Fleet slims to win 0-licence
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• P & M Transport of Newport in Gwent agreed to reduce the number of vehicles listed on its application for a new international 0-licence last week, in return for the withdrawal of two local authority objections.
The company originally applied for a licence for eight vehicles and trailers with seven vehicles and 12 trailers to be acquired so that it could take over P C Holcombe Transport.
Gwent County Council and Newport Borough Council objected until the application was reduced to one for 12 vehicles and 15 trailers. Holcombe said that the application was in reality just a change in name. He agreed to implement a flow-chart system showing when vehicles were due to be inspected, to issue each driver with a duplicate book for reporting defects, and to have the vehicles inspected on four-weekly intervals.
Granting P & M Transport a full five-year licence, South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh said that that system, which was now recommended by the Road Haulage Association in the Midlands, left no opportunity for safety inspections to be missed.