Transport Experts to Visit Germany
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A PARTY of British transport experts is to visit " '06-Many on June 6 for live days, to study
industrial transport problems. The main points of the examination will be competition between road and rail, and railway charging. The party will tour the German Federal Railways, and visit goods handling depots, road haulage establishments and ancillary users'. undertakings.
In studying the German railways' charging system, there will he. particular reference to the use of rates as a weapon of competition with other forms of transport. The. The-. Brilish delegation is broadly nipiesentativa of industry, 7: bOth geoiraphieally and according to 7ty'cfe. Members come from as far apart as Edinburgh and Surrey, and embrace industrial Yorkshire and the Midlands. Industries represented extend from heavy iron' and steel, light engineering, chemicals and textiles.
The party will be led by Mr. T. H. Summerson, a vice-president of the Association Of British Chambers of Commerce and chairman of the home affairs and transport division, He is a member:of the British Transport Com a mission and chairman of the North Eastern Area of British Railways, The deputy leader of the delegation will be Mr. C. E. Jordan, chairman of the A.B.C.C. transport committee and an adviser to the executive council. Chief transport officer to Tube Investnients, Ltd., he is chairman of the transport committee of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.
Members of Party Other members of the Authority, all members of A.B.C.C. transport committee, are as follows: Mr. I. Delicate, Courtaulds, Ltd., vice-chairman of the A.B.C.C. transport committee; Mr. D. R. Goodchild, Paints Division, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.; Mr. R. E. Clough, Smith, Parkinson and Cole, Ltd.; Mr. Ralph Cropper, transport consultant; Mr. A. L. Taylor, Gascoignes (Reading), Ltd.; Mr. G. W. Henderson, North British Rubber Co., Ltd.; Mr. T. W. Parker, Brown Bayley Steels, Ltd.; and Mr. E. W. Bebbington, National Farmers' Union.
Mr. E. W. Arkle, commercial superintendent of the Midland Area of British Railways, will accompany the party as an observer. The secretary to the delegation will be Mr. H. F. VianSmith, secretary of the home affairs and transport division of the A.B.C.C.
[German hauliers are forbidden by law to give special concessions in rates even on regular loads. Consequently, industry has bought large and often specialized fleets of long-distance " C-licensed " vehicles. The German Government have now imposed a severe tax on these vehicles.]
The problem of road-rail co-ordina lion will be viewed by the party from the aspects of practical issues involved, such as the physical handling of traffic and the attitude of labour.Leading members Of the delegation have discussed their visit with the German
ambassador. ,