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Tankers Superseded By Pipeline

26th February 1960, Page 146
26th February 1960
Page 146
Page 146, 26th February 1960 — Tankers Superseded By Pipeline
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DIPELINE delivery of aviation fuel to London Airport is to start next month, when two 6-in.-diameter pipes will supply about 30,000 gallons an hour. This will supersede delivery. by" an average of 40 tankers.per 'day.

. The fuel will be 'pumped from storage tanks at Walton, nine miles from the air .

_ At peak periods during the summer, 60 tankers a day were used to bring the fuel from Purfleet and Shell 'Haven; on the Thames estuary. The new piplineswill ruleout the possibility of deliveries bejng delayed by congested roads br bad weather.

• The tankers are not.ye entirely out of work—they Will be required to deliver the fuel. frOm the estuary to Walton. But, later in the .year, it is planned to pipe supplies to .W,alton froin the Kent refinery, near-the mouth -of the. Tharries: 11.-11.A.SUB-AREA OFFICERS QFFJCERS for the coming year have been announced Jay two sub-areas of the Road Haulage Association. At 'Oxford the chairman is Mr. G. L Wilsdon (J. Curtis and Sons, Ltd.); vicechairman, Mr. J. Brouard (Amey's Transport (Oxford), Ltd.), and honorary secretary Mr. F. B, Morse (0. Cannon and Sons).

At Bletchley the chairman is ,Mr. A. J. Forster (London Road Garage) and the vice-chairman Mit-,E. H. Little-dale (Bramwell's Haulage, Ltd.).