French fish traffic from Kent
Page 13
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
A KENT operator is running an enterprising service which involves day trips to Boulogne. Overland and Sea Transport Ltd of Hildenhorough, near Tonbridge, collects fresh fish from a market in the French Channel port twice a week on average and carries it to London's Billingsgate market. On the run to France smoked or frozen fish processed in the UK is carried for delivery throughout France.
The company is using a sixwheeled Mercedes-Benz LP 2419 24-tonner for the job. The vehicle has a timber-framed alloy-panelled body built by Motor Bodies (J. E. Hirst) of Stallingborough, Lincs.
The body is insulated with 102mm (4in) of polyurethane foam. It has a Hubbard 600 refrigeration unit fitted which can keep the temperature down to —8.3° C (17° F) for frozen consignments and 1° C (34° F) for fresh fish. Tare weight of the vehicle is just 9 tons, allowing a 15-ton payload.