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Q I have seen references to the fact that the French

20th April 1973, Page 59
20th April 1973
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Page 59, 20th April 1973 — Q I have seen references to the fact that the French
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

haulage industry has a very large number of small hauliers — possibly a higher proportion even than in Britain. Are there any figures to substantiate this?

A Up-to-date figures on this subject are

hard to come by, but some statistics published a few years ago showed that there were 14,300 one-vehicle operators in France. 5600 with two vehicles. 4000 with three or four vehicles, 3250 with five to nine vehicles, 1360 with 10 to 19, 660 with 20 to 49 and 245 with 50 vehicles or more. This confirms the great preponderance of small hauliers — almost exactly half the operators are one-vehicle men.

But this is far fewer than in Italy., where the latest statistics which we have show that there are over 105,000 one-man operators. There are 24,500 with two vehicles, 8300 with three or four and only 3600 with five or more vehicles.

By comparison, West Germany had only 800 one-man hauliers as recently as 1968, 3700 operators with two vehicles, 2600 with three or four, 2250 with five to nine, 940 with 10 to 19 vehicles, 260 with 20 to 49 vehicles and only 15 with 50 vehicles or more.

The Dutch are regarded as the hauliers of Europe — or have been — and their fleet sizes are more evenly distributed. The 1968 statistics showed 5000 one-vehicle hauliers in Holland, 2100 with two vehicles, 2400 with three or four vehicles, 1700 with five to nine, 540 with 10 to 19, 200 with 20 to 49 and only 28 with 50 vehicles and upwards.

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