TRUCKLINE EXPANDS IN The latest stage in the de
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■ elopment of the Truckline ferry service occurs next month when the second of its stretched ro-ro ferries re-enters service.
The MV Purbeck returns to the Poole-Cherbourg route having been "jumboised" in French shipyard. This increases its capacity from 47 63 freight units. Its sister ship, the MV Coutances, ha already undergone this conversion.
True!dine was taken over Brittany Ferries last Septerr ber and the stretching of du
two ferries is part of the ne, owner's expansion plan. Alsc included is the construction a new terminal and office building in Poole, which will have freight driver facilities such as showers, rest room and lounge. This opens in June.
Over 65,000 freight units were carried on Truckline's Poole-Cherbourg route last year and Brittany Ferries is confident of boosting that figure substantially in 1986.