Expansion Trends in Haulage
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Largest Application From North West
THE North Western area App.'ications and Decisions contains this week's
largest single application. In keeping with recent trends, if granted it will be a straight switch from contract A to open A licence. The vehicles, shown in the application at a total unladen weight of 531 tons, include 10 "artics.," and the , hauliers, F. Southworth, Ltd., of Heath Charnock (chorley). seek a fairly wide normal user.
Also in the vogue is an application for a new B licence by Bituminous Road Facilities, Ltd., of Wilton (Wilts). They describe themselves as road contractors and their application is for seven vehicles —tankers and tippers—to carry viscous liquids and bituminous products within 200 miles of their base. Two of these vehicles are at present operating under a C licence.
An application with a Continental common market flavour appears in the South Eastern As and Ds. David and Gendre. of Blois, in France, wish to operate two A-licensed vehicles from a nominal -base in Dover, the address of which is not given. The normal user they seek is for the carriage of machines or parts of motors, and baskets to carry them, between Blois and Rochester, via Dunkirk-Dover. There is a notation to the effect that the transport is for one customer only, .and will last "about one year." _ In the Yorkshire area there appears an application by J. F. Hall (Caravan and Transport), Ltd., of Bridlington. They apply for a new B licence to operate a low loader for the towage and carriage of caravans " within 500 miles of Bridlington." Taking this as the crow flies (and all distances are measured in this way, of course) the radius will allow the applicants to operate about 100 miles into the Atlantic beyond Land's End to the west, well past the Shetland Islands in the North, and beyond the Iron Curtain in the East! It is presumed that a more realistic normal scope will be decided on (usually with caravans "General goods. Great Britain ") if the Yorkshire Authority decides to make a grant.