• Mercedes-Benz is warning all owners of 212D, 312D and 214 Sprinter vans fitted with Continental LS23 or Semperit M733 tyres...

• The Euro-3 standard will cut exhaust emissions by 30%. says the European Commission. It will cover carbon monoxide,...

by Rob Willock • International haulier Davies Turner is employing an illegal operator with Turkish drivers and paying it £200...

by Rob Willock • P&O Ferrymasters has sacked a driver after he formed an unofficial union to protest about the company's...

FAIR DAY'S PAY FOR A FAIR DAY'S WORK I f haulage, in the words of the BBC2's Fast Show, is the "hardest game in the world"...

by David Craik • Irish beef hauliers are managing to get through port blockades set by angry British farmers who are trying to...

• Hauliers are charging VAT on international transport to UK importers when these services should be zero-rated, according to...

• Truck sales in November climbed nearly 40% over the same month last year, temporarily halting the down-turn in sales....

• Dodd's Group has snapped up the distribution division of Sittingbourne, Kent-based George Hammond as part of its plan to...

• Christian Salvesen's UK logistics operation boosted its profits by 11% to £20.9m in the six months to the end of September,...

• A West Midlands driver was cleared of attempting to smuggle drugs with a street value of more than £180,000 when he appeared...

by Sally Nash • Almost 20% of trucks will be withdrawn from UK roads over the next 10 years, mainly as a result of advances in...

• The Drivers Action Movement has stepped up its fight to overturn the Government's ban on insulindependent truck drivers by...

keep the TUC's hotline on bullying and exploitative bosses buzzing last week. The TUC say that the drivers' main complaint...

• Insurance firms are warning hauliers they will have to pay higher premiums following the Government's decision to make...

• The First HGV has been clamped as part of the DVLA`s wheelclamping campaign to catch road tax dodgers. The two-axle rigid,...

• Fears that hauliers may be getting away with carrying illegal loads in Newham, London, have been expressed by the local...

(WeighbridgE by David Crailt • South Eastern Traffic Commissioner Michael Turner has warned hauliers of the importance of...

by Rob Willock • Hauliers are in the firing line again—this time from rural villagers incited by the Council for the Protection...

• Framptons International has admitted that its advice to drivers to put seals on all the company's trailers has not prevented...

* Azerbaijan has signed the T1R Convention. Customs offices on the country's borders with Georgia, Russia, Turkey, Iran and...

• CM's Steve McQueen and Peter Cramer last week chanced upon an escape of Five immigrants from a parked trailer at Alconbury...

Emissions tests for commercial vehicles are often taken with a pinch of salt, as test procedures can be far from realistic. But...

by Steve Sturgess • The blue oval is gone from the front of America's Ford heavy-duty trucks acquired by Freightliner in the...

by Bill Brock • The Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association is to establish a programme of new standards for its 200 members...

• LDV is in talks with Daewoo about the development of a successor to the Pilot and Convoy families of vans. The negotiations...

• Fruehauf has introduced a curtain-sided trailer fitted with the Rolaload loading system as standard. Rolaload is most...

• LDV has supplied 82 Convoy Hi-Cube vans to Initial Textile Services: fitted out at the LDV plant, the vehicles have...

by Steve Sturgess • Cummins' latest US engine launch is the ISC, an electronically controlled, 24-valve derivative of its...

• A four-valve head was essential, but in the smaller engines with reduced bore dimensions, finding space for the valves and...

• The 24-valve head is new; an important feature is the noadjust overhead cam, significantly reducing running costs. Other...

• Bandvulc's Premium remould tyres are outperforming equivalent new tyres by almost 100%, according to WWB Devon Clays. The...

• Hella has expanded its range of starter motors and alternators; it now claims to offer one of the largest in the UK. The...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate has issued revised versions of its Inspection Manuals for HGVs and PSVs. The new roadworthiness...

• Fister (UK)'s latest catalogue lists the company's range of standard and heavy-duty wiper blades, ranging in size from 15 to...

• A West Midlands haulier has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £2,900 after being convicted of aiding and abetting...

• Scottish DIC Richard MacFarlane has lifted the suspension of one of the two vehicles operated by Stonehaven-based Stewart...

II When Swanseabased Robbins & Sons Removals appeared at a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry it blamed its maintenance problems on...

• A Lancashire haulier and one of his drivers were given absolute discharges for using a vehicle with an insecure load after...

• A Deeside zt, haulier who had denied driving a lorry away from a Customs compound was convicted of a number of offences...

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Do you want to comment on any of the stories in Commercial Motw ? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back—or a...

I have been following the recent exchange in CM about "whistle-blowing" and think it's time to remind your readers about the VI...

A re you related to P&O Ferries (sorry, P&O/ Stenna Ferries)? Come on, CM, you must be—otherwise how come I got a letter from...

The anonymous writer of the letter head! I "realistic speeds" in CM (27 November-3 December) wrote in emotive terms of...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, the Hawk. steps off his perch to take a humorous look at...

0 don't know about you, but I always shift into grumble mode when forced to fork out the exorbitant parking fees they now...

O n last week's report on the Trailer '97 show we mistakenly referred to it as a Dutch event: of course, Kortrijk is in...

D triking a pose in Trafalgar Square to launch the 1998 Unipart calendar. singer/actress Toyah Wilcox synchronises brushes with...

a he sight of a refuse truck on our roads is something that we very much take for granted. Not so in the town of Kljuc in...

Citroen has treated the Relay to a new engine which has improved its fuel consumption by more than the promised 20%. Combined...

James Durrans Europe, which hauls bulk powders for the foundry industry, can trace its roots back to 1863—but its fleet is...

New legislation for drivers of hazc hem goods has implications for the trainers—not least every five years. L egislation...

A growing number of operators believe that the Vehicle Inspectorate's vehicle examiners issue prohibition notices like guests...

founded the Lady Truckers' Club to offer moral and practical support to the tiny band of women HGV drivers. Recently, the club...

Drivers who escape from accidents where others have been seriously injured or killed may appear physically all right. But many...

When companies merge what happens to pension funds, and what must the trustees of each fund do to make sure their members get...

to highlight laws in the pipeline. He is unable to take telephone calls at CM's offices but written enquiries will be passed...

Country, thinks the EU proposal to fit speed limiters to all vehicles will cause more bunching in the middle lanes of...