Another 11 Vehicles for Alexander
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AGRANT of 11 additional vehicles was made to Charles Alexander and Partners (Transport), Ltd., Aberdeen, by Mr. A. Robertson, Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, at Aberdeen last week. The decision was announced by Mr. Robertson on Friday after he had heard the concluding evidence the previous day. The first part of the case was reported on July 22.
Mr. Alexander claimed that he wanted 12 additional vehicles for maintenance purposes and five more to replace carrying capacity lost as a result of the introduction of 22 containers which were used mainly on fish-carrying vehicles. The loss of capacity had led to a deterioration of his service, he said. Customers' businesses had grown and he required additional facilities to keep up with their demands.
The Authority was told about maintenance problems by Mr. A. Fraser, the'
company's chief maintenance engineer. Constant demands on the present fleet made it impossible to put a planned maintenance programme into effect, he said. To make such a programme successful he required 12 additional vehicles to replace those off the road for routine maintenance, docking and accident repairs.
Mr. James H. Young, district traffic superintendent of British Railways at Aberdeen, speaking as an objector, gave details of the rail facilities, particularly for fish, at Aberdeen. Mr. G. J. C. Abel, Aberdeen branch manager of British Road Services, said that in his opinion only 31-4 per cent, of an efficiently operated fleet should be off the road for maintenance or repair.
Announcing his decision, Mr. Robertson said that he would grant six articulated vehicles and five rigids of a total unladen weight of 59 tons.