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THE PL GROUP (Foods) Ltd I fight for the survival of its Li don production base, if a lo ban is introduced to the Lonc area, according to transp manager Michael Pullen.
The company is based at chard Place, London, and refil and packs edible oils and fatE employs 200 people and its nual turnover is in excess £60m. Around 800 tonnes road freight are received week, Mr Pullen pointed out, a the company dispatches tonnes of road freight per wee In the event of a ban vehicles over 16 tonnes be imposed, the three 32.5-tor road tankers used daily to coil the crude material from lo storage depots would have to replaced by 16.25-tonne ri vehicles, he said.
Operating costs would crease by around 60 per cent the payload per vehicle woi decrease from 20.05 tonnes about 9.50 tonnes, Mr Pullen c culated.
Customers all require c liveries of 14 to 20 tonnes in 1 bulk transport division, added, therefore articulat vehicles are used. Rigid lorr would make the compan) operation completely unecor mic.
A ban on lorries Would res in contraction or even closure the London factory, he added, well as a rise in costs for t products in the London area.
Another reason for the lo ban not to go ahead, Mr Pull said, is that the company's ba is in a narrow cul-de-sac whi would be unable to absorb doubling or quadrupling of col mercial vehicles if a weight lir were imposed.