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IC denies Maddern bosses UK 0-licence
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i by Dominic Perry NO former directors of disgraced West ountry haulier Maddern Transport have failed their bid to obtain an Operator's Licence for ieir own firm.
James and Maurice Heaver, trading as eaver Brothers, appeared before the iestern Area Traffic Commissioner Philip rown to request a licence for three trucks nd three trailers.
Maddern Transport's licence was woked in May 2000 for a string of mainteance problems—it was said to be running vehicles ihich "could endanger the public". The firm then roved to the Netherlands, trading as Maddern -ansport BV and running on a Dutch 0-licence. At the initial Public Inquiry in March this year ames Heaver told the IC that he and his brother 'anted to set up another firm in the UK in order to ome in "out of the cold". He said the company 'as operating its trucks legally in the UK under abotage laws. However, he admitted that only six f the 21 vehicles based in this country were ngaged on international haulage.
At that inquiry Brown said he was unable to nd that the Heavers had regained their repute, ut he adjourned the hearing to allow them to wade three month's worth of tacho charts and for re VI to carry out a check on all the Maddern BV licks based in the UK.
When the inquiry reconvened on 29 April, the C heard that the vehicle and tachograph checks had revealed nothing untoward, although some concern was expressed over the inadequacy of the driver defect reporting system.
James Heaver said he was very aware of the of past mistakes and in future he and his brother would be "getting it right".
Refusing the application Brown said that the Heavers had continued to operate in the UK without an appropriate licence.
He added: "Their activities in the United Kingdom do not come within the definition of international carriage, and... their operation within the UK under the benefit of the Dutch equivalent of an Operator's Licence has allowed them to gain an unfair commercial advantage over UK-registered operators while also operating outside the law."
The findings of the inquiry will now be passed to the Dutch licensing authorities.