• RHA challenges need for Driver CPC when taking vehicles to annual test

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    The Road Haulage Association is contesting the view of VOSA and the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) that mechanics require a Driver CPC if they are taking a vehicle for its annual [...]

  • DAF unveils MX-11 Euro 6 engine

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    The wraps have been thrown off DAF’s new 10.8-litre engine as the Paccar subsidiary rises to the challenges posed by operators nervous of Euro 6 technology. While DAF’s current MX-13 [...]

  • Tyres blamed for particulate emissions

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    The reduction in exhaust emissions from Euro 6 engines will mean that tyres will come into focus as a significant source of particulate pollution from trucks, says a leading engineer. [...]

  • France plans new tax on trucks

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    Toll-free trucking in France will end on 1 October, when a consortium including French state-owned rail operator SNCF will levy an average charge of €0.12/km on all trucks over 3.5 [...]

  • VOSA clarifies animal waste rules after offal lot of confusion

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    VOSA has issued guidance clarifying the national derogation that allows hauliers to carry animal waste under domestic, rather than EU, drivers’ hours laws in some circumstances. The Department for Transport, [...]

  • HMRC getting tough on firms handling excise goods

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has begun a campaign to target warehouse keepers and third-party hauliers who may unknowingly be handling excise goods on which the duty has yet to [...]

  • Workshop hours increase as van makers invest in aftersales

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    Few if any van makers are expecting light commercial sales to grow spectacularly this year. As a consequence both they and particularly their dealers need to generate revenue from other [...]

  • Thousands of visitors expected at April’s CV Show

    Published On: Wednesday 27 March 2013

    Thousands of visitors are expected to descend on the NEC Birmingham from 9-11 April for this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show, which organisers say is the first event since 1988 with [...]

  • Volvo FMX construction truck to premiere at Bauma Munich

    Published On: Wednesday 27 March 2013

    Volvo Trucks has announced it will unveil its new FMX construction truck at the Bauma exhibition in Munich, at 3pm on Monday 15 April. Volvo Trucks president Claes Nilsson said: [...]