Just days after the Australian Logistics Council (ALC) called for the development of a National Operator Standard for heavy vehicle operators, the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has slammed the proposal, labelling it a “$3.6 billion tax on freight and jobs”.
In response to the COVID-19 cluster in South Australia that has seen that state introduce significant restrictions for at least the next six days, the Victorian Government has announced a “hard border” will be in place with South Australia from midnight tonight (Thursday) for 48 hours, before a permit system comes into effect from midnight on Saturday, 21 November.
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The peak body representing transport employers in Tasmania has identified two key challenges for the industry going forward.
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Truckies should factor in extra time for delays on the 15km stretch of the Pacific Highway between Bago and Port Macquarie in NSW over the next six months.
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The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) today called on Australian Governments to consider the development of a national operator standard for heavy vehicle operators as part of a review of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).
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This ‘Little Big Trucker’ lit up the road in Bellata, NSW, while working on the grain harvest.
With parts of SA now being labelled as COVID-19 hotspots, updated border measures are coming into play.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, panic-buying hasn’t been an unfamiliar site. This has left many companies in the supply chain struggling to keep up with extra demand, including packaging and recycling giant Visy – but Iveco’s offer of demonstration trucks has helped the business keep up with the added load.
A new heavy vehicle rest area is set to be constructed in the outback town of Richmond, Queensland, directly opposite a new roadhouse that’s been designed with triple road trains in mind.
A truck driver has escaped serious injury after the car carrier he was driving – and the five new utes it was carrying – were engulfed in flames after his truck crashed into a bridge railing on the Pacific Highway on the Mid North Coast.