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German Bid for British Licence Poses Problems
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BY NORMAN H. TILSLEY
A DIFFICULT situation has arisen over an application by a German transport operator for a B licence to operate, about 12 times a year, two vehicles and trailers carrying household removals from the Continent (usually Germany) to single destinations in Great Britain. (The full text of the application was given in "Expansion Trends in Haulage" in the June 15 issue of The Commercial Motor.) The applicants, Internationaler Mobeltransport Und Spedition, of Frankfurt. have given as the base of their operations in England the address of R.L. and Co., Transport, Ltd., a 'London firm of shipping and forwarding :agents.
At the close of the objection period some 21. independent hauliers, and the British • Transport Commission, had lodged objections with the Metropolitan Licensing 'Authority against the bid.
Behind 'some of these objections are the Road Haula,ge Asocialiori and the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers,. Whose attitude, I understand, is that, whether or not Britain enters the Common Market, the position has to be considered in the light of the situation as it exists at the moment. On that basis it would be dangerous not to object and thus create a precedent which would leave the door open to a whole stream of applications which the authorities could not possibly refuse, once they had allowed the present app] ication.
The situation is, to say the least. embarrassing for some of the larger operators in this country. They want to object (and some of them have), but if their names are publicly announced this could very well prejudice their positions with contacts and other operators on the Continent who could well oppose similar applications to deliver goods into the Continent emanating from Britain.
• As things stand at the moment there is no possibility of a compromise. As newcomers the German applicants cannot he invited to any rail-road negotiating committee meeting to explain their case. Great ihterest. therefore, is bound to be attached to the proceedings before the Metropolitan Authority when the case eventually comes up for hearing.