Standing down • Peter Snape has returned to the Labour
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backbenches after nine years as a member of the opposition transport team. Brian Wilson, MP for Cunningham North in Ayrshire, has joined the team.
Ferry plans • P&O European Ferries and Stena Sealink Line plans to speed up traffic at Dover and Calais next year by using cameras to monitor boardings in place of manual ticket checks.
First pair • A Leyland Daf 85.330 will start service trials with Parcelforce in December, along with a 75.300 tractive unit. Both models are scheduled for a UK launch next spring.
Linkman chief • Peter O'Keefe, chairman of the Institute of Logistics and Distribution Management, has been appointed chief executive of Linkman Tankers.
Nightspeed wins • Group 4 Nightspeed has beaten 10 other bidders to a nationwide contract with Iceland Frozen Foods. Nightspeed will carry urgent packages, including internal mail and wage data, between its 550 branches and the Wales HQ.
Chester • An 83-year-old Chester man who killed two motorists on the A41 by reckless driving of his 17-tonne tipper has lost his appeal against a half-suspended two-year prison sentence. Joseph William Parry, whose LGV licence had expired 10 years before the accident on November 1991, was jailed on 28 September at Mold Crown Court.