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ext month marks the 21st anniversary of "inching by Lt.-Col. Frank Bustard, as ]ing director of the Transport Ferry Serof the first roll-on /roll-off operation for iercia/ traffic, the roll-on /roll-off principle 3 been evolved from the use of Tank "g Ships (LSTs) during the war.
demobilization Lt.-Col. Bustard acquired LSTs for the TFS-18 months later he it two more. He first put an LST into Lion on the Preston-Lame route to NorIreland in May 1948.
had preceded this commercial service in when his Atlantic Steam Navigation any converted three LSTs to peace-time ards in order to ferry vehicles and equipbetween Tilbury and Hamburg for the " Forces in Germany.
Col. Bustard, who retired in 1956, is in !ighties and still visits the company's from time to time. He was in fact largely nsible for the prototype design of the rn vehicle-ferry. He is succeeded in the ass by his son, Mr. Michael K. Bustard, al manager.
TFS service to Antwerp was opened in . Another landmark was 1962 when a freight and passenger service to the -lent from Tilbury was inaugurated.
Development has proceeded apace; last year the TFS opened its new terminal at Europoort. The number of roll-on /off vehicles, trailers and containers, for instance, carried between Preston, Lame and Belfast has risen over 45,000 a year (350,000 tons of cargo).