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3rd February 1978
3rd February 1978
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Hands off 0 licensing

RIGHT from its inception up to the present day, the 0 licensing system has been "an outstanding success" says the Freight...

0 licences "an oustanding success"—FTA

lieves such operators are in a very small minority. Ridding the industry of cowboys will be no easy matter says the FTA, as...

Solvesen shuts up cots shop

HRISTIAN SALVESEN, one f Britain's largest refrigerled transport operators, is to lose its Aberdeen depot. The ecision was...

WA Wales at standstill

■ VER 2,000 lorry drivers in outh Wales are now on strike ver a pay claim their mployers say is a breech of he Government's pay...

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Briefly...

Gold medal THE CASTROL Gold Medal of the Institute of the Motor Industry has been awarded to David Plastow, group managing...

Veeder Root network completed

VEEDER-ROOT, the British .tachograph manufacturer, has completed its European sales and service network. All EEC countries are...

Easing the manager's burdens

THE TIME• has come for the Government to get off the backs of managers and let them get on with the task of managing. And a...

Overtimi an could turn int strike

TANKER drivers employed by SHELL, ESSO, TEXACO and (incorporating NATIONAL) have now all voted to ban overtin The four...

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Livery winner

THE WINNER of Class C of CM'S livery competition is Pandoro, the road freight division of the P and 0 Group. The runners-up...

,• • r• confere CM is sponsoring an International Conference

in Dover and Calais on March 15 and 16. The theme of the conference is Anglo-French Co-operation. Speakers include G. C....

Shell estimates deliveries 3uld be cut by 45-50 per cent,

rid similarly Esso reckons the an would cut their deliveries ) petrol stations by 30-35 per On Tuesday evening Transort...

WES TM NS TER HAUL

PERHAPS it was the thought of road signs combining Welsh and metrication . . perhaps it was part of a campaign to get as much...

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Fined E1,400 on EEC regs

FINES totalling more than £1,400 imposed on a northern haulier for "consistent" breaches of EEC regulations on drivers hours...

:PC exam 'off the rails'

kIMS that the exam for the tificate of professional npetence is "going off the Is" have been made by the eight Transport...

Major road schemes

:ANSPORT Minister Warn Rodgers has decided go ahead with the conuction of two major road iemes. They include a road king Oxford...

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ALB Test fee rises condemned

BOTH THE Road Haulage Association and Freight Transport Association have condemned the Government's proposed increase in the...

RHA urges action on vehicle replacement

ACTION must be taken immediately to counteract the problems caused by inflation in the financing of vehicle replacement, said...

HAULIERS whose traffic dictated that they had to use certain

routes were more likely to receive prohibitions in roadside checks, because. vehicle examiners tended to use particular spots...

New RIM Premises

NEW office premises for the RHA Yorkshire (Leeds) area were officially opened on Wednesday by Major-General V. H. J. Carpenter,...

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1 Sales management

move at BRS Michael Latham has become sales manager with the British Road Services Group, responsible for co-ordinating the...

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Pay rises affect Bus Grant

INDEPENDENT bus operators who apply for Bus Grants when buying new stagecarriage vehicles, are finding that the amount they are...

IMPORTANT export orders for British double-deck bus chassis have been won by two British bus manufacturing companies.

The Kowloon Motor Bus Company has placed orders for over 200 British built double-deckers. As exclusively revealed in CM last...

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LT record

JUBILEE Year was a record year for London Transport's Round London Sightseeing Tour which carried 635,000 passengers. This was...

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Cummins E290 for Bedford

THE TOPWEIGHT Bedford TM 3800 is now available with a Cummins engine. Timed to coincide with the launch of the new Formula E290...

Fuel economy trials by Scania

FUEL ECONOMY trials with 30 haulage companies are to be carried out by Scania in Sweden during 1978. The hauliers will be...

a fuel flow meter.

A driver's kit, available either as a complete kit or

as individ items, has been introduced by Leyland Truck and Bus. Items in the kit include: rally jacket, sweat shirt, torch,...

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SMALL TORQUE

Warming up A NEW, free-standing in-cab, flameless catelytic heater is being marketed by Ross James Co Ltd, Walsall, West...

SEDDON ATKINSON are making an urgent search for vehicles fitted with suspect replacement kingpins.

It is believed that a batch of kingpins have been made from faulty material and these could be now in use. The items are...

NEW eight-wheeler from DAF will make its debut at the

nsterdam Motor Show on February 9 — based on the 2800 ries, the new machine will have a design gross weight of 37 nnes. The UK...

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The "why didn't someone build them before" buses.

Such brilliant designs, so economical to run, so reliable, so comfortable, and like all great ideas, so simple you wonder why...

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Cummins E290

comes on strong brew engine from Shotts is quieter, cleaner and less thirsty.... by the Technical Editor ENGINES are...

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Well build you the tipper you want. And that's just the beginning.

When you want a tipper it's worth coming to us. For a start we can offer you a wide range of tippers from l'/2 to 50 tons...

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GOO tankers carry 132 different chemicals in bulk...

ANKFREIGHT, part of the lational Freight Corporation, as 600 vehicles equipped to andle a range of over 132 lifferent bulk...

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UNITED CARRIERS have recorded a slowdown in their growth during

1977, but this followed a fast rate of expansion over the past two years. However, a heavy capital expenditure programme...

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CkLLitl, (ILLA A Viti( tkci ii?LL L411. e

WHEN a man with a reputation for toughness and efficiency narrows his eyes, looks you squarely in the face and declares "I'm...

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THE ROAD Haulage Association Bulk Liquids Functional Group was formed

to help improve the efficiency and general standards of operators carrying bulk liquids, powders or gases. That was over 25...

1 Road Services !Forth) Ltd, Falkirk (0324 22801) 2 James Hemphill Ltd, Glasgow (041-429 5465)

3 William Dobson (Edinburgh) Ltd, Edinburgh (031-440 1300) 4 Sutton and Sons (St Helens) Ltd, Carlisle (022879 551) 5 R....

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Holset helps to make the E290 so economical

THE WILCOX Fold-In body, first developed for use with a four-wheel 16-ton chassis or a 30ft trailer, is now available for six...

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Wean motet

Please raise a voice of protest in CM against the DTp's proposal to increase the hgv driving test fee from £24 to £33.50. It is...

AEI aqua Uwe

I felt I must write to tell you how much I enjoyed Ron Douglas's article on brakes (CM, January 20). And how right he is! I am...

As an assistant transport manager dealing with drivers' records, I

am concerned that although I am in daily contact with our local Ministry enforcement officer regarding the various wide-ranging...

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THE European Economic Community is good news and bad news to British operators.

The proposed larger gross vehicle weight will bring benefits to the operator while others, including drivers' shorter hours,...

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No more fishy

loads for me... THE ENEMY of the ownerdriver no matter what the cause is the unscheduled stoppage. But by doing our homework...

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s i mple question The least informed piece of journalism I've read in a long time appears in February's Ideal Home. Six pages...

Haggis hazard

Lost, stolen or strayed — a consignment of haggis which was dispatch from Aberdeen on January 7 for London and has not yet...

. 1 %\0 1 :IC Drive past

There was a little pomp and ceremony last week at Blackdown near Camberley in Surrey. The firemen's strike was over, the Army...

Fare savers

London Transport's new multi ride ticket system comes intc operation this month. LT claim that it will mean a reduction ir...

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Sizing up bulk livery

THE PRIDE which operators have in their vehicles is reflected in the way they turn them out. This is particularly true of bulk...

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Bulk livery winner Pandoro takes care of the lot

THE WINNERS OF CM's Livery competition for bulk vehicles, Pandoro, was founded in 1975 with an £11m investment! The name says...