Strong Objections to Portable Tanker Bid
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A TTRACTIVE rates had been offered r—k by Sutton and Son (St. Helens), Ltd., tated Mr. R. Wakefield. assistant trans3ort manager of Joseph Crostield and 3ons, Ltd., when he supported an appli:ation for 12 new 11-ton articulated tehicles, at Manchester, last Tuesday.
Suttons wanted an A licence for the mits which were dual-purpose and :-ould be used with portable tankers or Aatforms. Mr. J. R. C. Samuel Gibbon. or the company, said that the case would -est on customer evidence, as representaIves from large industrial undertakings would give details of traffic they were villing to offer Suttons.
In evidence, Mr. Wakefield described low bulk liquids were • taken from Warrington to London, overnight, the mita then being reloaded with commodi:les for their plant at Port Sunlight. Soap
making oils were transported from the Wirral, Bristol and Scotland, to Warring:on, and liquid tallow came from alasgow. A substantial amount of soap powder was sent, via Preston, to the Crosfield depot in Dublin, and they wanted to ship tallow back to Port Sunlight. 'We could back-load 4-6 vehicles weekly. between Scotland, London and Warrineton." said Mr. Wakefield.
Replying to Mr. J. Booth, objecting for the B.T.C.. he agreed that traffic was caving Glasgow for Warrington via Scottish hauliers who, if the application was granted would have empty tankers an their hands. All traffic which Crosfields offered Suttons would be from other hauliers, observed Mr. Booth. The witness said he now paid 64s. 6d. per ton for goods transported from Scotland, and 58s. 6d. a ton if back-loading took place. Suttons had offered a rate of 50s. a ton. The applicants would be offered 50-100 tons of London tanker traffic a week, and ates paid in respect of this at present to ther hauliers varied from 48s. 11d. to 64s. a ton. Suttons had offered 48s. a ton.
"If an operator quoted a lower rate than Suttons, and offered you the use of tankers, would you support his application?" asked Mr. Booth. "I would only consider fair rates," countered Mr. Wakefield, " and we prefer the dual-purpose tankers because empty running is kept to a minimum." Pickfords had carried bulk liquid tanker traffic for Crosfields and now some of this had been lost to Suttons.
He told Mr. G. P. Crowe, objecting for certain private road operators, that he had no difficulty in hiring sufficient tankers and often had aselection from which to choose. It would be possible to move palletized fiat loads to London at a lower rate than that offered by Suttons, but they would make a considerable saving on tanker traffic. Mr. Wakefield told Mr. F. Williamson, sitting as the North Western Licensing Authority, that 60 per cent_ of the activities of the new vehicles would be work that had previously been done by other hauliers. and 40 per cent would he new traffic.
The case is to he continued.
A.E.C. LINK WITH FRENCH MANUFACTURER
A COMMERCIAL, technical and
financial agreement has been concluded between A.E.C.„Ltd., and Etablissements Willeme S.A., French commercial vehicle manufacturers, of Nanterre. Under the agreement. Willeme will further develop its range of standard and special-purpose heavy vehicles by incorporating engines and other parts made by A.E.C., Willeme having placed an initial contract for 500 diesel engines, and the French company will assemble and distribute in France the mediumweight range of A.E.C. vehicles.
A.C.V., Ltd., will purchase a substantial shareholding in Willeme and will he represented on the board.