Mold freight depot Cawood at to close Ellesmere Port
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• Because of lack of support from local businesses, British Rail are to close their frei'ght depot at Mold, Flintshire. Provisional date of the closure is April 3, to correspond with the end of the season for the movement of sugar beet; alternative facilities will be available at Wrexham.
• Fast of Scotland fruit and vegetable trade transport activities have been transferred from Edinburgh's congested Market Street in the centre of the city to modern premises at Chesser Avenue. Gorgie, giving increased scope for large freighters, Direct Continental services are now being accepted.
• A new container terminal at Ellesmere Port is being developed by Cawood Containers Ltd, the Belfast-based operator, in conjunction with the Manchester Ship Canal Company.
Sited three miles from Eastham Locks, the new terminal will •have adequate marshalling areas for container storage with considerable scope for further expansion. Site work has already started and it is expected that the first ship will be handled in May. Services will be operated from Ellesmere Port to Cork and Rotterdam.