NHVR Releases First Safety Alert Following BP Tanker Crash Findings
On the 19th of August the NHVR released its first ever Safety & Compliance Alert off the back of the BP fuel tanker tragedy in country Victoria on 7th August, which we reported here ATN reported: The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has pre-empted any official findings on the fatal Wodonga tanker trailer crash for […]
BP takes tankers off road
BP takes tankers off road after trailer detaches and kills three in Victoria BP grounds its fleet across Victoria yesterday as police start to investigate a crash that killed a 33 year old mother, her four-year-old boy and a 67-year-old driver of the second vehicle. As the second major event of a Fuel Tanker killing people […]
Record 1.3 Million Fine for Lennons Transport
Lennon’s Compliance management weaknesses and lack of Chain of Responsibility Compliance system was a major lead to penalty topping that of the recent 1.25 Million Scott’s Transport Fine. “I find that these offences are close to the most serious case (on a scale of serious, very serious, most serious),” Stapleton states in her ruling document. The […]
Video from ALC Conference: Linfox CEO part 1
This post features Michael Byrne, CEO Linfox Logistics in his Keynote address at the ALC Conference earlier this year. His address was titled: Smarter Supply Chain infrastructures Video Highlights: 0:58 “At Linfox, “we only have 92 customers” $2.5 billion revenue” 2:55 Started with 1 truck 58 years ago: “Overall 30,000 staff in the “family” business! […]
VicRoads Takes Legal Action against Controversial Transport Giant
Adding to their recent woes, Cootes Transportation and its parent company McAleese are facing a fresh set of problems, this time as VicRoads initiates legal action against the unsettled company. Following the torrent of inspections that Victorian road authorities rained down on McAleese’s subsidiary, Cootes Transport recently, VicRoads are now initiating legal action which could […]
REVIEW CALLS FOR PENALTY RISES UNDER NATIONAL LAW
The fraught process of harmonising trucking penalties has reached a watershed with the release of the National Transport Commission’s (NTC) Heavy Vehicle National Law Penalties Framework Review Final Report. For instance, the NTC had recommended that the penalty for driving while fatigued rise from $6,000 to $15,000, to align with a critical work and rest-hours […]