1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164 
A Welsh operator has escaped with a formal warning after
Page 23
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
blaming a transport manager recruited through an advertisement for the problems they had experienced.
Interhaul Pallet Services of Tonteg, near Pontypridd, had been called before the Welsh Traffic Commissioner David Dixon at a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry.
Vehicle examiner Steve Cooke said that the company had held a licence since June 2001. He visited the company's premises by prior arrangement In February when he Issued an immediate prohibition for a bulging tyre, which was obvious and should have been picked up, There was also an inoperative rear lamp and another bald tyre.
Inspection records and defect reports also revealed a problem, although this has now been rectified.
Managing director Mark Waite said that he had employed Bruce Kennet, of Kennet Transport Services, of Gloucestershire, as transport manager after seeing his advert in CM.
He had made it clear to him what his responsibilities were, including the inspection period and the necessity of ensuring the vehicles were in a roadworthy condition. He understood that Kennet was the nominated transport manager on three other licences.
He said it was the company's first year of business and there were so many responsibilities. He had had to employ a transport manager until he obtained his own CPC. He would be taking the examination within a couple of weeks.
Kennet said that he had experience of running a workshop with 30 vehicles. He agreed that he was involved with six other companies in the Dorset, Bristol, Cheltenham and London areas.
Giving the company a formal warning, and allowing it to operate without a qualified transport manager until the end of October, the TC said that it had got off on the wrong foot.
Holding that Kennet had lost his repute as a transport manager, the TC said that he was largely to blame for what had gone wrong. He indicated that he would advise his fellow Tes of his decision.