English Wool Traffic Switching from Rail to Road
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THE effect of increased railway rates has been to transfer goods for the English wool trade to road transport, The Commercial Motor was told by a British Railways official after the hearing of a successful B licence application by a Bradford haulier at Leeds on Monday.
The railways were not now "very interested" in the English wool section of the trade, said the representative.
The applicant, Mr. A. Mitchell, was applying to the Yorkshire deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. H. E. Randolph, for two B-licensed vehicles to add to his five-vehicle A-licensed fleet.
Mr. P. Kenny, for Mitchell, said that the transfer from rail to road of the English wool section of the trade had brought about an increased demand for the applicant's services and his turnover had gone up to £1,000 per month.
Mr. Mitchell told the Authority that he was using his A vehicles to carry from the English wool sales in various parts of the country. The increased demand for road transport was due to the railways increasing their rates threefold on certain jobs last September.
A supporting witness from Vincent Hall and Sons Ltd. said in evidence that his company's turnover was £1 million up this year on that for 1962 and subcontracting arrangements which the applicant had had to make were not always satisfactory.
The application was granted,
More German Licences
THE West German Government depart' ment Federal Bureau for Longdistance Goods Transport has recommended in a report drawn up on behalf of the country's Ministry of Transport that the total number of available operating licences, limited in Federal Germany by a quota system, should be increased by 1,540—or 91 per cent—for "general long-distance road transport ", by 460— or 7 per cent—for " regional long-distance road transport" and by 60—or 1+ per cent — for long-distance furniture removals.
The report states the view that, unless C-licensed transport is made more attractive by tax reductions, an increase in haulage demand of 15 to 19 per cent may be expected in the course of the next four years.