RHA will continue to object to 'unworthy applications
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7-Gger.brown fa rbi.co.uk THE ROAD Haulage Association (RHA) says it will continue to object to new 0-licence applications from any operator that it believes does -not meet the requirements for good repute".
A public inquiry was due to be held before TC Sarah Bell (pictured) in Bristol on 14 December, to consider disciplinary action against Nicholas Wheller the former boss of Nick Wheller Transport, which entered liquidation earlier this year and the transport manager's repute, as part of a new application for five vehicles and five trailers. No one from the new business attended the hearing and the PI was adjourned until 18 January in Bournemouth.
The RHA has lodged an objection against the application from the new business. Mike Farmer, RHA regional director for the Western and Midlands area, says: "Based on the information we have received from our members, we felt it did not meet the requirements for good repute."
Earlier this month. Taymix Transport withdrew its application for a new 0-licence following an objection from the RHA.
A public inquiry into Taymix, and related company Translact, was held in February following a fatal accident in 2007 when two people were killed in a collision with a Translact vehicle. Both hauliers' 0-licences were revoked.
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