Rrade Unions Living In Past

HARTERED Institute of Transport president Stephen Wheatoft hit out at "19th century behaviour" among trade union embers when he gave his presidential address this week. Mr......

M20 Tender

A £15m tender for a 7.83 mile M20 motorway extension in Kent has been accepted by the Department of Transport. Dowsett Engineering Construction is to build the section of the......

Mid-east Service

THE THOMPSON Jewitt Group's new deep-sea container forwarding company TJ Ocean Services had begun to offer services to the Middle East. A groupage container service is to be......

New Ferries

FREIGHT TRANSPORT will benefit from a £50m order from Townsend Thoresen for three new car ferries. The first of the vessels, with room from 1,300 passengers and 350 cars or an......

Dover Growth

Freight traffic at Dover is growing steadily, with the 11 per cent rate of increase being maintained in August. The total of 290,000 units for the first eight months of the year......

Wages Up

RISES of up to 25 per cent are in the pipeline for workers at Leyland Vehicles Ltd's four Leyland and Chorley plants. No agreement has yet been signed, but the agreement,......