Road-sea Facilities on Show
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MUMEROUS forms taken by road 1 I vehicles used for the purpose of through sea crossings were demonstrated this week by Coast Lines Ltd. at Salford. A special exhibition was held there in connection with the opening of the new transit shed for cargo in containers and unit loads for dispatch by road and sea to and from Ireland and the Continent. The depot's function is to provide facilities to assemble and break down unit loads. The company hopes that similar centres will be set up in due course in main industrial areas throughout the country.
The opening of the Salford transit depot. situated in Hope Street close to the docks area, is an important development in the activities of the Coast Lines group, one of the leading operators of Irish sea routes, British coastal and nearContinental services. Coast Lines have a widespread and growing interest in road transport.
Traders and others visiting Seaway House at Salford were able to examine in detail the facilities currently available. In addition to actual container and tanker vehicles there were large models of many of the vessels employed by the group, unit-load equipment and photographic displays. One panel was devoted to some of the activities of the Tay forth' organization and another to unit loads being handled by Link Line Ltd.. Northern Ireland Trailers Ltd., Irish Road Ferry Service Ltd., Ulster Fen.) Transport Ltd., Anglo-Irish Transport Ltd., Liverpool Cartage. Co. Ltd. and Ferryrnasters Ltd.
Among the vehicles on show was a Ferrymasters AEC Mandator tractive unit with a Primrose TIR 10-metre, 20-toncapacity semi-trailer. Ferrymasters will be operating from Seaway House in the future. This company is in the Process of setting up its own haulage fleets in Holland and Belgium, instead of relying upon agency arrangements there as is customary. The bases chosen are Arnhem and Antwerp. By autumn it is expected that Ferrymasters will have facilities available for the transport of part loads, say, from 20 cwt. upwards, to all Continental countries.
Vehicles that attracted special interest at Salford included an Atkinson operated by A. S. Jones and Co. Ltd., which carries a Rippon dual-purpose semi-trailer with a hulk-liquid tank below platform level, leaving the full platform available for general goods or demountable tanks. A Pitt semitrailer carrying a Lancashire flat with 30-ft. extendible deck was demonstrated by Northern Ireland Trailers Ltd., who also showed an Atkinson with Pitt semi-trailer and demountable container.
A Foden tractive unit with York/ Butterfield tanker semi-trailer was provided by James Hemphill Ltd., and Liverpool Cartage Co. Ltd. had an AEC Mercury and York trailer. A refrigerated container on Scammell semi-trailer was shown by Ulster Ferry Transport. Another refrigerated vehicle, in this case with an AEC Mercury tractive unit, came from Road Services (Caledonian) Ltd.
Shipping activities throughout Great Britain and Ireland were well illustrated.