Courtaulds Seek More Economical Haulage
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yET another contract A switch, involving 16 vehicles, was placed before the North-western Licensing Authority, Mr. F. Williamson, at Preston last Tuesday.
F. Southworth, Ltd., of Heath Charnock, Chorley, wanted an open A licence for these Units, which included 10 articulated tractors and trailers, with a normal user to read: " Mainly yarn, cloth, weavers' beams, wooden cases, general machinery, carpets, chemicals, wood pulp, cellophane, Lancashire, Midlands, Flint, North Western England, Southern Scotland, Gloucestershire and Devonshire."
The yehicles inquestion, it was pointed out, were at "present on contract to Courtaulds, Ltd. Southworth already had a public A fleet and this was also used Courtaulds.
Mr. J. Backhouse, for Southworth, explained that Courtaulds had complained about their haulage rates. It had been pointed out to them that a contract A licence was not the most economical form of operation.
The general transport manager of Courtaulds, Ltd., Coventry, stated that they had entered into the contract with Southworth in 1954. It was, however, essential to keep haulage costs to a minimum so they now wished to surrender it. They would employ the applicants as much in the future as they had done in the past, and hoped the volume of traffic would increase.
n22 It would not be possible to deal with their requirements with less than 16 vehicles. Wherever possible they expected 24-hour delivery to their customers. He would not consider sending the traffic which Southworth carried by rail, but they used British Road Services extensively.
The case is to be continued,