ieightliner avelopment
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IGHTLINER, the national road/rail liner transport company is invesE51/2m during 1979 in a major deveent programme which will include containers, cranes, road vehicles erminal washing plant.
3ightliner has placed orders worth a of £1.6m for the first batch of 935 ISO 8ft 6in high containers. These De replacing first-generation conrs, many of which are now 13 years ntinuing its investment in new :les the company has placed orders Ii almost Elm for 31 Seddon Atkin100s-19 powered by Rolls-Royce liesel engines and 12 with Cums 290E engines — 12 ERF 38Cs and vo F7s.
ril Bleasdale, Freightliner's aging director, said that the :les have been selected because meet the particular needs in terms standardisation and nility for the type of use encountby Freightliners and against cornye tendering.
ro additional telescopic crane ders are to be in use at the Strattnd Southern Millbrook terminal.