Transport manager disqualified for running truck without MoT

A transport manager has been disqualified after the south Wales waste management company he worked for was fined for operating a vehicle without an MoT. 

Following an October public inquiry in Cardiff, Traffic Commissioner (TC) for Wales Nick Jones disqualified Kevin Davies from acting as a transport manager and ordered that he must pass a new CPC transport manager examination before the disqualification order can be cancelled or varied.

The inquiry was told Davies had been employed as transport manager at Agresol - a waste management business operating from Whitland, Swansea and Carmarthen.

A vehicle operated by the business was stopped by a Vosa officer in November 2011, and records revealed the annual test had expired on 30 September.

In February, the firm was prosecuted for using the vehicle with no MoT and fined £400 at Swansea Magistrates’ Court.

A subsequent investigation by Vosa revealed shortcomings in the operator’s maintenance regime, including vehicles that were not being given routine safety inspections on time.

Agresol had also picked up a prohibition notice for serious defects on one of its vehicles.

Following the investigation, the company wrote to the TC to confirm that Davies had been dismissed from his post as transport manager.

The TC also curtailed the O-licence held by Agresol from 10 to six vehicles, and secured commitments from the operator that in future routine safety inspections would be completed at the agreed time.