PLA's new booking scheme
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• The Port of London Authority and the Australian Outward Freight Committee have instituted a new space reference scheme for cargoes destined for export to Australia through London's Royal Group of Docks.
The new scheme, which is linked to the lorry pre-booking procedure for exports carried on Australian Conference Line vessels, is aimed at overcoming the confusion and difficulties which have arisen recently.
It will apply with the commencement of receiving for the m.v. Port Pine, from November 26 to December 4 at No. 6 Shed. King George V Dock.
When shippers apply to the Line for space, they will be allotted a reference number, which will have to be quoted when the shipper, his agent or the haulier applies for an appointment at the Authority's Royal Albert Dock pre-booking centre.
If the PLA receives a request for an appointment and the firm making the request cannot quote the reference, or gives the wrong reference, no appointment will be made and they will be referred back to the Line concerned.
The reference numbers will be telexed to the pre-booking centre by the shipping companies on a daily basis.
The new scheme will not, however, apply to vehicles with loads of 1 ton or less, of which no individual package weighs more than 5cwt. These vehicles are not required to pre-book with the PLA.