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Ministry to Survey Road Transport
Page 63
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ASURVEY into the use being made of commercial vehicles in this country is to be undertaken by the MiniStry of Transport from April 21-28. To get a complete cross-section of fleets, about 8,000 vehicles will be picked at random in their various unladen weight and licence groups from the Licensing Authorities' records.
Operators will be asked to fill up forms showing each vehicle's movements in the week. The form will also seek information about the type of goodscarried, the maximum load on each journey and the number of miles run full and empty.
A similar investigation was held six years ago, but since then about 250.000 more vehicles have-come on to the roads. Both the Road Haulage Association and the Traders' Road Transport Association have agreed to co-operate, and are asking their members to assist the Ministry.
• LOAD GOES DIRECT FROM IRELAND TO GERMANY TEN tons of fir bark from Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, are due to arrive at Hanover tomoikow, after a direct road and sea journey from Northern Ireland. The load is being carried on a Leyland articulated outfit operated by Northern Ireland Trailers, Ltd.
This is the first time a commercial vehicle has ever travelled direct from Northern Ireland to Western Germany. It left Lame for Preston, on Tuesday, in the Transport Ferry Service's vessel, m.v. I3ardic Ferry, and went aboard the s.s. Empire Baltic at Tilbury yesterday morning. The round trip by road is about 2,000 miles.