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6th June 1975
6th June 1975
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Trouble brewing at Southampton docks

'Sensitive' dockers cause problems for hauliers by CM reporter A TOUGH line being adopted by dockers at Southampton has...

Accommodation talks

MINISTER for Transport, Fred Mulley is to learn at first hand from Mr Ken Jackson, commercial services secretary, TGWU, of the...

Docks site for park

AN eight-acre site at Beckton, in East London's dockland, has been chosen for the capital's first strategic lorry park. The...

Drivers asked for help

DRIVERS of Road Haulage Association members are being asked to co-operate with the Department of the Environment in assessing...

Better signs plea

A PLEA for better signing of the services available on trunk roads has been lodged by the Road Haulage Association. rt says...

By-passing

Turkey • TURKISH TRANSIT problems experienced by hauliers on their Middle East traffic, are being overcome in part by a new...

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Hilton case comes to Old Bailey

JOHN VICTOR SKINNER, 50, of Plymouth Drive, Sevenoaks, Kent, was given a nine-month suspended sentence at the Old Bailey on...

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Watch your rates' call by RHA chief

CALL to all members of the oad Haulage Association to rgently review their rates is ade this week by RHA chairian Mr K. A....

111 change

XEMPTION from the examinaons of the Chartered Institute of ransport leading to full memberlip after three yeans transport...

Garage rates up

VEHICLE operators who use the services of commercial garages face increases in charges of between 12i and 15 per cent. This...

Leicester Sq Traffic ban

PLANS are being considered by the Greater London Council to ban traffic from Leicester Square during the weekend. If...

RHA slams docks plans — they'll 'inhibit' hauliers

by CM reporter A STRONGLY WORDED memorandum this week from the Road Haulage Association to the Minister for Transport completes...

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New US drivers' hours and fatigue study

by CM reporter BECAUSE its first sponsored study is admitted to have been limited in scope, the US Bureau of Motor Carrier...

Time to cut wast€

As local authorities are now discovering, ratepayers can be no less interested than company shareholders in the efficient use...

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Part-time Army drivers 'take jobs' claim

AN ALLEGATION that locally based soldiers are driving lorries at night for companies in the Medway Towns has prompted a...

Transport buyers seminar

THE specialist transportation and distribution section of the Institute of Purchasing and Supply has arranged a seminar at the...

Docks plans

'frighten' FTA FRIGHTENING is the word the Freight Transport Association uses to describe Michael Foot's plans for...

Russians building trans-Siberian highway

A 5,000km (3,100) transSiberian motor highway is being built by the Russians. It will link the Urals with Beikal in the east of...

Value of legal help

THE importance of proper lega: representation before the Lic. ensing Authority is stresseC by the Transport Tribunal ir a...

Road test speeds

THE diagrams showing maximur speeds in the gears in th Mercedes-Benz and Commer roa test reports in CM May 30 wer unfortunately...

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NCI launches rag-trade special

by John Darker FASHIONFLOW, a new divi3ion of National Carriers Ltd, which will concentrate on serrice to the textile and...

Drawbar skip

his is believed to be the first .kip loader system ever to be nounted on a Leyland Super 3uffalo chassis. Owned by BritanPia...

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Tyre defect charge dismissed

A CHARGE of using a sixwheeled tipper lorry on M6 with a tyre having a portion of cord structure exposed, failed before...

RHA lists 14 priority roads A LIST of 14 road

schemes considered to need priority in the road-building programme has been submitted to the Minister for Transport by the Road...

BOC success in CMLDoY competition

BY winning three classes Of the Tyne and Wear eliminating round of the Commercial Motor Lorry Driver of the Year competition on...

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upreme for cots show

kT is expected to be the 12mm all-steel Plaxton . eme luxury coach body to r service with a British ator will be at the...

eckers for ong Kong

)ERS for two Metro-Scania ;eater double-decker buses for one Ailsa/Alexander ;eater have been placed by na Motor Bus of Hong...

urobus lublin stops "ading

TING to the decline in the „ii private coach market, EuroLtd of Dublin has been put the hands of a receiver. )roduction of...

LC helps )ach operators

TTING DOWN, parking, and k-up points for coaches at 36 London's principal tourist ractions are described in a )ach operation"...

Hemel Hempstead goes flat fare

THE town services in Hemel Hempstead, operated by London Country Bus Services, went over last week to farebox operation at a...

Less support higher fares

FARES for West Midlands PTE journey in Staffordshire rose by up to 66 per cent on Sunday— because the county council is...

Glasgow increase

GLASGOW bus and Underground fares go up by more than 30 per cent on Sunday. The application for the increase was by the Traffic...

New use for old oil

THE NEW Tameside garage of Greater Manchester Transport will be heated by old sump oil from buses, The savings are estimated at...

Passenger managers, standards to be set

THE QUESTION of what standards and qualifications are necessary for entry into the field of road passenger operations is to be...

Bus trial for Stirling

A PROGRAMME to evaluate the use of the Stirling closed cycle piston engine in a Dutch city bus is about to start. The Dutch...

Eastbourne to have Eirn depot

A NEW DEPOT costing £500,000 is to be built to house Eastbourne's 62 municipal buses probably next year. The council's...

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Express services n ow need protecting, Commissioners told

AUTHORITY to operate an express coach service between Tamworth and Newquay, originally granted to Monty Moreton Ltd, Nuneaton,...

Plaxtonis profits down

PRE-TAX PROFITS from Plaxton's slumped from £248,000 for the six months to February 28, 1974, down to £140,000 for the...

LT fares to be

increased again A TWO-STAGE increase will soon put London Transport fares up by about 45 per cent. The GLC Labour majority has...

Going spare

A SCHEME designed to help members of the Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport locate spare parts is about to be...

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ectric van plans ell advanced

z special correspondent ,NS for large-scale trials of tric delivery vans are now advanced with three fps of manufacturers inred...

lew cv oil launched

LMO, a blended, synthetic :attic motor oil developed in United States by the Ore* Corporation and marketalso in Canada, Japan,...

Air intake change on DAF tippers

FOLLOWING extensive field trials of the new DAF eightwheeler model, a raised air intake of special design is being fitted to...

Motor Trader

Motor Trader, IPC Transport Press's weekly newspaper for the motor trade, has purchased its long standing but friendly rival...

Piggy back distributor

SOLE UK distributor for the Dutch-built Kooi-Aap piggyback lorry loader is Transport Marketing of 1513 Lincoln Road,...

PEOPLE

'bed Allen, chairman and gm Yenoway Motor Services, of chdale, has been elected chairin of the Coach and Bus Inpendent Sector...

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Volvo eight-wheeler in production

Good vehicle in a tight corner VOLVO has had several eightwheeler prototypes around for quite a time now, but the production...

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tolvo gets down to he nitty gritty

TROUBLE-SHOOTING proarmne designed to identify, ana;e and solve product problems curring with Volvo trucks or v has been...

hitch and :anadian railer in UK

tAILERS manufactured by the itch company Broshuis and the inadian company Ravens Instries are now being marketed the UK by...

Dial-Holmes (England)

IN Commercial Motor for April 11 we reported that a new company called Wreckers International Ltd was being formed by...

All signals red

THE natural desire of railwaymen to be paid the same as comparable workers in other industries cannot alter the probability...

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Ford Transcontinental H A4231 tractive unit at 32 tons gcw

TAKING Ford into the heavy category for the first time, the Transcontinental was introduced earlier this year. Spanning the 34...

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Wash and brush-up at Brighton

IN A YEAR which has seen massive cuts in local government spending power and equally impressive increases in local rates, many...

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Q We have a two-wheeled trailer capable of carrying small cars.

Sometimes we leave this at the roadside, often attached to a vehicle, but sometimes alone. It bears no li g ht or reflectors...

r i p Do I need a road service licence to take a g ricultural

workers to their employment? am able to obtain work for my coach during the summer in this way. The farmer wili pay me but will...

noI am learning to drive a

29-seater coach. When I get my psv licence will it cover me to drive maximumlength vehicles? A To g et a licence to drive...

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'Mr Truck and Bus Safety' talks to CM

Photographs by Dick Ross : Dr Kaye, there are many 'allels between the transport ration in the USA and Europe. a thing in...

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Why waste money?

WHEN the jargon of the economists and the platitudes of the politicians concerning Britain's economic ills are analysed, the...

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'he parallel rith Europe

!though it's over 100 years rIce the American Civil War as settled, the individual states ill preserve a wide range authority...

iings of ie road

heavy right foot is no commendation for a busman, 1 it obviously pays on the ccer field. Gateshead-based )rthern General are...

Evangelist from the New World

Bob Kaye--interviewed by the editor elsewhere in this issue —is one of those tireless evangelists that America seems to throw...

Vintage year

It looks like being something of a vintage year for showing off the oldies, if the weather is kind. On to my desk in recent...

Distaff attack

The oldies may be loved, but even the economic crisis hasn't completely damped dawn the onslaught on the " newies." Even...

Operating cost assessment

• Merc 16265 TO the price of £13,650 (including fifth-wheel) given in last week's road test of a Mercedes-Benz 1626S/30...

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Council transport on commercial basis

Basildon District Council has organised its vehicle fleet so that its transport using departments bear a proper cost of fleet...

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Programmed to produce at a standstill

by Martin Hayes Photographs by Harry Roberts OUR VEHICLES are at their mo::t efficient when they are standing still in the...

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Will the fuel crisis change bus design?

by Martin Watkins HOW WILL the energy crisis affect public transport? Will buses in the future be made more spartan in order...

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Redundancy (3)

Rebates for employers by Les Oldridge, TEng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE So far I have considered men dismissed because of lack of...

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3. The responsibilities of employers

MASSIVE area of legislation, ne relatively new and much it going back for decades, is dually to be phased out and rerseded by...

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Electric winches

Two new electric winches have been introduced by Ryders Autoservice. Both the standard 8074 and the de luxe 8274 winches...

Cold wash

Wickham Industrial Equipment has introduced a new range of heavy-duty high-pressure cold water washers. The machines, the...

Lift platform

A lift-table with a swing lip— the Van Loader—has been developed by G. Hunter (London) Ltd. A pallet truck is moved on to...

24-hr refuel

system, available from Petromatic Securi-Key. The Econolock series has been designed specially for the fleet operator using up...