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Better fitters, better vehicles
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A TEAM of first-year fitters from Soundwell Technical College, Bristol won the second National Vehicle Trades Apprentice competition organized by the Road Transport Industry Training Board in Solihull last week. The initial entry was 200 teams of 1,000 apprentices.
They were closely followed by Huddersfield Technical College, Lanarkshire Automobile Group Training Association and Chesterfield College of Technology in that order. Presenting the trophy and prizes, Mr Neil Carmichael, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of the Environment, emphasized the Department's interest in technical training.
He pointed out the effect which was apparent on commercial vehicle maintenance and said that the much improved standards which prevailed could be attributed in part to improved training standards.
Hull parks
LORRY PARKS should be established in Hull as a matter of urgency, says the council's technical services committee, in order to prevent over night parking in residential areas.
A recent planning committee report has proposals for two sites for parks on the Sutton Fields Estate.
New ferries
SEASPEED Ferries are to build two more -and larger -roll-on/roll-off ferries which will permit on-board handling and double stacking of containers. The company runs a ro-ro service between the UK and Ireland.
New STG chief
IAN S. IRWIN has been appointed managing director of Scottish Transport Group, where he has been the secretary since 1969.