THE AGREEMENT
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THIS agreement is made this day of between (driver's name) whose address is (hereinafter called "the driver ") and RF Interport Movements Limited (hereinafter called " the company ") in consideration of the employment of the driver by the company upon long distance haulage work outside the United Kingdom at an increased rate of • pay. This agreement is supplemental to the company's ordinary conditions of employment which are not excluded hereby and relate to the behaviour, conduct and responsibility of the driver on journeys to and from destinations outside the United Kingdom.
1. The driver shall at all times behave in a sober and orderly manner as befitting a representative of the company and in his dealings with other people shall act in a business-like manner.
2. The driver shall exercise proper care of the vehicle in his charge from the time of leaving the company's premises till the time he returns the vehicle to the company's premises and without prejudice to the generality of this claim shall :—
a, maintain the vehicle in a clean and presentable condition; b, check daily the engine oil, diesel fuel, batteries, coolant, braking equipment, tyres (as to both pressure and condition), lighting and other equipment; c, make proper arrangements for the security of the vehicle, its equipment and its load from theft or damage and in particular ensure that the vehicle is not left unattended whilst loaded or left at all for long periods except in the case of emergency; d, ensure that adjustments, replenishments, repairs or renewals shown to be necessary by such checks are made, subject to availability of mechanical aid; e, not to abandon the vehicle or its load without written permission from the company. Abandonment of the vehicle except after an accident or unless in the opinion of the driver his life is in danger, would render him liable to repay to RF Interport Movements Limited the uninsured loss against the vehicle not to exceed £1500.
a, The driver shall act explicitly on the instructions issued by the company or its appointed agents and in driving the vehicle shall at all times have proper regard to the prevalent road, weather and general traffic conditions;
b, The driver shall comply with all traffic regulations and the requests of the police authorities in the countries through which any journey is to be made; c, No payment made by the driver on behalf of the company will be refunded except on production of proper receipts except in exceptional circumstances;
d, The driver shall ensure that the company does not become liable to any forfeiture of bond or financial loss by reason of the loss of or damage to any documents entrusted to his care, and shall ensure that all such documents are properly completed and returned to the company or its appointed agent subject to drivers responsibility to the company to fees payable to the RHA or AA in discharging the documents, not exceeding £200.
In witness whereof the driver and Mr R. Turner on behalf of the company have hereunto set their hand the day and year first before written. COSTING an international journey provides a number of choices both in method of costing and routes available. In both cases it provides either a margin for rates negotiation or a more reasonable rate to the customer.
In this article, the costing has been based on the use of Sealink ferries and the crosschannel route from Newhaven to Dieppe.
This route was chosen for two reasons. The first was that the Newhaven-Dieppe crossing is less popular than other Sealink routes—notably those from Dover and Folkestone—but it has some advantage in that Dieppe is nearer to the West coast of France and to Spain than are Calais or Boulogne. Therefore, though the ferry charge is 40p a metre greater than other routes, there is a saving in mileage on both sides of the Channel for Newhaven is but 50 miles from London.
The second reason was that considerable expansion is now planned for Newhaven. The East Sussex County Council has agreed that the land adjacent to the Harbour at Tidemills can be developed to improve the port's freight handling and commercial vehicle facilities. Moreover, the road improvements to be undertaken between London and Newhaven during the next decade is likely to increase the number of freight vehicles using the port. All of which will tend to increase •the service of 1,000 commercial vehicle places available in each direction every four-weekly period which now applies.