Manager sacked and banned from haulage job after being caught shipping huge 50-metre steel tube without safety measures

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A transport manager has been sacked and banned from holding such a role ever again after being caught shipping a whopping 50-metre steel tube without safety measures in place.

Essex Police patrols on the M25 motorway discovered the enormous, ‘abnormal load’ being shipped via lorry without previously agreed measures to keep other road users safe, EssexLive reports.

The police's Force Abnormal Load Officer and Commercial Vehicle Unit worked with a company’s transport manager to plan the movement of an abnormal load last year. READ MORE: 'I thought we'd been bombed - everyone was screaming!' READ MORE: Alex Batty latest as search continues to find missing teenager's 'kidnapper' mum It was agreed that a company, which has not been named, could move 40-50 metre steel tubes under self-escort, subject to additional safety measures being undertaken by the company.

The measures were designed to keep Essex roads and users safe as well as providing the haulier ‘maximum flexibility and a significant cost saving’ by not having to pay for police escorts.