Haulier loses to ship line
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• The respondent, Currie Line Ltd., Leith. succeeded in an appeal heard by the Tribunal in Edinburgh on Wednesday; Scottish Central Carting Co. Ltd. was appealing against a grant to Currie of three vehicles on B licence or timber handling within five miles of Leith.
A 1967 application by Currie for 12 vehicles to carry timber within 100 miles of Grangemouth had been reduced following an arrangement whereby BRS took over the long-distance transport, using Currie trailers. Granting Currie three vehicles within five miles of Grangemouth, the LA had recognized the possibility of abstraction; and he urged consultation between the parties.
Later, Currie Line was granted three B vehicles for timber within five miles of Leith, this grant being the subject of the appeal.
Mr. Campbell Wardlaw contended that Currie Line was seeking to become a road haulier on the cheap; this was a very serious attempt to abstract traffic. The appellant, established over 70 years, was justified in seeking continuity, so long as service could be p-ovided.
For Currie Line, Mr. J. B. Loudon claimed that the firm had achieved great savings at Grangemouth and the benefit of the system could not be challenged; Currie Line was offering more efficient and more reliable facilities.
The Tribunal will give written reasons for dismissing the appeal.