REGULAR readers of Bessie’s Bulletin (see p12) will know that her home depot, Freightliner’s Southampton Maritime, reached its half century this year (see last month’s issue).
The 10-road rail terminal nestled into Southampton’s Western Docks sits next to the main line, with Redbridge to the west and Millbrook to the east, and the whole site, which is both owned and operated by Freightliner, extends to around 610,000 sq ft (equivalent to the area of nearly eight premier league football pitches).
Terminal manager Dan Prendergast, who has worked at Maritime for 15 years, looks after a team of 20 people on
