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FOR THREE WEEKS the city of Hamburg has been host to the largest-ever European transport exhibition. The show, which closes on July 1, has brought together road, rail, air and sea interests and provides not only a progress report on the achievemeats of the various sectors but a first public glimpse of some of the systems and equipment proposed for operation in the next decade.
To road haulage the show has given a platform to explain its contribution to the economic well-being of the world's nations and to call for better understanding of the problems facing the industry.
Participation by the International road transport organisation of the Netherlands (NIWO), for instance, includes distribution of a specially prepared directory of operators in this type of traffic.
British Rail
The IRU introduced its new mascot "Tooky" (a poor second to the German "Brummi") which will also come to Britain later this year for the RHA exhibition at Brighton.
The sole example of a British haulage vehicle was a Freight liner artic combination hauled by an ERF tractive unit as part of the massive participation by British Rail.
Commercial vehicle exhibits in the outdoor demonstration area included DAF, Fiat, Steyr, MAN, Magirus-Deutz and Daimler-Benz, bu,t makers from several other countries were also represented in many of the national joint exhibits.
Semex, the Czech-owned German importer of Tatra