SHORT HAULS
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Customs conference
THE British Shippers' Council and the CBI are to sponsor a one-day conference on the EEC Customs Union in London on September 28.
Entitled "EEC Customs Union — What's the form?" conference discussions will include Customs documentation and likely developments in Customs procedures.
Fords for Tunisia
FORD has won a £1.5 million contract to supply Tunisia with 344 D-Series Phase 1 vehicles in the 7-13 tons range. All the vehicles are being forwarded in ckd form and the first 40 were exported earlier this month.
White goods, by Greenwoods
GREENWOODS Transport Ltd, of Hoddesdon, Herts, has won a £500,000-per-annum contract to transport goods for Zanussi, the Italian white goods manufacturer, throughout the UK.
Theo service will provide 60 40ft, trailers and equipment and necessary tractive units.
A39 for improvement
THE Department of Transport has announced proposals to improve the A39 trunk road between Kennacott and Helscott, south of Startton, Cornwall.
The existing road is thought to be too narrow with poor visibility.
A VBRA first
THE National Manufacturers Council of the Vehicle Bodybuilders and Repairers Association will hold its first oneday combined conference and exhibition in the Metropole Hotel, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, on October 18.
Carry chocks
BRITISH vehicles crossing Austria have been fined in recent weeks for not carrying at least two wheel chocks.
Austrian law demands that vehicles of over 35 tonnes gross should carry at least two wheel chocks.