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CONTINUING growth of East European activities in international haulage practice already marked by the appointment of operating partners in western countries and the recent long term leasing of 300 TIR-type trailers by a Dutch concern to the Bulgarian state transport undertaking SOMAT, is part of a policy in which the strong desire for hard currency earnings dictates trading methods which occasionally contrast markedly with those of Western competitors.
One of the most active and progressive East European operators, Hungarocamion, is also one of the most prominent in regular services to many Continental destinations. Over 50 per cent of the transit traffic through Germany (last year this amounted to almost 600,000 tonnes) is routed through Hamburg and the recent opening of a new transport engineering sup.port point there reflects the
close links which the Hungarian operator has established with the Hamburg company of CTD.
This subsidiary of the Port of Hamburg operating company (HHLA) has provided Hungarocamion with vehicle maintenance and service facilities at the new purpose-built Alten
werder base. Equipment in us( by Hungarocamion includes very high percentage of Germar and Swedish-made tractive units and the high standarc sought by the operator for reliable trans-Europe services will now be further enhanced by the new staging post.