Dock Labour Proposals Incense Hauliers

by CM reporter PROPOSALS published last week by the Department of the Environment for extending the 29-year-old dock labour scheme have met with strong opposition from the RHA,......

French Drivers Blockade Paris

FRENCH lorry drivers blockaded maior roads in and around Paris last week in a protest at fuel charges. The union of small transporters wants a 50 per cent reduction in the price......

Sca Pulls Out Of Unit Loads

ONLY a week after Pickfords International announced that it is pulling out of the unit loads traffic another leading carrier, SCA Group has reached a similar decision. SCA is......

Sightseeing Coach Fleet Mothballed

THE coach fleet of Sightseeing International is to be put into storage. This was announced by owners Davies and Newman who now intend to hire vehicles when necessary. A......

Eastern Brsl To Open New Branch

NEXT WEEK sees the opening of a new branch by Eastern British Road Services Ltd. The depot, at Heath, North Derbyshire, will replace the company's Chesterfield branch and will......

Nov Training

'a landmark' A LANDMARK in road transport history was how Mr Len Castleton, immediate pastpresident of the Freight Transport Association, described the hgv driver training......