Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

A 130-ton reactor from France, to I.C.I. Stevenston

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 6th March 1971

HEAVY LOAD

A new 130-ton reactor for I.C.I. Nobel Division Maleic Anhydride plant at Ardeer, arrived in Ardrossan Harbour on Tuesday on board the French ship s.s. "Gloria Maris."

The French-built reactor, which came from Le Havre, was unloaded on Wednesday morning on to a special trailer which transported it to Stevenston in the late afternoon, with a police escort.

The special trailer, itself weighing 150 tons, took more than an hour to reach Stevenston at its top speed of 5 miles per hour.

Unloaded, the trailer has a top speed of 15 mph, but it took two days to travel from Northallerton, Yorks, to Ardrossan.