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Weekly U.K.—Germany Part-loads
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Service Introduced ANEW Continental part-loads service introduced this week may point the way in which many hauliers will choose to work as integration with Europe becomes closer; that is, by forming co-operative groups making use of each other's transport, depot and warehousing facilities.
The service, opened on Monday, is for part-loads of over two tons between Britain and Germany and is being operated jointly by Continental Road Transport Services (Ackworth), Ltd., Lep Transport, Ltd., and Lassen and Co., G.m.b.H. of Dusseldorf.
The northern terminal point is at Ackworth and articulated vehicles pick up at Lep's Bradford depot before continuing through the Midlands to collect any further consignments either direct from manufacturers or from the Lep depot in Birmingham, and then on to London where the collecting centre is Lep's Chiswick depot.
Continental Road Transport Service tractive units take the semi-trailers, to Tilbury, whence they are shipped to Antwerp on Wednesdays on Transport Ferry Service's new " Doric Ferry " vessel, arriving on Thursday. The semitrailers reach Dusseldorf the next day. Lassen and Co. getting Customs clearance for local loads and arranging onward haulage for part-loads destined for points beyond the Ruhr.
Return loads will leave Dusseldorf on a Friday and arrive at Tilbury on Sunday morning for delivery to all parts of the U.K.
Initially the new weekly service will employ three tandem-axle semi-trailers with York chassis and bodywork by Harrison of Dewsbury, Ltd. The bodies have drop sides and hoop-and-tilt canopies made to conform with T,I,R, regulations.
A spokesman of Lep Transport, Ltd., told The Commercial Motor this week 'hat when this type of service really
n26 developed they foresaw that there would be great scope for load-sharing between transport groups operating to different Continental destinations.
Mr. E. T. Wright, freight manager of C.R.T.S. (Ackworth), said: "W felt it was high time that some such part-load service was made available. M we find other services are needed to any part of Europe, from any part of the U.K. we shall most certainly lay them on,"
Continental Road Transport Services (Ackworth), Ltd., are at 92 Wakefield Road, Ackworth, Yorks (telephone, Ackworth 466); their London agents are Onward Road Transport (telephone, Shoreditch 4476); Lep Transport, Ltd., have their head office at Upper Thames Street, London, E.C.4 (telephone, Central 5050); their associated German company, Lassen and Co., G.m.b.H. are at Fricdrichstrasse 145. Dusseldorf.