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Pentalver Cannock's new 28-acre site can take 15,000 containers, and there's some good newts for wildlife too... Tim Maughan reports.

CONTAINER HAULIER Pentalver Cannock begins operations from its new 28-acre base this week. The site, on a former coal storage site in Cannock, Staffs, cost £13m to develop; it can accommodate 15,000 containers.

The firm is owned by Pentalver Transport, which also has facilities in Southampton and Felixstowe. Pentalver Cannock accounts for half the group's £80m turnover.

Pentalver Transport MD Brian Tattersall says 170 Scanias are based at Cannock; servicing and maintenance will be handled in-house.

When CA/ visited the site last week we were shown the workshops, where a dedicated pit will allow Vosa personnel to examine Pentalver Cannock's own vehicles as well as those of other operators. Convenience was the deciding factor here, says Tattersall, although the facility will also bring in some profit.

The container sector is a global business, and the depot is in action 24 hours a day. However, domestically, it can be a tough environment in which to compete. "It's difficult to make money out of container haulage,"says Tattersall.

He adds that there is a lack of ports in Britain but suggests that road transport companies with sufficient accommodation can help ease the pressure "It gives shipping lines maximum flexibility."

There are about 1,500 containers on the site at the moment, but Tattersall hopes this will rise to 8,000 within a year.

Four Fantuzzi container handlers service the facility two 36ton n ers, e a ch costing f750,000, and two 12-tonners at £125,000 apiece Because the site is home to rare newts and badgers, the civil engineers who developed it incorporated a purpose-made pond and setts for them. -They have been well catered for and will be our neighbours for years to come," saysTattersall.

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