"Ambitious" Application for Car Transporter Trailers
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Mr. W. Rodman, shipping and traffic supervisor, Massey Ferguson (U.K.), Ltd., said a 11-acre tractor park at the factory was costing £15,000 a year because there was insufficient transport to take tractors as they came off the assembly line. Mr. J. E. Beanland, shipping manager, Rover Motor Car Co.. Ltd., said the recession had not affected the demand for Land-Rovers and their schedules for C.K.D. vehicles for export were expected to be doubled to approximately 240 a week in the next three or four months. Morton's were negotiating to collect, case and deliver to docks for export about 75 per week. There might be some need for flat trailers. said Mr. J. Foley Eginton, for seven independent objectors, but in the case of C.K.D. cars they were subject to process or treatment and could be carried under C licence. Traffic of this type for Massey Ferguson and Rover should be eliminated and in such circumstances only two or three vehicles were justified. Mr. N. Carless, for Morton's, submitted that the volume of completely assembled vehicles more than justified a full grant. No fewer than 647 full loads had to be carried forward to the following day in a specimen period of 19 days. Mr. James said the Rover company's traffic was in the future and no grant could be made until negotiations were complete, but Massey Ferguson and Standard traffic justified some relief. He granted three artics, each of 61 tons.