Ford

SYRIA has joined 13 other Middle East countries which have banned Ford vehicles from travelling into or through its territory....

WE HAVE had complai from readers who get CM subscription

that copies sometimes delivered af Friday, CM's day of publi tion. Postal copies are norm made available to the po service in...

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Scots common depot

:ENTRAL Regional Council is exploring lepot based on Greater London Council's It would occupy 10-12 acres of the 724-acre Royal...

Tayside's

CLASS winners of the Tayside heat of the CM Lorry Driver of the Year competition on May 18 were: Class A: I. Mackie (Scottish...

Self help pays

NATIONAL Bus's first self-help rural minibus service in Norfolk is now covering its costs, but the Ford Transit used on it is...

Contract runaround

k MINISTRY of Defence contract blacked by hauliers last week after it was taken tway from an operator who had broken the...

WESTM NSTIM HAUL

HAD nobody spotted that written answer? Or was it that MPs had just not realised its import? After all, though EEC Regulation...

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The problems of the d eloping world helped emarkable truck. us to develop ou

The biggest problem of operating trucks in the developing world is keeping them on the road. Not because they often travel...

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Bedford.

If you've got a load on your mind. Working to tight schedules, day in, day out, refuse collectors can't be off the road for...

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oubts on ontainer tandards

)UBTS about the Health d Safety Executive plans for specting containers have en expressed by the Freight ansport Association....

FINAL ATTACK ON WINDSOR CORDON

THE FREIGHT Transport Association has lodged a last-minute objection to Berkshire County Council's Windsor Cordon lorry...

lintwerp alarm

LE PORT of Antwerp is pressing for harmonisation regulations for handling dangerous goods, because it feels ther safety nor...

Sooner not later for AT4

A REPORT from a Transport Action Scotland study group has criticised the Government's attitude to the prospects for a...

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SHORT HAULS

York sales up YORK Trailer Holdings Ltd's sales in the first quarter of 1978 are ahead of last year's record. The company...

Stop these con overloads LA

ALTHOUGH Licensing Authorities are conscious of the problems of overloading inherent in t carriage of certain traffics, it was...

Ford is market leader

SALES OF new commen vehicles, both British k foreign, were up in April o the same month last yE according to the Society Motor...

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GOVERNMENT plans to compel large employers to give up one

third of the seats on their boards to employees have drawn a mixed reaction from the transport industry. The White Paper on...

ODs to meet Foster

OWNER drivers' representatives are to meet members of the Foster Committee on Operators' Licensing. Three representatives,...

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'Bus services need subsidy'

PUBLIC support for buses must continue, says the Transport and General Workers' Union. The call comes in a leaflet titled...

New NBC fare system

NATIONAL Bus subsidiary Southdown has applied a new flat fare system to its Haywards Heath area buses. The area has been split...

LT men for Pakistan

PAKISTAN is to receive advice from a two-man London Transport delegation on how to run its urban bus services. Buses in...

Watchdog's warning bite

BUS reliability must be Olt target for London Transport it 1978, says the London Trans port Passengers Committee it its annual...

Tyne and Wear PTE is to hold a public open

day at its Byker Works in NewcastleonJune 10 and 11. Admission will be free to the public. London Country Bus Services are...

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NT loses grip on day trips

A SHEFFIELD coach operator has retained his holiday tours licence — despite opposition from National Travel. The operator,...

New bus deal?

BRITISH Leyland and West Lothian District Council are involved in talks aimed at speeding the supply of vehicles and repairs....

Brake regs OK

THE GOVERNMENT last week rejected a suggestion that special electro-magnetic brake retarders should be compulsory on buses. A...

Singles to end

THE FAMILIAR single-deck bus has disappeared from Edinburgh streets. It was the type first used for experiments to try out the...

Priority change

NATIONAL Travel is likely to launch a new marketing strategy later this year. The National Bus Company has admitted that its...

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Cutting the drag

by the Technical Edi A NEW device for reducing wind drag on tractor/trailer combinations has been announced by Airshield....

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HIGH POWER FIRE FIGHTER 'STEP FORWARD'

REYNOLDS Boughton Chassis Limited has introduced a high speed 6x6 firefighting chassis featuring a unique, centrally mounted...

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The shape of things

to come? by Alan Millar LIKE the coal and steel industries, British Rail has retreated from many areas in which it had heavy...

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CAN LEANOTHER

There's a common misconception in trucking circles; that all a delivery truck has to do is keep on delivering. Which may...

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Compaction is the key to economy

THIS YEAR the Institute of Solid Wastes Managements conference is to be held at Brighton from June 27 to 30. The theme of the...

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Wadham Stringer votes for style

by John Durant WHEN selling a gully emptier to local government the firm that offers a council a vehicle that will sort out...

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Sink* wait beet*

Vlike Wells's outburst on behalf of the British Association of Owner Drivers seems to miss one vital point. There was never any...

Km*

6 fit With reference to the article "Drivers' network growing," I am an owner-driver operating with my brother four vehicles...

demi

iLL 13ftigittag Whilst I was pleased, as an entrant, to receive a copy of your journal featuring the' HCVC/Foden 1978 London...

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Coachman's conundrum

COACH operators in many towns rely on school contracts for their "bread arid butter" during the long cold winter months", when...

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Hanging up his hammock

I am told that Captain Jack Dawson (left), Commodore of Townsend Thoresen's Dover fleet, has retired after 35 years with the...

On target

I was pleased to see the Road Haulage Association taking the war into the enemy's camp over the matter of sanctions for alleged...

Ingenious bodies

Boalloy's growth and acquisition by the powerful Craven Tasker outfit are landmarks in the postwar history of British...

Yorkshire first?

David Scott Hellewell, South Yorkshire PTE's controller of operations and planning, is hoping that they will be able to get...

Grand Prix

Up at Oulton Park Racing Circuit in Cheshire ERF has held what it calls "the firstever commercial grand prix". Seventy-five...

Superstar transport

Lambourn Coachbuilders were quoting six months delivery dates for their horse transporters — such is the demand — when an...

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Buy or lease?

STRINGENT economies caused by the last four years' industrial stagnation and government restraints have compelled many local...

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Gospel for dissidents

ONE OF the less successful initiatives by the Road Haulage Association was the commissioning of the Wells report. No blame can...

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GET READY

FIRE WHAT is red, has six wheels, weighs 4 tons and accelerates from nought to 50mph in 16 seconds? No, not the latest...

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Chase that blaze into rough terrain

HIGHER landing speeds, larger aircraft with more passengers aboard and a general increase in aircraft movements have produced...

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Save energy lift weights!

ENERGY, or rather the saving of it, was the theme of the conference organised by CM which took place at Goodwood House, Sussex,...

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Horse and cart ideas

ONE OF THE greatest boons to hit the road transport scene in its 300-year or so history was the advent of articulation. It...

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MUNICIPALS DELAY ON ELECTRONICS

by Noel Millier DELEGATES who had travelled to Sheffield's Cutler's Hall from four continents were disappointed by the...

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• Mixed fleet is utility's answer

THE SOUTH Eastern Electricity , Board has over 1 1 /2m consumers in an area embracing the counties of Sussex, Surrey and Kent....

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PEOPLE New president for SaabaScania

Saab-Scania's new president (managing director) from July 1 wi5be Sten Gustafsson, president of Swedish investment company...