HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITEMAP HELP CONTACT WORK FOR US   Tuesday 7 September 2010 Make SCLN my HomePage    ROAD STORIES [ 2666 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] Infrastructure investment a priority: QTA (Friday, 6 March 2009) IN THE lead-up to the Queensland state government election, the Queensland Trucking Association has called on opposing political parties to continue prioritising infrastructure investment, regardless of which party is elected into office. Full Story... UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Time for heavyweights to pay their way (Friday, 6 March 2009) PROGRESS has undoubtedly been made in improving the quality of many of Australia’s major arterial roads, but what about the urban blacktop? Well, noises are being made that it is now their turn for some long overdue refurbishment. Full Story... New vehicle market struggles as sales plummet (Friday, 6 March 2009) THE Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has released figures this week that show an almost 22% drop on new motor-vehicle sales in Australia for the month of February. Full Story... Lewis hits out at plans to monitor truckies (Wednesday, 4 March 2009) THE New South Wales Road and Traffic Authority’s plan to implement point-to-point speed cameras to monitor truck drivers has been condemned by the state’s Australian Trucking Association manager Jill Lewis. Full Story... South Australia to get 13 truck rest areas (Wednesday, 4 March 2009) THE Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has welcomed news that the Australian and South Australian governments will fund 13 truck rest areas between Adelaide and Port Augusta. Full Story... Trucking convention set for Gold Coast (Monday, 2 March 2009) THE 2009 Australian Trucking Convention will be held on the Gold Coast from April 21-24 and will feature one of the country’s best known economists, Chris Richardson. Full Story... Daimler creates 1100 jobs in Mexico (Monday, 2 March 2009) TRUCK manufacturer Daimler AG has opened a new $US274 million ($A431.5 million) plant in Mexico, generating up to 1100 jobs in the process. Full Story... Driver fatality at BMA coal mine (Monday, 23 February 2009) A 33-YEAR-OLD man has died after a vehicle accident at BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance’s Blackwater open cut coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, suspending operations. Full Story... Truck sales will improve … eventually (Friday, 20 February 2009) IT may seem surprising that some of the major players in the transport industry are forecasting clear economic skies on a nonetheless distant horizon. But surely this can only come after the industry as a whole recovers. Alex Forrest reports Full Story... Truck driver dies at Ravensworth coal mine (Wednesday, 18 February 2009) A CONTRACTOR has died at the surface of Xstrata Coal’s Ravensworth longwall mine (formerly Newpac No 1) in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley while operating a coal reject truck. Full Story... Submissions call for Grain Freight Review (Monday, 16 February 2009) THE FEDERAL government has opened submissions for the review of the grain freight operations in New South Wales. Full Story... NTC urges fast action to reform nation’s transport sector (Monday, 16 February 2009) THE National Transport Commission has recommended swift action and the formation a 30-year national transport plan to tackle increasing problems such as traffic congestion and a failing transport system. Full Story... Transpacific: profit warning may follow (Monday, 16 February 2009) TRANSPACIFIC Industries is rewriting its guidance for the current financial year, warning that weakness in its commercial vehicle sales division may adversely affect the group’s financial performance this year. Full Story... Wakefield saved by Seaway angels (Friday, 13 February 2009) NEW INVESTORS associated with shipping group Seaway have stepped in to save the Mildura-based Wakefield Transport Group, enabling the business to continue as a going concern. Full Story... Kenworth reaches Australian milestone (Friday, 6 February 2009) TRUCK manufacturer Kenworth recently reached a significant milestone, delivering its 40,000th Australian-designed and manufactured truck from the company’s Bayswater plant in Melbourne. Full Story... Small-fry truckers called upon to vote in ATA elections (Friday, 6 February 2009) TRUCKING industry group Australian Trucking Association is calling for owner-drivers and small fleet operators to register to vote and nominate two representatives to sit on the ATA’s general council. Full Story... Townsville goes green with Hino Hybrid (Wednesday, 4 February 2009) THE Port of Townsville has set about reducing its carbon emissions with the acquisition of Hino’s latest-generation 714 Hybrid truck to carry out general maintenance duties, such as wharf repairs and civil works. Full Story... ATA pleased with govt road plans (Wednesday, 4 February 2009) AUSTRALIAN Trucking Association chairman Trevor Martyn has welcomed the federal government’s $42 billion nation building and jobs plan, saying it will deliver better and safer roads around the country. Full Story... USA Truck turns a profit in Q4 (Monday, 2 February 2009) TRUCKLOAD carrier USA Truck has announced a fourth-quarter net income of $US599,000 ($A928,000) compared to a loss of $US1.6 million ($A2.47 million) during the December 2007 quarter. Full Story... Hino helps cut running costs for PWM (Wednesday, 28 January 2009) SYDNEY-based waste management company Pioneer Waste Management has taken another step to reduce running costs with the purchase of a new Hino SS 700 truck. Full Story... Former ATA chairman honoured on Australia Day (Wednesday, 28 January 2009) FORMER Australian Trucking Association chairman Ross Fraser was among those on the Australia Day Honours List when he was presented with the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the livestock transport industry. Full Story... Volvo buses make North American return (Wednesday, 28 January 2009) VOLVO has announced that its buses are to be sold in North America for the first time in over 20 years, with the introduction into the market of the Volvo 9700 model. Full Story... Time to spend more on road maintenance: ATA (Friday, 23 January 2009) AUSTRALIAN Trucking Association chairman Trevor Martyn says the nation’s government needs to spend more on road maintenance as it works to boost the economy, as opposed to trying to bring forward more new road projects. Full Story... Volvo goes interactive with ‘world’s strongest truck’ (Friday, 23 January 2009) FOLLOWING the release of what it believes is the world’s most powerful commercially available truck, Volvo’s marketing strategists have taken the promotion of the 700hp FH16 vehicle to a new level. Full Story... British retailer switches from road to rail (Friday, 23 January 2009) TESCO, Britain’s largest retailer by both global sales and domestic market share, has joined together with Stobart Rail to launch a rail service running six days a week that it says will cut up to 13,000 truck journeys a year on Scotland’s A9 route. Full Story... CFA bolsters fleet thanks to Hino (Wednesday, 21 January 2009) THE Victorian Country Fire Authority has recently purchased 25 Hino 816 Crew Cabs to bolster its fleet, and has also committed to at least 30 more automatic models in 2009. Full Story... Volvo to open new Russian plant this week (Monday, 19 January 2009) VOLVO Trucks is to open a new factory in the Kaluga region of Russia this week, with the €100 million ($A196 million) facility having the capacity to produce 15,000 vehicles per year. Full Story... UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Solution to EGR wear issues on horizon (Friday, 16 January 2009) AS GLOBAL exhaust emissions regulations continue to spur manufacturers to develop increasingly cleaner diesel exhaust systems, researchers are addressing the challenges regarding the engine wear issues caused by exhaust gas recirculation systems. Full Story... Transport company brings the drinks with six new Hinos (Friday, 16 January 2009) THE Victorian transport company Cameron Group has won a long-term service contract with beverage producer Schweppes, prompting the purchase of six new Hino 500 trucks specifically for the Schweppes route delivery operation. Full Story... CAW unhappy as Navistar contract heads south (Friday, 16 January 2009) CANADIAN Auto Workers officials have expressed their disgust at news that the country’s government has awarded a contract worth over $C254 million ($A308.4 million), for the production of 1300 military trucks, to a US plant instead of keeping the work at home. 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