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• by Mike Jewell Container haulier Maritime Transport was called before the Western Deputy Commissioner Alan Bourlet after a satisfactory maintenance investigation was subsequently changed by a VOSA manager.
The company was given a formal warning over the maintenance of vehicles and trailers or its Western Area 0-licence and no increase in authorisation will be granted until a fleet inspec
tion in six months time proves satisfactory.
Vehicle examiner Herbert Mullen told the DTC that two immediate prohibitions and six defect flaws had been imposed on the company's vehicles since 2000. He inspected three units and six trailers in January this year, issuing three defect notices to trailers.
He agreed with Stephen Kirkbright, for the company, that he had marked his report as satisfactory but that had been changed by his superior, who had never been to the operating centre and had never seen the records.
Managing director John Williams said that he had been aware of the satisfactory result and was surprised when it was changed.
Questioned about an S-marked prohibition notice, Williams said that it related to an oil leak which had been reported by the driver, but who was told by the night transport manager to carry on as the lead had to be delivered. He accepted that with hindsight that had been a mistake.
The OTC said: "I take the Sprohibition very seriously. Diesel on the road could be disastrous."
He added that daily reports were received from each of the six operating centres and that every service record was now checked. Quality control audits would be carried out by the FTA every six months.
The records had not been totally satisfactory, said Bourlet. However, an undertakfrig had been given that there would be proper arrangements for the maintenance of the vehicles and trailers, that records would be kept and always made available for inspection.
"I can see you are trying to put your house in order," he told Williams.