What to Expect at Trucking Australia 2018
Trucking Australia 2018 will be held in Canberra from 18 to 20 April. This year delegates will listen to keynote speaker Tim Leonard, Hortonworks Data Visionary Award recipient for 2017 and Chief Information Officer of TMW Systems. According to Ben Maguire, ATA CEO, last year’s delegates told the ATA they were interested in learning more […]
Calls for Introduction of Vic Freight Authority
The Victorian Transport Association’s (VTA’s) CEO Peter Anderson has called for the introduction of a Victorian Freight Authority to advise government on the requirements of the transport and logistics industries. Speaking at the VTA annual state conference, Anderson noted that the organisation had been advocating for policy that supports operators with new road, rail and […]
Reasons for Millenials to Take Up Truck Driving
A report by the American Trucking Association noted that the industry in that country needed to hire at least 900,000 more drivers in order to meet demand, with 185,000 jobs being added over the past 4 months alone. The industry needs to attract more talent or it could be in big trouble. The average age […]
Operation Shield Finds 119 Fatigue Breaches in 10,000
Operation Shield, the most recent heavy vehicle compliance operation by NSW authorities has revealed a small number of operators who are still finding themselves on the wrong side of the law. During a week long joint operation RMS officers inspected 10,302 heavy vehicles and detected 119 fatigue law breaches in the state. They also issued […]
Truck Drivers Demand Better Facilities in Wagga
A truck driver has called for Wagga Wagga in New South Wales to get a 24 hour truck stop with fuel, food, toilets, showers and ample safe parking. The driver says better facilities for trucks are urgently needed. Veteran truckie, 72 year old Leigh Campbell has identified Crown Land at the intersection of the Sturt […]
Truck Driver involved in Fatal Crash Sentenced to 18 Months
A truck driver was recently sentenced to at least 18 months in prison after hitting into a 26 year old woman in Sydney last year. The truck driver pleaded guilty to dangerous driving occasioning death after his truck crashed into the woman on the Kingsway at Caringbah in November 2016 as she was on her […]