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Licence proposals
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• New proposals for continuous operator licensing are being opposed by the Association of Metropolitan Authorities. The association has also expressed concern over the DTp's plan for exemptions from the 0-licence system and recommends that operators should be required to post on-site notices of applications.
Ferry check
• A safety survey following the Herald of Free Enterprise sinking has revealed that 75% of Britain's older RO-RO ferries conform with the current 1980 regulations. Experts had feared that the pre-1980 designs might be less safe, especially if damaged. Of the 72 ferries surveyed, 55 are safe and 11 are being modified to conform, says the DTp.
40-tonne call
• A Tory MP last week backed EC calls for heavier trucks to be allowed onto Britain's roads. Despite the Government's opposition to a 40-tonne limit, Gary Waller, MP for Keighley and a member of the all-party Commons Transport Committee, said 40-tormers would help the UK haulage industry compete in Europe. He said the introduction of 38-tonners had taken thousands of trucks off British roads.
0 Transport Secretary Pau! Channon says the bridge building programme will not be completed in time for the derogation on heavy vehicles to end by 1996.
Hazchem offences
• A roadside swoop by Cheshire Health and Safety Executive found that more than half the hauliers carrying hazardous loads were breaking Hazchem regulations. The HSE says 23 trucks were stopped on Cheshire motorways and many were found to be without emergency equipment such as fire extinguishers, protective clothing, safety information in the cab and orange warning plates.