With the amount of small family companies selling up over the last few months in New South Wales regional areas (I am sure not if other states have been a similar amount) what is going to happen to the rural transport industry?
Hands up if you are guilty
Hands up if you have you ever lowered the value of something to less than it is actually worth, just to save a couple of hundred dollars on your insurance premium?
Moving from a constant state of crisis to confidence
It’s no exaggeration to say the last three years have been a rolling crisis for Australia’s supply chains. Trucking and logistics operators have battled a global pandemic, state border closures, bushfires, floods, road closures, staff shortages and rising costs.
Where is the plan to help owner-drivers cope with rising costs?
On any given day a typical and essential Aussie truck driver is under pressure, whether local, intra or interstate – rigid, semi or B-double, all are victims. Read more
Morrison refusing to intervene to ease truckies’ pain at bowser
In recent days, the cost of fuel around the country has skyrocketed with no immediate relief in sight. Read more
Operators must act on rising fuel costs
Transport operators are certainly no strangers to fluctuations in fuel pricing, however the perfect storm of supply chain disruptions as we start to recover from Covid, geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe, and rising interest rates off the back of inflationary pressures are unprecedented. Read more
Give wharf carriers relief from empty container fee
Wharf carriers servicing ports around Australia are no strangers to exorbitant fees and charges that have been creeping into their cost structures for years.
Fighting back for drivers against ‘Amazon Effect’
The transport industry faces a race to the bottom, encouraged by the involvement of global corporations like Amazon.
Celebrating trucking’s quiet achievers
Over the past two years, people working in the trucking industry have shouldered much of the responsibility of keeping Australia moving.
‘Our guardian angel’: Family pens open letter to thank hero truckie
Over the Australia Day long weekend, we were driving back home via Bellingen for a two-night stay at Nelson Bay in NSW. Read more