Mrs. C. TELLS RHA OF PARCELS, FREIGHT PLANS
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MRS. BARBARA CASTLE, Minister of Transport, on Wednesday met leaders of the RHA at their request to explain the Government's plans to co-ordinate the parcels service of BRS with the freight sundries services of the British Railways Board.
Mrs. Castle said that in the first instance the Railways Board was going to set up a new freight sundries division to manage the railways freight sundries business and road cartage fleets.
Secondly, the Railways Board and the Transport Holding Company would be setting up joint machinery to plan the eventual provision of the unified parcels and sundries services in the public sector and to promote close interworking in the meantime between BRS (Parcels) Ltd., and the new BAB sundries division.
Since private road hauliers have a substantial interest in parcels traffic, the RHA asked for this meeting to explore how the new arrangements might affect the possibility of achieving greater co-operation in this traffic between the nationalized undertakings and those of their members who run parcels services.
The talks between Mrs. Castle and the RHA also included discussion of her plans for setting up a national freight organization to integrate freight services in the nationalized transport industry.
TRTA MAINTENANCE
GLASGOW has been chosen as the next area for market research in the maintenance scheme of the Traders Road Transport Association.
Conversion Kits: Due to 3 printing error certain models were omitted from the list of brake conversion kits for Commers and Dodges in CM last week. Included in the final model category should have been: D.307, 1961-65: 3184/5/6. 1959-65; and 0.308 1959-65. Bigger weighbridges for Mersey docks
TO MEET the requirements of larger types of vehicles, Mersey Docks and Harbour Board intends to introduce two new weighbridges at the Liverpool south end docks with a capacity of either 50 tons and 50 ft. or 40 tons and 40 ft.
If master porters and unions agree, weighbridges will be opened at 7.30 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. for a threeto six-month trial period.
GROUPS CO-OPERATE
THREE local groups of road hauliers in the East Midlands are to co-operate with each other as the result of a meeting arranged by the East Midland area of the Road Haulage Association under the chairmanship of Mr. A. E. Winchcomb, chairman, area tipping group. The co-operative units concerned are Leicestershire Hauliers Ltd., Nottingham and District Hauliers Ltd., and Road Hauliers (East Midlands) Ltd.
GETrING TO KNOW THEM THE national committee of the RHA's express carriers group is examining methods of improving the publicity on behalf of members. A special working party has been set up to consider this and report back to the committee.
Revised Rates: From February 13 Transport Ferry Service rates for its Tilbury/Antwerp and Tilbury/Rotterdam services for vehicles, trailers, containers. and Lancashire flats, will be 5s. 6d. per sq. ft. for laden units. This includes port rates which will be paid directly by TFS to the PLA.