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'Value-added' truck park to open near Port of Dover
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By Chris Tindatt A NEW truck park opening near the Port of Dover which has space for 100 lorries is also offering customers trans-shipment and storage facilities for freight that is coming in and out of the country.
The managing director of Priority Freight. Neal Williams, says the 3.5-acre park next to the A2which will have an Americanstyle licensed diner, washing facilities and E70,000 of security should open in December.
Williams hopes the lorry park will be seen as an essential "staging post" for British and Continental operators coming in and out of the port and he is offering his company's services as a valueadded measure to entice business.
The boss of the international transport and freight-forwarding firm says operators have been asking him for some time to relinquish some of his land for parking, and he thinks the figures now stack up.
"The bank is happy to support it, and it isn't going to lend any money to anyone if it isn't confident in what's going on," he says.
"We don't need all of the land for our operation. There just aren't adequate facilities in the Dover area. Ashford is providing a good service for people taking the M20 route, but it's still half an hour from the port and 20 minutes from the Channel Tunnel."
Williams adds: "If a truck has got a port load destined for the West Country or the North, or another destination, we can offer a competitive transport service or short-term storage."
Ashford InternationalTruckstop general manager Richard Welch wishes Williams success. "There's plenty of the cake to take and share," he declares. "Whether it's the right location along the A2, though, I'm not sure."