New Hours Regulations For Livestock Drivers

• On July 15 in the Commons the Transport Minister gave an undertaking that regulations would be made to allow drivers engaged in the carriage of animals a 14-hour working day,......

Scots Drivers Seek More Pay

• Pay increases of up to 15 1 Os a week on basic rates are being sought by Scottish lorry drivers, The claim has been made to hauliers by the Scottish Commercial Motormen's......

Flexibility With Swap Body

• Operating a fleet of 33 vehicles, John Jempson and Son Ltd, Rye, Sussex, specializes in the delivery of cattle and poultry food. But as this is seasonal work and other uses......

Meeting The Minister

• A getting-to-know-you meeting to place on Wednesday between the Minister Transport, Mr John Peyton, and the FT president, Mr John Elliott, and director 1 Hugh Featherstone.......

Hull Rates Rising

• Hull and District Road Transpc Federation, meeting on Tuesday, reveal' that most Hull hauliers are to raise tht rates on September 1. Increases will be : per cent on docks......

Airfreight Terminl At Sheffield

• A new airfreight consolidation termir controlled by G. A. Woodcock Freight L has come into operation in Sheffield. First its kind in the city, the £60,000 warehousi and......

Halt On Tachos

• The Transport Minister, told MPs tit he has no present intention of introducir tachographs. He noted that it would co £.30m for the 650,000 goods vehicles ft which tachographs......