ilbermonn urges more co-operation
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D Haulage Association national man John Silbermann has launched tnpaign against the Government's s Commission report on the haulage ;try.
eaking to RHA's West Midlands Mr Silbermann was responding to a 'rom the Price Commission for more iency in the industry.
said: "Yes — we know this, but we iot understand the advice that the mission offers in its conclusions that , delays at customers' premises could iiminated by an imposition of charges lemurrage (delays) on our customers. 'his is good theory we admit, but the omission has totally failed to tell us we can enforce such justified derage charges!"
e continued by criticising the cornsion by saying it was stating the ious and offering inadequate advice, added that the RHA had led the field !fficiency with its Turn That Lorry tnd campaign several years ago.
a speech to RHA's North Western area in Blackpool, Mr Silbermann criticised Price Commission advice about seeking more traffic to avoid empty running.
He said: "It also states 'a good many operators were prepared to take whatever rates are quite common.' In the summary at the end of the report, the commission gives 'advice,' which I consider very strange advice, stating that more can be done to carry return loads thus avoiding empty running."
Mr Silbermann responded: "It is incompatible to give such advice — except as a weak generalisation — in the light of the detailed findings contained in the body of the report."
He said that findings showed that hauliers were already established into a "good competitive commercial system" of exchanging freight with one another.
"In the RHA, we also commend to our members to form themselves into such co-operative ventures, wherever possible, in order to expand this system of utilising empty lorries."