Prohibition notices lead to several suspensions
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• Parker Morris Haulage has had 15 vehicles and 17 trailers suspended from its icence for a month because of 19 3rohibition and variation notices imposed since December 1994.
The Camden Mews, Londonbased company, which holds a licence for 50 vehicles and 97 trailers, appeared at a Cambridge disciplinary inquiry before Eastern IC Geoffrey Simms.
Vehicle examiner Roger Mayes described the fleet as mainly middle aged, but said new vehicles were appearing. When wet, the company's yard was like a First World War battlefield, said Mayes; when dry it was a dust bowl. Only time would tell if matters would improve. He also had some concern over staffing levels.
For the company, Chris
Hallsveorth said there had been no maintenance-related convictions for five years. Most of the work was from the docks and some of the prohibitions related to trailers damaged in the docks.
The company's landlords planned to develop the premises, installing additional hardstanding and moving the workshop. Some £540,000 a year was spent on maintenance; an additional person had been employed to keep a check on the maintenance records; a consultant engineer had been called in and the RI-IA had been contracted to audit the maintenance records.
Consultant engineer Stanley Thomas said the prohibition record did not tell him there was a maintenance problem. Only one prohibition in two-and-a-half years (for a seized handbrake) showed any lack of maintenance.