More Tonnage Carried by British International Hauliers
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STATISTICS issued recently by the Economic Commission for Europe indicate that international hauliers from this country carried 170,090 tons in 1963 compared with 88,205 tons , in 1962. Foreign-registered vehicles. entering the United Kingdom numbered 857 and some 9,750 British registered vehicles came into the country in connection with Continental goods traffic. The following extract from the E.C.E. statistical tables reveals only too clearly the minor role still played by British hauliers in international transport.
It is interesting to note that although the 'statistics show that the average length of haul in road transport remains short, seldom exceeding 20 km. (exceptions in 1962: France 35 km., Yugoslavia 24 km., and the United Kingdom 43 km.), there is evidence that some commodities were carried by road over comparatively long hauls. For example, in France in 1962, the average length of haul was 141 km. for glass and china (1.6 m. tons). 136 km. for non-ferrous metal products (2.8 m. tons), 99 km. for ferrous metal products (15 m. tons) and 90 km. for crude chemicals (101 m. tons); in Western Germany in 1963, crude minerals other than ore, together with lime and cement, made up 23 per cent of tons carried over long distances (on an average probably more than 60 km.).
Bus and coach travel increased rapidly. particularly in Poland, Rumania and the Soviet Union. countries where private cars are relatively Scarce. But Western Germany showed an 8 per cent increase in passenger-kilometres from 1962, -compared with a decrease in the U.K. of about 2.5 per cent.
Although the U.K. opened 150 km. of motorways during 1963, more than any other European country, our total length of motorways of 471 kin (at December 31, 1963) compares poorly with the Netherlands, East Germany and Italy. West Germany's motorways cover 3,077 km.
More by Road in U.S.
A CCORDING to the 1964 edition of "American Trucking Trends "-a booklet issued annually by the American Trucking Associations-road haulage is America's biggest earner in the freight transport field, as well as being a leading taxpayer, employer and consumer of goods.
Cargo revenues of federal-controlled motor carriers for 1964 were put at £3,214m.-higher than for any other form of transport. Inter-city ton-miles were about 124,000m. The total for all inter-city hauliers, including private firms' vehicles and others exempt from Interstate Commerce Commission regulation, is set at 370,000m, ton-miles--a gain of 22,000m. over 1963.
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