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Welcome to the Scottish Region Archives for 2008. These contain old meeting and visit reports.
The year began with the Scottish Region's Annual Political Event addressed this year by Councillor Roy Pedersen who spoke on "Cost Effective Ferries - The Impact of Ship Design, Prices, Frequency and Passage Time". On 22 January, the Region was given a presentation on Edinburgh's Trams. This detailed the new tramway system now under construction. February saw the The 2008 Scottish Region Annual Sustainable Transport Event, addressed by David Spaven on the subject of "Peak Oil and Transport". This was followed by a presnetation on "ZetTrans - Shetland's Transport Partnership" by Ken Duerden, a former Secretary of the CIT. this talk highlighted the particular problems facing the Shetland Islands.
The 4th March saw two events taking place. The first, in Aberdeen was a talk on "Commerce & Transport" by Geoff Runcie, Chief Executive, Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce. The other meeting was in Glasgow and Sarka Oldham of Direct Rail Services Ltd. outlined the intermodal services provided by her company. The Young Professional's Logistics Event took place a tthe Airth Castle Hotel on 6 March 2008 and was very sucessful. Next was a visit to RAF Leuchars and a tour of the maintencance facilities accompanied by a visit to one of the fighter squadrons based at the airfield.
May saw a presentation by Hay Specialist Recruitmen on Enhancing Carre Opportunities in the Logistics field and was followed by the Young Professional's Transport Event at Easter Road Stadium, an event attended by HRH the Pricesss Royal. The final event of the first half of the year was a rerun of the sucessful Edinburgh trams event on 10 June 2008.
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Events in 2008
- Cost Effective Ferries - Tuesday 8 January 2008
- "Edinburgh Trams" - Tuesday 22 January 2008
- "Peak Oil and Transport" - Tuesday 12 February 2008
- "ZetTrans - Shetland's Transport Partnership" - Tuesday 26 February 2008
- "Direct Rail Services Ltd." - Tuesday 4 March 2008
- "Commerce & Transport" - Tuesday 4 March 2008
- "Logistics, the Environment and Sustainability - A Conflict of Interests." - Thursday 6 March 2008
- Visit to RAF Leuchars - Tuesday 18 March 2008
- "Enhancing Career Possibilities & Future Opportunities within the Scottish Logistics Market Place" - Tuesday 13 May 2008
- "Innovation in Transportation for a New Generation" - Thursday 22 May 2008
- "Edinburgh Trams" - Tuesday 10 June 2008
- Visit to Brakes Distribution Centre - Wednesday 24 September 2008
- The Scottish Region Annual Dinner - Thursday 25 September 2008
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