Hanson Haulage Decision Reserved
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24-HOUR delivery service was being offered as a bait to hauliers, said Mr. booth as he concluded his objection an application by Hanson Haulage xls), Ltd., at Leeds last Friday. He appearing on behalf of the British nsport Commission, and opposed prods to add six rigid and two articulated ides to the Hanson A licence (The lmercial Motor, June 8).
hey would operate radially from soy concentrating on parcels traffic. :inued Mr. Booth. The loads would runked to depots near the destinations the various consignments and then ded over to a local carrier for ■ rery.
his was the typical method of parcels ration and Hansons were trying to be of a network of services and work onjunction with other operators. But our delivery could not be guaranteed his way. A radial service would be -ated to the industrial areas of the
country. Any haulier would receive complaints from customers if he offered next-day delivery and then could not provide it.
The new vehicles would also relieve the maintenance difficulties because, since the building of a new depot, costs had been reduced. As repairs were performed during the day, the units spent longer off the road. But. Mr. Booth said, this did not justify extra facilities; if the outfits worked 24 hours a day why couldn't maintenance be done at any time?
British Road Services and the railways would suffer abstraction if the application were granted. They had ample facilities available and these were already under-utilized.
Mr. P. Kenny, for Hansons, observed that competition was essential in the haulage industry. They wanted to offer a different type of service to B.R.S., one being based upon a regular system of inter-depot trunking and the other an radial distribution. The fleet was fully employed, earnings and sub-contracting figures had risen, and several of their customers had supported the case.
A 24-hoot' service could be offered if the application were granted, and this was a feasible, desirable thing to be requested.
The Yorkshire deputy Licensing Authority. Mr. J. H. E. Randolph reserved his decision.
Another application was also before the Authority by Hanson Travel Service, Ltd., travel, shipping and air freight agents. They wanted one vehicle on B licence to collect air freight within 10 miles of Huddersfield for delivery to Ringway and Yeadon airports, also to collect goods from these airports for delivery within a radius of 10 miles of Huddersfield. At present they hired a vehicle from Hanson Haulage, Ltd., Huddersfield, another member of the Group.
Mr. Randolph refuse.d the application because he considered the existing facilities to be adequate. There had been no complaints from customers.