Hauliers should watch WEFT
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HAULIERS in the West of England and South Wales with container-carrying equipment would do well to keep their eyes on the recently commissioned West of EnglandFreightTerminal at Avonmouth as a possible additional source of business. Set up as a containerbase and inland clearance centre by National Freight Corporation, Associated Container Transportation Ltd., Bristol City Line, Wharf Holdings and Cory Associated Wharves, as well as others. WEFT (as it is known) has already invested over £250,000 in a 60,000 sq. ft. freight transfer/ clearance/storage shed which can accommodate the loading and unloading of 24 containers or trailers at a time.
Managing director of WEFT is Mr. G. Osborne Bartram who until recently was distribution manager for Avon Tyres. The idea is to bring containers to the area from all U.K. container ports where they will be Customs inspected and devanned with import traffic, and vice versa for exports.
Already some of the big names in transport are using the base including Containerway and Roadferry, SCA Freight Ltd., Thomas Cook and Bristol City Lines, and future users are expected to include OCL and ACT, and the newly formed Dart Container Line.