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IGHTNING STRIKES by Cusoms officers were hitting ports Southern England as CM vent to Press on Tuesday, but ccording to the Freight Transort Association, operators were still able to get in and out I the country without probmis.
On Tuesday morning, FTA /as aware of lightning strikes at 'ortsmouth and Newhaven, but ad not heard from any operator nable to leave or enter the lorts. A clearer pattern is exlected to develop if the strikes ontinue said ETA, Traffic to and from Ireland sufared similarly from strike action ist week. TAUNTON-bised B and S Express Freight Ltd has closed down its road haulage operations and has made 14 employees redundant —ten of them drivers.
The company blames the closure on the recession and on customers who failed to meet increased rates. The company's ten vehicles are to be sold.
The storage and warehousing company, B S International, on the Crown Industrial Estate, Priorwood, Taunton, has been unaffected by the closure of B and S Express Freight and carries on as normal.