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ROC delays: life at the sharp end
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II It's not only everyday drivers who face delays at Nes, as Andy Salter, editor of Cies stablemate TRUCK, recently found out. Having moved out of haulage and into journalism 10 years ago, he says he expected things to have Improved—but he was wrong.
A couple of days delivering into IIDCs have convinced him that the problems are as bad as ever. Out of the 21 hours he was on duty, he spent "11 of them kicking my heels waiting to tip or load".
And Salter adds that while all the hanging around was annoying as a driver, for operators the delays must be eating up any efficiency gains they are making.
WIth 180-grand's worth of tackle sat doing nothing, the finance still has to be paid, as does the driver. Never mind trying to shave another 2% off the fuel bill or increasing payload by 50kg—these are the real inefficiencies in the road transport industry."