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CM's FIRST international conference on Anglo-French coveration in the road haulage industry got off to a flying start at Dover on Wednesday with a conducted tour around the docks. It was followed up during the cross-channel trip with a paper presented by Ron Clarke, freight manager of European Ferries, on the correct method of using freight forwarding and ferry services.
The British contingent was then treated to a conducted tour of Calais haulier Garde Maritimes yard before meeting their French opposite numbers at a reception thrown by the Calais Chamt Commerce.
It was here that the and French got down brass tacks of Anglo-I co-operation, and at the mal discussions which e at least one Anglo-Frenc was struck, and man3 contacts made by haulil both sides of the Charm( On Thursday moi Townsend Thoresen sl delegates their Europea ries' autofreighter opei and Jim Alliston, presid the Road Haulage Associ gave a paper on the gi theme of Anglo-Frenc operation. recounted some of his irdinary experiences of ?arly days of crossnel haulage and disci the merits of accomd and unaccompanied • operation with particuference to his own field, erated transport.
the return trip, Sven of Saab Scania discussed est method of servicing in Europe. He said that leration between operaa road haulage had never a premium consideration. ipetition has proved inauntable," he said.
argued that international haulage required a mic international ziation which would with one voice at all s for every European ator. "Time consuming ims delays could be overif the protests were loud orceful enough," he said. vas even more important Ich a body to administer a credit institution which d ensure that drivers had arantee of payment for services they might ire when abroad. "There Id also be much benefit to lined from an information :," he said.
full report on the papers discussion will be ished in CM next Friday.