Cargo Handling Co-ordination
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THE vital role of road haulage in the co-ordination of cargo movements will be one of the main themes at the seventh Conference of the International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association to be held in Paris from May 18 to 22.
A paper will be given by Mr. F. G. Freund, director, traffic department of the American Trucking Associations Inc., which will make recommendations for improved practices and procedures in connection with co-ordinating movements of export and import cargo between the road haulier and ocean-going vessels. Relevant documentation, container development and identification through a system of code marking will also be discussed.
In view of recent developments in many British ports regarding sorting depots, there should be valuable material in a paper dealing with the development of a clearing centre for cargo in the port of Genoa. This study describes a project initiated by private enterprise for the creation of a sorting, storage and distri bution centre for cargo passing througl the port of Genoa. To be known as th Rivalta Company, the organization wil include shareholders representing a corn plete cross-section of interested partici The site, 70 km. from the port, has beei chosen with due regard to existing an projected road and rail systems.
Other papers will deal with " Unicube (the advantages to be gained by th application of an international modula for cargo transport media), the functiot of inland waterways in co-ordinating witl cargo movement, and the co-ordinatim of cargo movement between rail ant ship. The Conference will also ,includ• a study of actual facilities for carp handling, reception and sorting system at the port of Dunkirk.
The object of the International Cars( Handling Co-ordination Association is t( increase the efficiency and economy a the moving of sea-borne cargo b3 co-ordinating and encouraging tht improvement of cargo handling in thi: form of transport and all other form! of transport connected with it.