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Wider Containers
THERE IS considerable consternation among container men about the swing away from the standard ISO recommended cross section dimensions of 8ft high x 8ft wide. As mentioned in......
Switch To Southampton
THE CAT was certainly let out of the bag at the conference which ran in conjunction with the recent Ports and Terminals Exhibition at Manchester by Mrs. D. C. L. Johnstone, a......
One More For Tilbury
NOT that Tilbury isn't busy, containerwise. US Lines are still loading and unloading containers from across the Atlantic, and a newcomer has recently joined them Canadian......
Others Are Waiting
IT IS NOT only PLA. OCL and ACT who are suffering because of the labour disputes at Tilbury. The National Freight Corporation has a £500,000 freightliner terminal there, which......
York's Brainchild
LAST MONTH, I disclosed the fact that a new hopper/tipper container was to be displayed at the Ports and Terminals Exhibition, York Trailers built both the skeletal and the......
Don't Use Ropes
THREE hearty cheers for the National Freight Federation (NFC) for supplying badly needed guidance for hauliers for securing containers to vehicles not fitted with corner lock......
Hauliers Prominent At Felixstowe
A SIGN of the times in this new container age—hauliers figuring prominently in the affairs of a port. The port is Felixstowe where a Port Users' Association has been formed......