Just been reading some threads about Maritime, has anyone got anything good to say about them
Good pay, very rare you take home less than £500. Plenty of work, prob one off the best fleets in the country and despite what your told on here it’s a decent firm to work for.
If i ever wanted to be a box jockey (i never have, and never will want to be) they would be my first choice. Run legal, and probably the best spec’d fleet of motors on the road, microwaves coffee maker, fridge, definatly one of the best looking fleets, no old tat either.
kindle530:
If i ever wanted to be a box jockey (i never have, and never will want to be) they would be my first choice. Run legal, and probably the best spec’d fleet of motors on the road, microwaves coffee maker, fridge, definatly one of the best looking fleets, no old tat either.
Wow!
I’d work for nowt if the truck’s got shiny bits, a microwave and a coffee maker… 
Easy job, good kit, wages are towards, if not the, best in the container game (a low paying area of HGV’s), always parked securely and usually on account so no forking out of your pocket and waiting 2 weeks to get it back, drivers welfare insurance - if you die on the job then your missus becomes wealthy
If you read my post, you’ll know that I finished on bad terms, and will have a dig at certain people in the company, NOT at the company which is owned by someone who actually gives a ■■■■ about the drivers - unfortunately, this seems to start and stop with the owner in my experience.
waynedl:
Easy job, good kit, wages are towards, if not the, best in the container game (a low paying area of HGV’s), always parked securely and usually on account so no forking out of your pocket and waiting 2 weeks to get it back, drivers welfare insurance - if you die on the job then your missus becomes wealthyIf you read my post, you’ll know that I finished on bad terms, and will have a dig at certain people in the company, NOT at the company which is owned by someone who actually gives a ■■■■ about the drivers - unfortunately, this seems to start and stop with the owner in my experience.
Amen to that.I bow to no man in my respect for the main man,John Williams,so many examples of his integrity I could relate,interventions on behalf of his drivers who are badly treated by the legions of knobshiners who aren’t fit to grace his fine company.I did 4 years for the Southampton depot and experienced first hand the galley of reprobates who specialised in the stitch ups all too familiar to those of us who could take no more of the crap,circa mid 90’s.Don’t think it’s improved much since then.
It’s nice to know that if one of the higher ups is trying to have your pants down then a brief e-mail to the main man may well bring justice.
Yea. Such a shame that they pulled the plug on paying out the safety bonus a whole 2 weeks before they had to pay it saying that there wasn’t the money available! My old man lost £200 he was expecting/ entitled to as part of his pay agreement just before Christmas.
On top of that, those who need to do hours on their CPC have been told that they have to go in on a Saturday, without pay! if they want to keep their jobs in September. CPC was also part of the pay agreement too.
Watch this space. In my humble opinion (that’s my opinion by the way so I don’t get in to trouble!)
SHYTOT:
Just been reading some threads about Maritime, has anyone got anything good to say about them
Its one of those things. You either love it or hate it.
Oops. Sorry. Misread your post. Thought you wanted info on Marmite.
snowstorm:
Yea. Such a shame that they pulled the plug on paying out the safety bonus a whole 2 weeks before they had to pay it saying that there wasn’t the money available! My old man lost £200 he was expecting/ entitled to as part of his pay agreement just before Christmas.
On top of that, those who need to do hours on their CPC have been told that they have to go in on a Saturday, without pay! if they want to keep their jobs in September. CPC was also part of the pay agreement too.
Watch this space. In my humble opinion (that’s my opinion by the way so I don’t get in to trouble!)!
Last time I looked cpc was the drivers responsibility. They may have to go in on a Saturday but at least they are not having to pay for it themselves like a lot of drivers.
snowstorm:
Yea. Such a shame that they pulled the plug on paying out the safety bonus a whole 2 weeks before they had to pay it saying that there wasn’t the money available! My old man lost £200 he was expecting/ entitled to as part of his pay agreement just before Christmas.
On top of that, those who need to do hours on their CPC have been told that they have to go in on a Saturday, without pay! if they want to keep their jobs in September. CPC was also part of the pay agreement too.
Watch this space. In my humble opinion (that’s my opinion by the way so I don’t get in to trouble!) !
They halved it the year before as well at short notice 
Truckulent:
kindle530:
If i ever wanted to be a box jockey (i never have, and never will want to be) they would be my first choice. Run legal, and probably the best spec’d fleet of motors on the road, microwaves coffee maker, fridge, definatly one of the best looking fleets, no old tat either.Wow!
I’d work for nowt if the truck’s got shiny bits, a microwave and a coffee maker…
Well said, far too many drivers interested in shiny bits these days…
damoq:
Its one of those things. You either love it or hate it.Oops. Sorry. Misread your post. Thought you wanted info on Marmite.
:lol:
REMOVED because of this .
This of course is only what i have heard from various sources
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read the rules on posting gossip and rumours
Well, you cant blame the company for that can you, its up to the driver to do his daily checks, then refuse to take it out of the yard, or to move it if hes already on the road, they cannot force a driver to take on the public highway, a faulty or defective vehicle or trailer. remember its your licence.
AaronR:
Removed as rumour This of course is only what i have heard from various sources.
I’d be wary at posting that, because I doubt it’s true.
I got a ticket for having some yellow missing off the ‘long vehicle’ boards on the back of the trailer (where it’d scraped whilst forkies dive in and out at 50mph), phoned up and had the guy from fleet meet me at the depot with new ones to fit and ticket sorted.
Othertime I’d phoned up after doing a drop and swap, and there was an air leak on the trailer, only a little one, guy straight out in van.
They had a lot of trailers that were brand new when I was there, meaning no mot disc, so you’d just phone ‘fleet’ and give them the trailer number and they’d tell you when the mot was due.
Can’t see them ever doing anything bent
waynedl:
AaronR:
Removed as rumour This of course is only what i have heard from various sources.I’d be wary at posting that, because I doubt it’s true.
I got a ticket for having some yellow missing off the ‘long vehicle’ boards on the back of the trailer (where it’d scraped whilst forkies dive in and out at 50mph), phoned up and had the guy from fleet meet me at the depot with new ones to fit and ticket sorted.
Othertime I’d phoned up after doing a drop and swap, and there was an air leak on the trailer, only a little one, guy straight out in van.
They had a lot of trailers that were brand new when I was there, meaning no mot disc, so you’d just phone ‘fleet’ and give them the trailer number and they’d tell you when the mot was due.
Can’t see them ever doing anything bent
Well, I’d happily cast aspersions about the pay, but I’d be amazed if they were a ‘bent’ outfit. Sounds very unlikely to me.
damoq:
SHYTOT:
Just been reading some threads about Maritime, has anyone got anything good to say about themIts one of those things. You either love it or hate it.
Oops. Sorry. Misread your post. Thought you wanted info on Marmite.
I was going to do that too, I love the stuff BTW, especially on roast potatoes, mmm mmmm mmm 
waynedl:
Easy job, good kit, wages are towards, if not the, best in the container game (a low paying area of HGV’s), always parked securely and usually on account so no forking out of your pocket and waiting 2 weeks to get it back, drivers welfare insurance - if you die on the job then your missus becomes wealthyIf you read my post, you’ll know that I finished on bad terms, and will have a dig at certain people in the company, NOT at the company which is owned by someone who actually gives a ■■■■ about the drivers - unfortunately, this seems to start and stop with the owner in my experience.
Where did you work out of mate?
moaner30:
waynedl:
Easy job, good kit, wages are towards, if not the, best in the container game (a low paying area of HGV’s), always parked securely and usually on account so no forking out of your pocket and waiting 2 weeks to get it back, drivers welfare insurance - if you die on the job then your missus becomes wealthyIf you read my post, you’ll know that I finished on bad terms, and will have a dig at certain people in the company, NOT at the company which is owned by someone who actually gives a ■■■■ about the drivers - unfortunately, this seems to start and stop with the owner in my experience.
Where did you work out of mate?
Cab hopper out of Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool, then got a truck in Leeds