Piggy-backs
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BRITISH transport firms are making increasing use of West Germany's highly efficient and rapidly expanding piggy-back system, according to new statistics published in Frankfurt.
Despite a decline last year in the volume of goods carried by German railways and longdistance lorries, the number of vehicles, trailers and containers carried by rail rose by 12.6 per cent to 379,000.
The biggest increase, however, was in the number of lorries and containers being !-.9nsported "piggy-back" across the German frontiers.
Part of this international traffic — known as the "rolling road" — includes the transport of lorries and drivers.
The statistics show that 13,500 vehicles plus personnel made use of this system last year — nearly double the number the year before.
The statistics also show that British transport firms appear to be more interested in these facilities than other nationalities.
Last year 150 British hauliers sent their vehicles across Europe on Germany's "rolling road". A total of 80 Danish firms also took advantage of the system.