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Cummins South Pacific has announced the appointment of Peter Jensen-Muir as the company’s new Managing Director.
From: Trailer | 21 Feb 2012
Imagine life without ice cream, fresh fruit, meat or ice-cold beer. Imagine having to go grocery shopping every day to make sure your food was fresh. Imagine there were no flowers to send to that special someone, or temperature sensitive medicine.
From: Prime Mover | 21 Feb 2012
The ATA last week released its proposed amendments to the national truck laws. Under these amendments, directors and managers of trucking businesses would be innocent until proven guilty of offences under the law.
From: Prime Mover | 21 Feb 2012
Cribbs Carpentry and Building Services Pty Ltd purchased an Isuzu NPR 200 Premium in April 2011. With the help of metal fabrication specialists, Multishade, the truck body has been customised to suit the business’ unique needs.
From: Trailer | 21 Feb 2012
Jost Australia continues to offer a complete choice of landing legs that may be the most innovative range available in Australia. It now adds to that collection by offering three new model varieties to suit all applications and budgets – the D200, A400 and MODULE series.
From: Prime Mover | 20 Feb 2012
Hino is the first manufacturer in Australia to fit Front Under-run Protection (FUP) as standard equipment across all three categories of trucks - light, medium and heavy-duty.
From: Prime Mover | 19 Feb 2012
A Goodyear innovation designed to extend the life of truck tyre retread cushions, while improving quality and performance, has been named “Tire Manufacturing Innovation of the Year” by Tire Technology International in Europe.
From: Prime Mover | 15 Feb 2012
The VTA, ARTSA, TIC and Global Trailer will run a two day Outlook Conference on heavy vehicles in the lead up to the 2012 International Truck, Trailer and Equipment Show (ITTES).
From: Trailer | 15 Feb 2012
Hella Australia has announced the appointment of Deepak Prasanth as Independent Aftermarket Operations Manager.
From: Prime Mover | 15 Feb 2012
As of 1 March 2012, updated medical standards for assessing whether private and commercial vehicle drivers are fit to drive safely will come into effect.
From: Prime Mover | 15 Feb 2012
Volvo is now offering a variant of the FM model to tackle demanding roles in the rough, including a 6x6 version to expand into a market sector not previously addressed.
From: Prime Mover | 15 Feb 2012
Mack Trucks opened the order book for the new Mack MP10 Eu5 SCR 16 litre engine range in the Super-Liner and Titan models in late 2011 and the response has been outstanding. The company now plans to showcase this new engine at the International Truck, Trailer and Equipment Show.
From: Prime Mover | 14 Feb 2012
When designing its heavy duty vehicles, driver comfort and safety is a key priority for Scania. Several drivers around the country were recently given the opportunity to test out the Scania V8 range for themselves as part of a tour around Australia.
From: Trailer | 14 Feb 2012
Mega Pacific has continued to expand its network of warehouse and service facilities in Australia with the opening of its new Branch in Sydney in February.
From: Trailer | 14 Feb 2012
Industry leaders will gather at the Australian Logistics Council Forum next month to discuss what needs to be done to make sure Australia can cope with future logistics challenges, given estimates that the annual freight task of 500 billion tonne kilometres will double by 2030 and triple by 2050.
From: Prime Mover | 14 Feb 2012
For more than a decade, Keeler Transport in Western Australia has trusted Hino trucks to help complete its transport needs. Now, the company has taken its trust in the product one step further by purchasing the first Hino 700 Series SH truck.
From: Prime Mover | 14 Feb 2012
Traffic management specialist, Workforce Road Services, is currently experiencing significant growth. The business recently took delivery of 12 Isuzu NNR 200 single cabs and NPR 300 crew cabs to meet its requirements.
From: Prime Mover | 12 Feb 2012
Sydney family owned company, Freezex, recently added a new UD GK 400 to its fleet to assist in reducing operating costs. This is the first new UD truck to be purchased by the company.
From: Prime Mover | 9 Feb 2012
Bulk gas supplier BOC has opened its upgraded LNG plant in Victoria in a move it says will help provide low-emissions fuel for the trucking industry. The $65 million project in Dandenong is seen as a vital link in BOC’s $200 million LNG highway being built along Australia’s eastern seaboard.
From: Trailer | 9 Feb 2012
Australia’s transport ministers should slash the registration charges on B-doubles from $15,708 to $10,995 per year, ATA Chief Executive, Stuart St Clair, said in response to a National Transport Commission (NTC) discussion paper about heavy vehicle charges.
From: Prime Mover | 9 Feb 2012
Hino Australia is offering the added bonus of free satellite navigation and reversing camera to customers who purchase any new 300 Series model before April 30 this year.
From: Prime Mover | 9 Feb 2012
Laverton-based tyre expert Deverich is the first Michelin accredited Recamic retread factory in Victoria to be awarded Michelin Quality Systems accreditation.
From: Prime Mover | 8 Feb 2012
Volvo Trucks’ December deliveries increased 27 per cent year-on-year to 11,882 trucks. For the full year 2011, deliveries rose 53 per cent to 115,346 trucks.
From: Prime Mover | 8 Feb 2012
Eddie Stobart and A. W. Jenkinson Forest Products have once again signed a joint-procurement agreement with Scania in the UK for the supply of 1000 trucks. This deal mirrors the order placed by the two operators in 2010, which at the time represented Scania's largest ever supply agreement in the UK.
From: Prime Mover | 7 Feb 2012
Nola Bransgrove and Graeme Dyer, who run Traralgon-based transport business Branstrans, were awarded Medals of the Order of Australia for services to road transport in the 2012 Australia Day Honours List.
From: Trailer | 5 Feb 2012
Australian pay-TV platform Foxtel has announced the launch of a new factual entertainment channel called A&E on February 16, 2012, featuring Queensland-based transport company Heavy Haulage Australia.
From: Prime Mover | 5 Feb 2012
During the 2012 ITTES, the Town Square Hoecker at the Melbourne Showgrounds will once again be transformed into “PACCAR World”. It will be home to more than 15 vehicles from Kenworth and DAF Trucks, and include the ALLRig parts and service range as well as representation from PACCAR Financial.
From: Trailer | 2 Feb 2012
Sydney-based tyre expert Tyres4U has understood that a comprehensive after sales service is just as important to its clientele as access to the latest technology and on-time delivery. That’s why the young company has invested in a new Melbourne facility to meet the industry’s growing demand for a tyre service that can offer more than just tyre fitting.
From: Trailer | 29 Jan 2012
Only a month before the official opening of Australia's largest Truck- and Trailer Show, ITTES, Intermodal Asia will attract the global freight forwarding community to Melbourne.
From: Trailer | 26 Jan 2012
The Victorian Transport Association (VTA) has praised Melbourne-based haulage company, Metropolitan Express and Australian trailer expert, Vawdrey, for creating a new trailer concept which is leading the way in safety and technology.
From: Trailer | 26 Jan 2012
Starting off supplying components to the Western Australian mining and transport sector, Fuwa K-Hitch has become a renowned force in Australia’s commercial road transport industry. But, there is no sign of gearing down – the striving brand just introduced a fifth wheel fit up service in the Melbourne Metropolitan area.
From: Trailer | 26 Jan 2012
Carrier Transicold, a world leader in transport refrigeration technology, recently named David Harrison the company’s new National Spare Parts Sales Manager. David will be based at Carrier Transicold’s Queensland headquarters and brings over 13 years of customer-focused experience to the company.
From: Trailer | 19 Jan 2012
Melbourne-based boutique trailer manufacturer, Graystar, has just added a new string to its bow – refrigerated rigid bodies. And, the new model range will offer all the advantages Graystar’s semi-trailers are already renowned for.
From: Trailer | 17 Jan 2012
Linfox is now providing state-of-the-art delivery solutions for BOC around Australia thanks to customised B-double tautliner trailers.
From: Trailer | 17 Jan 2012
The Dover Corporation has sold Heil Trailer International to American Industrial Partners (AIP). The sale was effective from 1 January 2012.
From: Trailer | 20 Dec 2011
The Victorian Transport Association (VTA) has congratulated Metropolitan Express on the launch of a new trailer concept that incorporates a Fall Prevention Safety System (FPSS).
From: Trailer | 20 Dec 2011
The National Transport Commission (NTC) is calling for submissions on the Heavy Vehicle Charges Issues Consultation Paper which outlines four different options for resolving the issues industry is facing with A-trailer charges.
From: Trailer | 20 Dec 2011
As a result of strong order intake and improved efficiencies, MaxiTRANS Australia has announced a net profit after tax for the first half of FY12 in the range of $5.7 million to $6.0 million.
From: Trailer | 18 Dec 2011
High productivity vehicles developed under the Australian Performance Based Standards (PBS) scheme are some of the safest and most productive trucks in the world, according to a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Transport Forum’s Joint Transport Research Centre.
From: Trailer | 15 Dec 2011
Lifting and carrying heavy objects are among the main causes of accidents in the Australian workplace, but with the right equipment, most of these injuries are avoidable. Maxilift Australia now announced the release of a new generation of lightweight high performance cranes that can make light work of a tough task.
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