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transport by David and freight handling Lowe Earlier start at Liverpool

• Time for receiving cargo at Liverpool Gladstone Docks Container Terminal has been brought forward from 8 a.m. to 7 a.m. Further extensions of working time are likely as demands increase.

The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board said last week that the hours extension had enabled a Warrington operator to unload and return to base with empty containers, then to reload to make a second delivery to Liverpool the same day. Throughput at the terminal is approaching 1.000 containers a week and haulage contractors have been specially asked to take advantage of the earlier start.

Slewing forklift • A new fork-lift truck, which can lift loads of up to 13.000lb at 48in. centres and slew -diem through 90deg., has been introduced by Mathro (Sales) Ltd., of Harley, Surrey, for applications such as the handling of 40f-t-long freight containers into and out of store. Called the Swing.ift 200 WT, it loads and discharges at the front end: but in order to traverse narrow aisleways of 20ft or less, it slews the lifting mast so that the load is carried lengthways within the width of the vehicle. In practice :tie vehicle turns at the same time as the mast is slewed so that the load always remains parallel to the aisleway.

Features of the machine include good driver-contort and excellent visibility, automatic electro,hydraulic inhibitor circuits to prevent Incorrect operation, mast elevation to 216in. so that containers can be stacked three high, and stabilizing arms which grip the top of the container to restrain movement. Maximum speed is 17 mph. A larger machine capable of loading 16,8001b at 48in. centres is also available. A variety of lift attachments can be fitted—e.g. standard forks if suitable pockets are provided in the base of the container's fork sleeves where the method of stacking involves the use of dunnage to provide a clear opening beneath containers, or overhead clamps if the containers are to be handled from the top.

The fork-lift, which is front-wheel drive and rear-wheel steer, is 144in. wide and 190in. long, excluding the forks.

The track of the rear axle is approximately half that of the front axle. Power-steering is via an Orbitrol all-hydraulic system, with an axle-mounted ram acting directly on to the steering arm, and via a drag link to the other wheel._ The vehicle has a turning radius of 204in. Three-point suspension is achieved by pivoting the rear axle to give a 20 deg. oscillation, The front axle, which is fitted with 12in. diameter disc brakes and twin tyres, is powered by a Ford 2704E vertical six-cylinder diesel engine rated at 128 bhp at 2,800 rpm. The transmission consists of a Brockhouse TTT Mk II full power-shift torque convertor giving three speeds forward and reverse.

Danish service

• A new container service Oetween Immingham, Esbjerg and Hirtshals commences today.

The service will be operated by a new company, 8-line Container Service, subsidiary of a Danish company.

Three containerships have been ordered, and straddle carriers and fork-lift trucks will operate in the terminals. An office is to be opened at Immingham.

Sailings will be twice weekly from Immingham on Tuesdays and Fridays and later in the year the service will be extended to cover a Scottish port, probably -Leith or Grangemouth.

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Locations: Liverpool, Surrey

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