Containerway slims down
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CONTAINER WAY and Roadferry Ltd plans to cut its haulage fleet ib up to one third by the end of next month, and it is rationalising ff Irish Sea ferry services.
The Preston-based company, which forms part of National Freight Company's Special Traffics Group, has notified trades unions that it wants to reduce its 35-vehicle lorry fleet, which is based at Heysham, to 12 or 15 vehicles, and to transfer more work on to outside haulage companies' vehicles.
A company spokesman told CM that, at present, between 60 and 70 per cent of the road traffic went by outside haulage companies' vehicles.
It is also co-operating with Coastal Container Services it consolidate its Heysham-Belfor and Heysham-Greenore (Iris Republic) container ship se vices with CCS' runs, and t operate daily joint services fror Garston. The Belfast terminal being moved from Donecia Quay to Herdman Channel, Wi1 the loss of 16 jobs.
The spokesman said that dmoves will give customers a ter container ship service, he added that the door-to-dor service between Britain and ir land will continue to operate. I.
The streamlining was needs he said, because of a "huiy drop in business, particularly 20 per cent reduction within last year. This was due to tit general trade recession, the id teriorating political situatiorf Northern Ireland, and the extql tion of the man-made fibre :1 dustry in the province which w. completed with the armour* ment last week of the clourt the British Enkalon factory in A trim.
Talks with trades unions continuing, and there has ready been a one-day strik protest at the run-down.