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The impact of containerization
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FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION PREVIEWED by John Darker, AM BIM • If there are any road hauliers in this country who doubt the impact of containerization a visit to the first International Container Services and Equipment Exhibition at Olympia, London (May 27-31) is recommended. More than 120 British and European equipment manufacturers or international transport operators will be represented. The exhibition is a complete sell-out and the organizer (Mack-Brooks Exhibitions Ltd.), is now planning the next show at Olympia (June 1-5, 1970). Before that, there will be similar exhibitions at Baltimore and Melbourne—evidence of the world-wide interest in the subject.
Some 40 manufacturers of containers and trailers will demonstrate the wide range of equipment now available. Refrigerated, insulated and waterproof containers will be featured by specialist makers and comparisons will be possible between several types of skeletal trailers and handling equipment systems.
Among those demonstrating skeletal trailers, British Trailer Co. shows a new extendible skeletal for 40ft containers or combinations of smaller containers. This design provides for the front section of the trailer to be pulled out for adjustment of the load's centre of gravity rearwards if load distribution in a 2011 or 30ft container would otherwise impose excessive load on the tractor.
Brockhouse shows a new Expediter dualpurpose container trailer for transporting 20ft or 30ft ISO containers. The vehicle shown has a platform floor and carries an example of the new 20ft folding container introduced by Vickers Ltd.
An original approach to the container transfer problem is the new Contake Container Crane designed for transfer of containers between road, rail or ground either in rail or roll-on/roll-off terminals, This machine is being manufactured in England by Price and Pierce (Machinery) Ltd. Costing under £7,000, with foundation costs between £250 and £300, this well thoughtout design may make a considerable impact on the growing market.
Side transfer systems receive relatively little publicity in contrast to the many overhead lift systems. The Murfitt side transfer system designed to handle ASA and ISO containers of all lengths up to 4011 is available in two versions for terminal or road use. Also on the Murfitt stand are two container carrying trailers, a 20ft skeletal model with a maximum length of 20ft 6in. for ferry operations and a 33ft dual-purpose platform unit.
W. E. and F. Dobson will demonstrate its latest ideas in the field of detachable bodies and container handling systems; also, an exhibit likely to interest bulk transport operators.
Four Hawker Siddeley group companies will show a wide product range. Gloster Saro features a standard bulk liquid carrier of 3,960gal capacity in glass-reinforced plastics weighing under 2+ tons. Hands Trailers features a portable weighing unit (made by S. G. Brown, another group company) foi checking axle loads, a 40ft-long dualpurpose container carrier, a 30ft-long freight flat and a cruciform chassis container carrier High Duty Alloys show samples of alu minium alloy extrusions and forgings fiat containers and Thermo King self-containec refrigeration units will be shown by Petters.
Container manufacturers are well represented. Duramin shows two new containers both providing for side and end loading. The 2011 model general cargo container has fulllength side-opening doors and the 40ft model has central side-opening doors—great stress problems would be incurred if full-side opening was provided on a 40ft container.
Central Containers, which claims the lightest steel container on the market, shows 20ft and 30ft models—also one of its new range of trailers.
The Merriworth company has given a lot of thought to the design of trailers for container/general haulage/TIR work. Its stand features the 3311 VP which can be quickly converted into a tilt-van trailer for roll-on/roll-off work, and a short tandem-axle skeletal trailer for 20ft containers. Merriworth VP and skeletal trailers utilize folddown 4ft high headboards, greatly facilitating container loading, especially when two 20ft containers are carried on a 40footer.
Fiat is one of the few organizations able to show its own containers on its own vehicles. Fiat containers in 1011 to 40ft lengths are available in dry, thermally insulated and refrigerated versions. They are designed to accept high acceleration rates at sea and on the road as well as the twisting motion created by roll and pitch.
York's comprehensive display of containers includes the new Tanktainer—a 4,000-gal stainless steel single-compartment tank within a steel ISO frame 20ft x 811 x 811, a 2011 open-top steel container for overhead gantry working and a 30ft Sideloader with a completely clear opening all along one side. A new handling system devised by York in conjunction with a skeletal trailer for British Road Services is also shown.
Although some container manufacturers are wedded to one type of material, Marshall—its steel container was the first to win Lloyd's type approval—will also show aluminium and ply/glass fibre containers with all-welded high tensile steel frames.
John Thompson's exhibit must have involved the hire of a pretty tall crane for its stand feasures containers stacked six high! A full rafige of Thompson Trailmobile containers will include a stainless steel singlecompartment ISO container tank and a 30ft container clad in a new type of stainless steel.
Crane Fruehauf makes a range of alloy or steel containers in lengths of 10-40ft. It has orders for 240 4011 containers worth £250,000 for use by two of Germany's biggest shipping companies and a £3m order for 5,000 containers for Overseas Containers Ltd. The range includes open framed containers with Tilt for side or top loading and Thermo King equipped refrigerated containers. Forty-foot dry freight and 2011 exposed post containers by Crane Fruehauf are shown on Boden's distinctive Mark 3 semi-trailers proved for operation at 15 metres overall length under the amended C and U Regulations.
Any doubts as to the rigorousness of container testing standards should be dispelled by a visit to Venesta's stand where an hydraulically operated test rig will subject to static test a container end frame door unit to simulate conditions as laid down in the B.S.3951 test requirements.