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"We appreciate the patience of drivers during this initial transition and anticipate that within weeks haulier turnaround times will be significantly faster than under the previous system."

Proteo's system, known as Haulier Enterprise, will help to reduce the company's fuel bills and drive down costs at the specialist haulier by managing everything from workflow to insurance claims.

A haulier for 30 years, Mr Edmunds, who has a fleet of seven lorries, said: "I have never seen times as bad as this."

"A change of policy is clearly needed because one local haulier, A&M of Pontardawe, went bankrupt last week with 17 drivers laid off with a terrible impact on their families and also a loss to the local economy.

Another clear trend of opinion was that EU formal standards for haulier performance and training should not be raised, rather that the industry's efficiency should be raised "by better enforcement" of existing rules.

"We are asking the public that at 8.30am they park up in the road or wherever they are for one minute," the farmer and haulier said.

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Kent-based haulier Peter Knight said: "This is the economics of the mad house.

Currently, the cabotage rules allow a haulier not established in a member state to carry out, temporarily, haulier services within that country.

Sully haulier Martin Palmer, who organised today's protest, said:

"We're on our way and we want to get out message across," said Sharon Knight who was travelling towards London with her husband Peter, a Kent-based haulier.

One haulier business a week in the UK is going to the wall at the moment.