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LA slams Heanor's standards
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• Derbyshire general and heavy haulier Heanor Haulage has had its licence revoked on maintenance grounds. Granting the company a fresh licence for a probationary period of two years, Eastern Licensing Authority Brigadier Compton Boyd has cut its vehicle authorisation.
The company appeared before the LA at a Nottingham public inquiry at which its application to renew its licence for 31 vehicles and 62 trailers was also being considered.
Boyd said Heanor Haulage had appeared at a public inquiry over maintenance in 1982. Serious flaws in the company's maintenance (one of which had led to a serious accident) resulted in a further public inquiry in April 1988. DLA Humphrey Lewis had curtailed the licence to 14 vehicles and 62 trailers for one month, and granted renewal for 18 months only. Since that inquiry eight immediate and 11 delayed prohibitions had been issued to Heanor Haulage vehicles. There was also a conviction relating to loose wheels.
Vehicle examiner Ronald Alderton said he had issued three immediate prohibitions, three delayed prohibitions and 24 defect notices, after examining 29 vehicles and trailers in January 1989.
For Heanor, Ian Rothera said the spate of prohibitions in January 1989 showed that the company had failed to put matters right after the previous public inquiry. The company had concentrated on getting the tractor units right and the trailers had been left behind.
Brigadier Boyd said the company's performance had been pathetic. Granting authority for the 27 vehicles and 51 trailers, he said the revocation of the licence was a damning indictment on the company's record.