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Tackling N.W .Dock Delays
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MORTH-WESTERN, Manchester, Mid i lands and Yorkshire area officials of the Road Haulage Association have received an invitation to take part in discussions with the Mersey Docks and Harbours Board to consider ways to ease congestion and delays in the port of Liverpool.
Among the plans being considered by the Board is the setting up of a central information office to provide road hauliers and shippers with up-to-date information on receiving dates for cargoes and ships conditions on the quays and the availability of labour. Ways to avoid the possibility of confusing or inaccurate information being issued from unofficial sources are also being considered. A new Press information service has just been established as part of the plan.
A particular problem for carriers serving Liverpool is that road hauliers
are at present expected to provide their own labour to lift goods on the quayside on to vehicles and vice-versa.
One of the largest shipping concerns using the port, the Blue Funnel Line, has liaised with R.H.A. area officials for the past two years in an effort to ease hauliers' and shippers' problems.