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Drivers Complain Of Tgwu's Unfair Treatment
• Two lorry drivers who complained to the Industrial Tribunal that they had been unfairly treated by their union, the TGWU, had their case upheld in Birmingham last week when......
New Packaging Standard
• To help packers and manufacturers of packaging in the £900m industry BSI is publishing a new Standard in the field of packaging, BS 4826 Methods of test for complete, filled......
Extra Length, Extra Toll
• After the end of the Government's wages and prices freeze, higher charges are expected to be introduced for extralong vehicles using the Tyne tunnel between Jarrow and Howdon.......
Gross Weight
• It is now known that the East Sussex advisory lorry routes (CM December 22) apply to vehicles over 3 tons gross weight.......
Bedfords Worth
£24 7 m for Nigeria • A contract to supply 470 Bedford trucks worth nearly £2+ million to the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has been won by Vauxhall Motors. The......
Airsea Freight's Scottish Hq
• Airsea Freight Group, international hauliers and part of P and 0, have opened new headquarters in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, with convenient access to docks and airport. The......
Plan For Islay Ferry
• The Scottish Transport Group, which failed recently in an attempt to acquire Western Ferries, has now announced plans to introduce from next Easter a non-subsidized vehicle......
Advanced Transport Symposium
• A three-day symposium on "Advanced transport systems in British cities" is being organized in March by the Urban Transport Research Group. It will be held at the University of......