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Driving Hours • There Is No Shortage Of Training Courses
for the introduction of the new EEC drivers hours regulations that come into force on September 29. The latest ones we have heard about are being run by transport consultants......
Got Ft Taped • The Freight Transport Association Is Trying
a new way of making the forthcoming changes in the drivers' hours regulations more easily understood. It has produced a 20-minute audio cassette tape that explains the changes......
University Challenge • The University Of London Is...
In the past, these courses have given exemption from all but one of the final examination papers of the Chartered Institute of Transport. Now, for the first time, the University......
Advanced Fleets • The Institute Of Advanced Motorists Is...
a fleet training scheme that offers tuition to companies with fleets of cars. The scheme was started earlier this year and Shell, British Telecom and Marks & Spencer are among......
Gatwick Engineering • Gatwick Engineering, A New Company...
splitting National Bus Company subsidiary London Country into smaller units, is opening its doors for business on September 1. With its workshops in Hertford and Crawley the......
Rti Parts • Renault Truck Industries Has Introduced A...
parts supply service, specifically for Renault and Dodge users, which is now available through its 70 UK dealers. Fastpart does not cater for other makes but its competitive......
Dover-calais • New, Larger-than-ever Ferries For Townsend...
The two ships — as yet unnamed — are due to come into service on the crossChannel route next year, the first in June and the second in November. They gross 20,000 tons, compared......
Cairnryan -larne • Townsend Thoresen Has Boosted Freight...
The new ship is the Ionic Ferry, previously the Dragon operated by P&O on its crossChannel service. Townsend Thoresen bought this side of P&O's business last year. It can......
Richards & Shaw (trim) • Bus And Coach Seat Manufacturers
Richards & Shaw (Trim) of Cradley Heath has moved across town to new, larger premises. The company's new address is Units 36, Lodge Forge Trading Estate, Cradley Road, Cradley......
West Rims Tt • West Herts Transport Training Has Vacated
its temporary offices and moved into new buildings on the same site near St Albans. The company sold land at the site (the old Handley Page airfield) to fund the new buildings.......
Dangerous Substances • "the Approved List" Of Dangerous...
are carried in road tankers and tank conveyors has been updated. The Health and Safety Corn mission has just published Supplement No 1 to the 1984 edition of Approved substance......