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HULL'S Freightliner terminal has a grim future unless the trading

17th September 1976
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figures show an upturn — that was the message given to Hull MP Mr James Johnson by National Freight Corporation chairman Sr Dan Pettit.

Sir Dan told Mr Johnson that although there had been some improvement in the trading figures for the terminal there was still a long way to go.

He said that the terminal remained a major loss-maker in trading terms.

'Mr Johnson told Sir Dan that the Hull economy had suffered over the past year, and the closure of the terminal would undermine confidence in the future of the Humberside area as an industrial and commercial centre.

He was told that Sir Dan would be looking at the future of the terminal sympathetically, but Sir Dan warned Mr Johnson that the NEC could not continue to support any activities unless they •had a reasonable commercial future.


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