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RHA to raise extra £16,000 to fight nationalization

but NFC exempted THE Road Haulage Association is to levy about £16,000 from its members for its publicity fund. RHA national...

Hilton men remanded

RALPH HILTON, 50, the founder and former chairman of Ralph Hilton Transport Services, was further remanded on £10,000 bail when...

NFC to spend Lim

,AFTER a year when its business was affected by industrial troubles, the National Freight Corporation is planning to place...

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DoE denies shortage of driving examiners

MANCHESTER hgv test centres are not short of examiners, and the maximum notice for a test place is 10 days, according to the...

R HA asks for Carlisle ban to be delayed

CARLISLE District Council has accepted the recommendation from its planning committee to close the Sands car park in the town...

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Union compiles dossier on bosses

T H E MID-WAL-ES division of the Transport and General Workers' Union is organizing a icheme that, according to ocal union...

HE Department of Overas Development is to our- lase 100 vehicles

for its ew Disaster Unit. This was nnounced last week by Mrs udith Hart, Minister of Overaas Development. A spokesman at the...

DUNLOP LTD announced this week a new tyre brakedown scheme

for UK international hauliers. Dunlop has established 300 distributors in 14 countries to provide a tyre repair emergency...

United Carriers in Ireland

UNITED CARRIERS announced this week the inauguration of an express parcels service to the Irish Republic. The company is...

EDITORIAL

The great training muddle According to informed sources, the road haulage industry is short of 40,000 heavy goods vehicle...

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Mr Molloy.

still pushing FRED MULLEY is constantly urging the French and West German governments to adopt more liberal policies towards...

MAT'S new Pakistan service

A NEW overland road service to Pakistan has been started by MAT Transport (Middle East) Ltd. The service will initially be for...

Security tarpaulins

TARPAULINS which require no securing ropes are being produced and marketed by G. H. Morrison (Tarpaulins) Ltd, of Lombard Wall,...

Two boxes for Eire

TWO 12m (40ft) refrigerated containers have been built by Humber McVeigh Transport's Link Container division in Grimsby for...

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ct New Cohen tilt for Cotton 0

THE Cotton Trucking Co Ltd of East London which started operations as transport and warehousing contractors 15 months ago, took...

BRF criticizes route document

THE TRANSPORT Minister's lorry route document (CM last week) has been criticized by Mr Robert Phillipson, director of the...

Strong team for CIT course

THE CHARTERED Institute of Transport North Western section is holding a weekend course at Lancaster University from Friday...

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c COMMERCIAL MOTOR August 9 1974

confederation comes into being this week LEGAL procedures for the incorporation of the Confederation of British Road Passenger...

GLC fares plan shelved as deficit doubled

A RADICAL plan for revamping London Transport's fares structure was withdrawn last week from a meeting of the Greater London...

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Plea for bigger subsidy

AN APPROACH is to be Ce made to the Government in a l om bid for West Cumberland to be g ive n special treatment on CC bus...

"us supply problems ease for NBC

NEW VEHICLE deliveries are improving to the National Bus Company's two hardest hit subsidiaries, according to a report in the...

Safeguards for international passengers

ROYAL ASSENT was last week granted to the Carria g e of Passengers by Road Act, a Private Member's measure introduced by Mr...

No-change for Tyne PTE

A THREE-MONTH experiment into a no-change fares system is to be tried by the Tyne and Wear PTE. On certain routes passengers...

Supplementary grants soon

THE 1DEAL transport plar should be one in which thc emphasis g iven to each moth of transport reflected it ability to carry out...

More Scots fare increases

BUS FARE increases were last week granted to the municipal undertakings of Edinburgh and Dundee. Mr Richard Bottrill,...

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Busmen get £10 more

LONDON'S 23,000 busmen are to receive their biggest pay rise, giving average increases of £10 per week, under an agreement...

People Ted Smith succeeds Ron Butt as RHA labour relations chairman

:. B. R. Smith (Wincanton ransport Ltd, Ipswich) has een elected chairman of the oad Haulage Association's abour relations...

RTITB take over bus competition

FOR THE first time, this year's final of the Bus Driver of the Year Competition will be organized by the Road Transport...

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Oil crisis and 3-day week blamed for defects

LAST winter's oil supply crisis and the three-day week were cited, and accepted, as a reason for the failure of maintenance by...

Curfew brings tougher action on bus violence

FOLLOWING a curfew on bus services in Edinburgh after 9.30 pm which resulted from crews being injured by violent passengers,...

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Threshold payments poser for Traffic Commissioners

EVIDENCE that the Traffic Commissioners are reacting in different ways to the demands placed on bus companies by threshold wage...

School bus operator keeps his licence

A COACH OPERATOR fro-m Shepton Mallet appearing in connection with offences under Section 127 (7) of the Road Traffic Act,...

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Satellite for easy container loading

by Jerry Rodwell A NEW loading aid that should be of special use to the haulage industry was demonstrated to the Press this...

Noise course

VEHICLE noise measurement and control feature in two of the three vehicle technology courses to be held at Loughborough...

Trailer repair

REPCON (UK) has opened a new trailer and container maintenance and repair depot at Immingham. The site, at Kiln Lane...

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No stick in the mud

by Graham Montgomerie SINCE the Land-Rover made its debut at the Amsterdam Show in 1948, almost 900,000 have been produced. As...

Specialist trucks at Farnborough

FOUR specialist trucks designed for use in the aircraft industry will be on show at the Farnborough Air Show from September...

Minister calls for jack-knife report

4 FULL REPORT on antiack-knifing trials, and on . he M I accident, involving a ;oach and jack-knifed lorry, vhich took place...

New demountable for small authorities

A NEW form of demountable gritter has been developed by Econ Engineering which has been specifically designed for the smaller...

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Tyre shortage delays vehicle deliveries

A CRITICAL SHORTAGE of heavy-duty tyres is presenting operators with long delays in the delivery of new commercial vehicles and...

Lightweight TIR body to beat smugglers

A TOTAL assembly time of half an hour for a 12m (39.37ft) aluminium TIR superstructure is claimed by Ingimex Ltd, Halesfield 9,...

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Dennis '31 bus wins Pennine run

REPRESENTING 50 years development in the road transport industry, some 180 historic commercial vehicles — buses, coaches,...

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A freeze that pays off

Christian Salvesen Transport thrives on its sister company's controlled temperature traffic by lain Sherriff pictures by Dick...

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A cool look at transpor refrigeration systems

by Jerry Rodwell REFRIGERATED transport has boomed over the past 10 years, and now accounts for a high proportion of the...

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Action replay

Because they are published nearly 12 months after the end of the period under review, the Annual Reports of the Licensing...

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Structural panels stimulate DIY bodybuilding by Alan Bunting

3LASS-RENF0RCED plastics is a 'amiliar material to the bodybuilding itters employed by the Millbay fransport Company subsidiary...

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Structural panels continued Although referred to as trunk vehicles by

Millbay, the Boxers rarely undertake delivery runs lasting more than two hours. But to minimize the effects on the product of...

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Road tunnel LPG restrictions will be expensive

Some tunnels have already been denied to vehicles carrying liquid petroleum gas and others could follow. The cost in time and...

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Distribution trends:

THE GROWTH of containerization in the past decade represents the most exciting development in transport since sailing ships and...

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An appeal against an overloading conviction

by Les Oldridge TEng (CEI) MIMI, AMITRE A DEFENDANT aggrieved by a decision of a magistrates' court has the right of appeal....

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Bruce MacCormack

Despite his appearance, accent and dynamic approach to his job, Bruce MacCormack, the new marketing director at NCL, is not a...

Public ownership

WITH the strong possibility of an autumn election, road operators are already making plans to help bring about the kind of...

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Q I operate a small fleet and I have room

at my premises to to provide a small amount of storage space. One of my customers has asked if I would store some of his...

Q I have the opportunity to run a school bus

service for which I propose to buy a I2-seater minibus. Do I have to obtain a road service licence for this purpose? A Under...

Q I run a mixed fleet of vehicles including light

vans. These vans are not specified on my operator's licence and are based at . depots away from my main base but in the same...

Q Do you know of any company which will provide

"on-thejob" training of drivers for hgv, using our own vehicles? I've heard there is one in the North, but cannot find an...

Q I am a . forestry contractor and in the course

of my work I use a rigid vehicle fitted with a loading crane which is operated by a hydraulic pump mounted on the vehicle...

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Grundy for Rover

A long-life stainless steel exhaust part system has been introduced by Grundy for the Land-Rover. Consisting of the rear...

Build it yourself

A range of vehicle test equipment is available from Heathkit in kit form. The Portable engine analyzer, at £38.90 as a kit,...

Battery booster

The DAV battery charger and booster is capable of providing a 180amp current for starting I 2V vehicles. And for those with 24V...

Welford muscle for easy loading

Capacities of hydraulic lorrymounted extension cranes distributed by Welford range between 3,251 kg (3 tons 4 cwt) and 13,970kg...

Speed controller

Suitable for fitting to commercial vehicles anti to cars, the Holdspeed speed controller is operated by a dash-mounted switch....

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Lube dispenser

Glacis Engineering mobile dispensers are intended mainly for lubricants, but can be used for other fluids. To the basic unit,...

Safer washer

New features to improve safety, performance and service have been incorporated in a power washer from Modern Devices. A...

Gas alarm

Capable of detecting low concentrations of a wide range of toxic and explosive gases, the COSmoke alarm is intended mainly for...

ROR service

Detailing 133 service points in all parts of Great Britain and a further 86 on-the mainland of Europe, a new European service...

Air regulator

Suitable for panel mounting, this compressed air pressure regulator is available with V s in or IA in BSP connections. Primary...