Willi Betz fined for ieavy overloading
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German haulage giant Willi Az has been fined .21,000 with 15 costs for overloading a arcedes-Benz tractor by ore than 20%.
Eastleigh Magistrates heard at a weight check On Southam Ad, Southampton in February owed the Betz reefer was 2.7 ones overweight on its drive le, and almost four tonnes over its maximum GVW.
Terence Skiba, prosecuting for the Vehicle Inspectorate, told the magistrates that the Mercedes had already dropped off about six tonnes of its load of oranges before it was stopped.
The truck is registered to Georgian Trucks Expedition, a Georgian subsidiary of Betz. The vehicle had started its journey in Spain and was towing a German-registered trailer. The Bulgarian driver was fined 250 With .£75 costs.
Andrew Sochon, a manager at Betz's UK offices in Felixstowe, pleaded guilty to the offences by post. The company, well known for its legal use of East European labour, declined to comment.