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Rigorous enforcement at Holyhead 'causes delays'
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By David Harris VOSA IS MORE rigorously checking trucks using the Port of Holyhead than those at any other port in the country, reveal officials at the Welsh port
The port operations manager, Captain Wyn Parry, says the checks at the weighbridge just outside the port are so zealous that some hauliers have said they will use other ports instead.
He adds the problem is not that operators mind the checks themselves, but that they cause delays of up 10 30 minutes as trucks queue lo be checked.
"We are 100% behind road safety, but there has to be a level playing field," he says. "If hauliers know there are other ports where they are less likely to encounter delays associated with checks, they will go there."
Parry says the hauliers who dislike the delays caused by Vosa's weighbridge at Dalar Hir, near Holyhead, are reluctant to raise the issue publicly for fear of falling out with the agency.
But Mark Cunnew. the group managing director of local company Gwynedd Shipping, says he has no problem at all with the weighbridge.
"We pass through there all the time and the delays aren't that big. If you cheat, then you are going to get caught."
However, according to Vosa,
enforcement activities at Dalar Hir found a high drivers' hours offence rate of 30.4% and a trailer roadworthiness prohibition rate of 60.8% in the past six months — figures that are of "significant concern".
A spokesman adds: "We are unaware of any evidence that shows our enforcement activities at Dalar Hir have resulted in traffic seeking to use alternative ports."
The Road Haulage Association says the police and Vosa are 'simply doing their job' in cracking down on hauliers that break the rules
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