Bradford Hauliers Ban Hull Docks Traffic
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I N a ban scheduled to come into force today (Friday), Bradford hauliers, tired of delays at Hull docks, have threatened to refuse all traffic to Germany and Finland via the port. Any other sheds to which delays force up the hauliers' cost of delivery will be included in the ban.
In a letter to Mr. Ray Gunter, the Minister of Labour, the 55-member Bradford and District Federation of Road Hauliers complains that vehicles are kept waiting two or three days while they are used as " mobile warehouses ". Shipping agents " find it more profitable and convenient to use the hauliers' vehicles" than off-load goods into sheds.
The letter was sent on December 16. Mr. J. Jones, chairman of the Federation and managing director of W. Jones and Sons (Bradford) Ltd., told The Commercial Motor on Monday that no reply had been received from the Minister.
But Hull Chamber of Commerce has called a meeting of hauliers, forwarding agents and shippers concerned to be held in Hull during the first week in January.
Mr. Jones said: " No one has ever cared about the hauliers' problems in Hull. These delays have occurred every winter for as long as I can remember. We decided to act on the RHA recommendation and ask for demurrage, but neither the consignor nor the consignee will pay. So we have had to take action."
Already Bradford hauliers have been refusing traffic to the docks for all except regular customers.