lorthern showcase sells kitish industry's expertise
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AND SPACE at this week's e ight Show North in Harroite, the first such exhibition • be organised, has been ken by a wide range of commies and public bodies enkged either directly in freight ansport, its promotion, or e manufacture of essential iuipment. While many par*rants came from the North id Midlands, others were tracted from farther afield.
York-based Eurolease -Idler Sales displayed two !hides on stand 103, a 12.2m ree-axle Overlander semiailer by . Cooks of Rainham, id an Overlander tandem:le skeletal for 20ft ISO coniners. The bodies trailer has nber tilt boards, steel frame oupage gates, and webbing esh gates which provide cure load retention. The :eletal's step-frame conruction gives a lower centre gravity—hence greater load fety — than straight-frame odels.
On Stand 110, Shaw Packg's Swedish softwood packg case has been adapted to rm the outer walls of a disay package. Inside, various :amples of the company's icking materials, including rink-wrap polythene, are on ow.
Load security equipment anufacturer J. N. Blair tand 132) displays hinges for rx vans and containers; ipahooks for chilled carcass ansport, Minilok door gear, Dne-Loc Seals, Spin-Loc Seals, and Cable-Loc Seals.
Operators are also on show. National Carriers is working on the principle that flashing electronic hardware draws more crowds than static equipment. Its stand (No 150) is centred around a Contract Services computer used for fleet and route planning. It takes into account ideal roads, towns with restrictions on commercial vehicles, early closing days, and delivery restrictions. Other well-known facets of the NCL package, such as its Medallion, Chinaflow, and fast-growing Contract Services activities, are also on show.
Velmain Transport of Manchester is on Stand 105, and has details of recent expansions of its activities, including a new operation in Eire and its Knight Rider Service, a rapid point-to-point overnight delivery service.
Freight Forwarder, Glook Export Freight Services of Leeds has details of its services, including Yorkshire area dealership for Air Express International, on Stand 135. The company has expanded in recent months to include a popular service between Britain and the Irish Republic.
On Stand 102, Dachser Tiiiigport (UK) has details of its groupage facilities organised from Felixstowe, London, and Doncaster. The company, an offshoot of a 50-year old German freighting organisation, offers daily collection and delivery services in Britain, daily Continental groupage services using the Dachser network of over 40 branches, storage in Britain and Europe, and full custom clearance and documentation.
Ports keen to display their services include London (Stand 109), Liverpool (Stands 111 and 112), and Dover (Stand 114). London is boosting new investments in its facilities such as those installed for roro traffic and containerisation. Liverpool is stressing the facilities which it offers to vehicle exporters, and points to a recent consignment of 42 Bedford lorries, 40 Seddon chassis, 47 Land-Rovers, 60 Bedford Chevannes, three fir engines, and 15 forklift truck which went from Liverpool t, West Africa.
Dover Harbour Board is dis playing photographs and liter ature on its stand.
Ferry operators with stani space include North Sea Fer ries (Stand 133) with a mode of one of its latest ro-ro vessel used on services linking Hul and Ipswich with Rotterdan and Zeebrugge. Europeai Ferries (parent company o Townsend Thoresen) i publicising its shipping opera tions and the Post of Felix stowe itself on Stands 116 an 117.