Warning for Coastal Roadways
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MR EDWARD M. Haines, a director of P and 0 Road Services and managing director of Coastal Roadways Ltd, Felixstowe, told the Eastern deputy LA, Mr Gerald Kidner, last week of the intense efforts made by his company to overcome the problems of axle overload offences.
Giving evidence in a Section 69 inquiry into Coastal Roadways Mr Haines agreed that there had been six convictions for overloading in the company's eighteen months' history and pointed out that all had been concerned with axle, offences on incoming foreign trailers. Mr Haines told the deputy LA that there was no problem with trailers loaded to the regulations of the exporting country. The problem had been recognised soon after the company was formed and it had been possible to identify the most likely offenders, he said. An axle weighing machine had been put into use at Felixstowe Dock by Coastal Roadways and high risk loads were checked. Drivers and depot managers were instructed that any doubtful load had to be weighed.
Mr Brian Rosier, general manager for Coastal Roadways told the deputy LA that most of the company's traffic was sealed containers. While gross weights could be checked at Felixstowe docks there was no facility for axle weighing and the dock company's weighing facilities were always under pressure.
Deciding to take no action on the licence Mr Kidner said the company operated 66 vehicles and 93 trailers on its Eastern Area licence. The company held licenses in most traffic areas and he was satisfied that steps had been taken to overcome the overloading problem.