In a special investigation, Transport News explores how operators are left wide open by ‘unattended’ clauses in haulage insurance policies. Jack Carfrae reports.
AT Transport News we like to chat to operators. It gets us under the industry’s skin and gives us a feel for what you’re really up against. Every now and then, a haulier will spin us a yarn that’s worth telling; one that potentially affects many more of our readers. This is one of them.
The operator in question wishes to remain anonymous, but we can say that its contracts include transporting liqueur from Scotland to England, usually in a ‘pick-up on day one, drop-off on day two’ format, necessitating an overnight stop.
During one such stay in 2020, its vehicle’s trailer was broken into and more than £20,000 of vodka stolen while the driver was asleep in the cab. It was parked in a secure truckstop with CCTV and a security guard.
