Lex Starts Wage Talks

LEX WILKINSON starts its formal wage negotiations on Monday, June 17, and will look at a five item claim from the unions. The Transport and General Workers' Union, the General......

Swedish Truckfest Success

'I'HERE were 300 exhibitors at Sweden's second trucking festival — Lastbil 85 — in J6nk5ping last week. Lastbil is a combined show and Truckfest. The show attracted 70,000......

Fast Forward For Swedes

MORE THAN 600 hauliers in Sweden enjoy the services of Bilspedition, a forwarding agency which has over 100 clearing houses in Sweden and the 600 haulier members are all......

Wincanton's Oil Men Settle

THERE have been teething problems over Wincanton Transport's taking over of Amoco's fleet, but the Transport and General Workers' Union expects the situation to settle.......

One Vote Defeat On Who Plans Roads

OPPOSITION moves to set up strategic bodies in London and the Metropolitan counties to oversee planning highways and traffic were defeated by just one vote in the Lords this......

Scottish Road Casualties

THE NUMBER of casualties among Scottish road users fell in 1983 to the lowest level since 1959, according to a report by the Scottish Development Office. At just over 25,000 the......

Ms By-pass Started

THE CONSTRUCTION of the 7.5 mile long A48 Cross Hands-Llanddarog by-pass scheme has started. It is expected to take over two years to complete and cost 8:14.3m.......

Fog Trap Studies

THE STUDY by the Meteorological office into possible fog traps on the M45 and M42 are expected to be completed by the end of the month, Lynda Chalker has told MPs. A decision......

Tnt To Hungary

TNT-IPEC, the European freight carrier, is now running regular services to Hungary. It offers daily scheduled departures, door-to-door customs cleared delivery, to or from......