Radio Control of B.R.S. Dock
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Traffic Cuts Delays
A CTION to abate the congestion -1-1 for which the docks at Liverpool were notorious among hauliers, even before the war, was taken recently when three patrol vans, operated within the port by British Road Services, were equipped with two-way radio.
Nearly 4,000 B.R.S. vehicles use the docks in an average week, and in the course of the year the organization claims to handle about 3m. tons of exports, representing about 70 per cent. of the Liverpool total. The new system has reduced delays to vehicles, in most instances, to a maximum of four or five hours, a large improvement on the situation of, say, two years ago.
Long experience of shipping and intimate knowledge of the docks are provided by each of the three observers, Mr. Wm. Molyneux, who has been working on the Merseyside waterfront for over 40 years, Mr. R. Jones and Mr. L. Ashover.
Radio Contact With Port Office