Hauliers oppose newcomer
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• A court room in Durham was filled for three days this week with heavy haulage operators objecting to an application by a haulier who is seeking to carry abnormal and indivisible loads on 11 existing artics and to acquire two more, when previously he has only been able to carry indivisible loads of exceptional length on two of his vehicles.
G. Stiller (Transport) Ltd. wishes to carry special types traffic together with engineering goods, agricultural products (excluding livestock), and chemicals in England and Wales.
Mr. R. Yorke, for the applicant, said that Dowmac Concrete Products Ltd. was supporting a haulier for the first time. Mr. G. A. Bray, general manager of its Eaglescliff plant, said turnover had increased from £7,000 to €20,000 per week since March last year with a corresponding transport requirement.
For nine private objectors Mr. T. H. Camp
bell VVardlaw asked whether Mr. Bray was aware that last year Stiller had given an undertaking not to use its vehicles for abnormal and indivisible loads. Mr. Bray said ha was not. Mr. A. C. Bruce, Dowmac works manager, said Stiller had not carried loads exceeding 20 tons. When Mr. Wardlaw sought to introduce a document, Mr. Yorke objected that no prior notice of alleged illegal operation had been given. The LA, Mr. J. A T. Hanlon, concurred,
As the customer, he did not feel obliged to go to existing hauliers to ask them to apply for additional facilities, said Mr. Bruce. Stiller had approached him and a new entrant would make for healthy competition.
The case continues.