Ritchie To Head Sypte Finance

• Alex Ritchie is the new director of finance of South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. Ritchie, who has worked in the public sector all his professional career, came to......

Tankclean's Top Men

• Following Tankfreight's recent announcement that it is to promote a network of specialist tanker cleaning stations under the title Tankclean, the company has named Geoff......

Obituaries

Jack Pittard • Jack Pittard, a director of G A Day, the Portsmouthbased Builder's Merchants, died peacefully on Tuesday, October 28, at the age of 78. He was well-known......

Philip Henman

• Philip Henman, the founder of Transport Development Group, died on November 8, aged 86. He joined the General Lighterage Company in 1922 and bought it out in 1929. By the time......

Top Irte Officers Appointed

• At the recent annual general meeting of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers the president, Sir James Duncan, welcomed Bill Warner (vice-president) and Ian Ogley......

Ferry Job For Metz

• Townsend Thoresen has recruited Rudi Metz, 54, to fill the new post of general manager, group freight sales. He has more than 35 years experience in freight forwarding,......