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S the OPEC countries announce yet another increase in the basic price of crude oil, hich is estimated to add a further five...
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)AD TRANSPORT costs showed their lowest quarterly rise for two ars in the three months to September 1980, and the Freight...
EATONS TRANSPORT (St. elens) Ltd., have issued redunancy notices to 26 drivers. This Mows lay-offs because of the pneral slump...
A DRAFT regulation aimed at simplifying the EEC's arrangements for road haulage quotas -and which may benefit British firms in...
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THE LONG-AWAITED Gove ment statement on Welsh roe policy has been published Secretary of State for Wales cholas Edwards. Main...
TOWNSEND THORESEN boasting greatly increas accommodation for drivers its Felixstowe-Rotterdam cro ing, following a refit on its...
NORCO Transport Ltd, a subsidiary of the Mersey Docks and H; bour Company, won a contract to move rum from Liverpool Avonmouth....
GILFLEX has responded to the recession by cutting its trailer rental rates and increasing its fleet. It claims that demand for...
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,JICKFORDS Heavy HaulagE Ltd's new managing director i; Geoffrey Toft, who has beer with the company since 1966. HE began his...
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AN ALTERNATIVE to hydraulic power steering has been introduced by RFF Engineering (International) Co of Yeadon, Leeds. The...
A SLEEPER-CAB conversior Bedford TL models is now 11 offered by J. Urquhart and Ltd. Bedford main dealer Petersfield,...
ROLLS Livestock Haulage Ltd, based near Andover, Hampshire, has taken delivery of a DAF FAS 2105 DHR drawbar unit which is...
SCAMMELL Trailers Ltd would like operators using Scammell Top.0 fifth-wheel couplers to contact the company as there may be a...
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HE HOUSE of Commons Transort Committee is to undertake n inquiry next year into the rture transport policy in Lonon. It will...
ADVANCED ticketing machine have helped AA Motor Service introduce one-man operation t some of their services i Ayrshire. The...
THE COST of reinventing tin bus in the 1990s could be prohi bitive, Confederation of Britisf Road Passenger Transport direc...
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LTHOUGH times are grim and ecoming worse, DAF Trucks 'e spreading good cheer in larlow. The company has ipplied the Christmas...
FEDERAL EXPRESS, an American express carrier, has suggested that British Airways should use one of its seven Concordes to carry...
THE ONLY Rotinoff Atlantic tractor remaining in Britain is in the Science Museum's commercial vehicle collection at Wroughtot...
I WONDER what Michael Hese tine thought of the expenditur of £50,000 on 30 new ornamer tal lamps for Kingston bridge? ' do not...
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AM AFRAID that I must take sue with the report under the ?.ading Insurance Phased Out p19 of your edition of Noamber 29. At...
VITH REFERENCE to the article )n p29 of your publication dated +lovember 29 It's a fare cop! we )ave been aware of the move of...
I READ your articles every week in Commercial Motor, but I have never read such rubbish as November 29 (p32) regarding the Road...
I FEEL I must write to you about the picture of the Volvo 6x2 with Shell tanker on p62 (CM, November 22). I wonder if the MVA...
I REFER to the letter published in Commercial Motor dated November 29 from D. G. Bonner concerning vibration problems...
I FEEL very sorry for Mr BonnE (CM, November 29, p31). I am an owner-driver who pi all the money I had into a branc new Dodge...
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The Dunstable company believes the future's bright for electric vehicles, and Graham Montgomerie's been looking at th technical...
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L OPERATORS need to hold a rtificate of Professional Corntence — or have at least one their staff pass the CPC examition. For...
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Noel Millier believes the Dodge 50-Series electric could form the basis for a 50-milerange midibus SINCE the energy crisis gave...
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THE OCTOBER Drive Electric BO exhibition, organized by the Electric Vehicle Association, left the electric vehicle industry...
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aircraft refuellers M UNN Tim Blakemore looks at a new development where speed and safety go together — one that could be...
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Silent and pollution-free battery power ma‘ be, but what's the advantage in terms of costs? Brian Chalmers-Hunt has carried ou...
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You probably wouldn't expect to find threl wheeled electric vans inside the imposinc portals of the Bankers' Clearing House. BL...
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Daihatsu and Renault make small electrics, but like everyone else, says Bill Brock, they can't get around the battery weight...
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What will happen now that the Armitage Report says yes to 44 tonnes? Frank Tinsdale has a few ideas HE INDUSTRY can expect the...
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Prince Philip rides in an electric limousine based on the Bedford Lucas CF, and the Royal Mail finds electrics make post haste....
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FHE ANNUAL RITE of the wages • ound, for many people, cerainly those over 50, in managenent — or in politics — is an igonising...
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)NE of the most effective ways f selling goods and services is a carry a smart and effective ehicle livery. This applies to...
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Back to square one f There are bound to be people within the EEC who remember that proposals within the 44-tonne limit were on...
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[TEMPTING to understand all e intricacies of road transport w when one is not a practicing )licitor can be a mind-boggling...