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News On
Commercial Motor and Motor Transport have launched a rolling daily news service, which allows you to stay informed on what's happening in the road transport industry seven days......
Strategy Welcomed
The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the freight aspects of the London Mayor's draft transport strategy; particularly the importance placed on freight movement and......
Going Km The Nome Office Has Agreed To Meet The
costs of flying home the bodies of the 58 Chinese stowaways found dead in a reefer at Dover last June as a humanitarian gesture.......
Breakdown Claim The Ec Is Taking Greece To The European
Court of Justice, claiming that national regulations prevent nonGreek truck breakdown services from operating in the country, making it harder for hauliers to arrange......
Clean Air
An EC report on the Austrian ecopoints scheme which limits truck pollution in the Alpine passes finds that exhaust emissions have been cut by 55% since 1991. Austria plans to......
Rent Site
Last week Commercial Motor published details of a new Hauliers and Farmers' Alliance web site with the wrong address. The web site can be found at: www.the......
Immediate Prohibitions At Roadside For Hours Offences
gm by Miles Brignall Drivers found to have broken the hours limits at roadside checks face immediate prohibitions. From the start of February, Vehicle Inspectorate staff will be......
Firm In Dispute Over Breakdown Contract
• A Nottinghamshire haulier is warning all operators to check the terms of their breakdown contracts after its ATS Euromaster cover was unexpectedly terminated. Cliff Dickens,......