Hull reprieve
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FREIGHTLINER gave Humbei side an eve-of-bridge openin present last week when it ar nounced a three-year repriev for its Hull terminal.
Company managing direct° Cyril Bleasdale announced tha• as the Humber Bridge has givei the company access to the soutl bank of the river, it would defe closure plans for at least threi years.
He said there was even chance that the terminal will re main open for much longer thal that, as it only needs three pe cent of the 100,000 freight unit available on the South Humber side for it to survive in Hull.
The terminal was originalh, earmarked for closure in 1976 when Freightliner closed it Sheffield operation, but fol lowing an avalanche of pressurE from trades unions, MPs, loca government, and local business interests, an experimental ser. vice, to Glasgow initially, was. introduced.
Operating costs at the termi nal have also been pruned sincE then, and the latest repriew comes after a series of annua reviews of the terminal's future.
Mr Bleasdale said that ths company's expansion into deep sea container work has strengthened the chances for thE Hull terminal, and said that thE bridge had brought Immingham into the scope of the Hull operation. This means that the potential throughput of containers has risen from 10,000 to between 12,000 and 14,000.