Newport company loses licence
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A Newport-based haulage company, said by South
Wales Traffic Commissioner David Dixon to have totally disregarded the licensing system during its three years of operation, has had its licence revoked with immediate effect.
In addition, the Commissioner disqualified the managing director of Heritage Transport, Philip Holcombe, from holding or obtaining an 0licence for two years.
Despite assurances that it would attend a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry, the company, which held an international licence for 10 vehicles and 20 trailers, failed to put in an appearance.
Vehicle examiner Chris Einior said that the company was engaged mainly in the carriage of steel and since it had commenced operation five immediate and four delayed prohibition notices had been issued to its vehicles and trailers. Most of the prohibitions had related to brake defects, a number of which had been serious.
One vehicle had to be presented on four occasions before a prohibition was lifted because of additional defects and a recurring brake fault. On one occasion an imbalance of 93% was found in the brakes.
The Commissioner was told that in November 1998 the company had been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £11,050 after being convicted of tacho
graph offences by Carmarthen Magistrates. There was no evidence to show that those fines had been paid.
The Commissioner said that the company had also commit ted a number of vehicle excise duty offences, it had failed to notify the convictions to the Traffic Area Office, and it had failed to advise an apparent change of operating centre.