HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITEMAP HELP CONTACT WORK FOR US   Tuesday 7 September 2010 Make SCLN my HomePage    MODES STORIES [ 311 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] Move gradually into emissions trading, says food industry (Wednesday, 17 September 2008) FOOD prices will rise, international companies will take their businesses elsewhere and Australia’s largest manufacturing sector will suffer – unless the emissions trading scheme starts with modest trajectories, sufficient compensation and reinvestment of revenue in low emissions technology, says the Australian Food and Grocery Council. Full Story... Driver fatigue changes to wear wasties out (Wednesday, 17 September 2008) LEGISLATION designed to combat driver fatigue comes into force across NSW this month, and will potentially add half an hour to a waste truck driver’s average day, according to the NSW Waste Contractors and Recyclers Association (WCRA), which has vowed to fight the “overkill situation”. Full Story... US financial woes hit home, hard (Wednesday, 17 September 2008) ASCIANO shares were hammered in yesterday’s bloodbath as the S&P/ASX 200 slumped following the weekend bust-up of New York investment banks Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, and growing concerns over the health of others. Full Story... Queensland to promote older workers (Monday, 15 September 2008) THE Queensland government is to fight the skills shortage with a new initiative aimed at encouraging employers and industries to adopt age-friendly recruitment programs and workplace practices to help attract and retain mature workers. Full Story... Isuzu blasts govt on fuel price rises (Friday, 12 September 2008) THE Australian government was slow to react to the recent rise in fuel prices, and should have had more efficient measures in place to tackle the problem, according to Isuzu CEO Phil Taylor. Full Story... MURPHY’S LORE: Government failures strangle PBS (Friday, 12 September 2008) STATE government failure to implement a performance based standards road classification system has effectively denied road access for approved PBS vehicles. Full Story... CBH given grain go-ahead (Wednesday, 10 September 2008) COOPERATIVE Bulk Handling’s grain transport, storage and handling arrangements in Western Australia are safe after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it would not oppose the arrangements known as “Grain Express”. Full Story... CBH given grain go-ahead (Wednesday, 10 September 2008) COOPERATIVE Bulk Handling’s grain transport, storage and handling arrangements in Western Australia are safe after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it would not oppose the arrangements known as “Grain Express”. Full Story... Garnaut sets 10% cuts by 2020 (Monday, 8 September 2008) PROFESSOR Ross Garnaut has set what on the surface appears a relatively low 2020 emissions reduction target of 10% on 2000 levels, though in per capita terms he says it is “substantially higher” than European commitments. Full Story... Tasmanian truckies take fuel crisis into own hands (Friday, 5 September 2008) A CONSORTIUM of Tasmanian transport operators has signed a $150 million deal with the Linde Group subsidiary BOC Gases to build and operate the nation’s newest liquefied natural gas plant near Westbury, Tasmania, which will exclusively supply the transport sector. Full Story... Melbourne train, tram contenders short-listed (Friday, 5 September 2008) THE short list to operate Melbourne’s metropolitan train network has narrowed from six to three, with consortiums Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM), Veolia Transport and KeolisDownerEDI (KDR) still in the running. Full Story... Personal carbon trading – the missing policy? (Wednesday, 3 September 2008) EMISSIONS trading for industry can cover a huge percentage of emissions. However, the variable cost of carbon is presented to the consumer only as a price, and not one explicitly associated with carbon. The 40% or so of emissions directly attributable to individuals cannot be effectively confronted, writes CarbonLimited director Matt Prescott. Full Story... Isuzu Breathe Easy campaign gets underway (Monday, 1 September 2008) ISUZU Australia has continued its green campaign by launching the company’s Breathe Easy program to provide information to prospective truck buyers and other road users regarding the environmental benefits of the New Generation Isuzu truck range. Full Story... Carbon trading scheme needs legal reform: Researcher (Monday, 1 September 2008) THE Australian government's proposed carbon trading scheme could be seriously undermined by a lack of adequate legal reform, says a Queensland University of Technology researcher. Among the questions is structuring ownership of the tradeable carbon permits. Full Story... ATA submits rest areas list (Monday, 25 August 2008) THE Australian Trucking Association has submitted to the federal government a list of 18 priority interstate locations that it says require heavy vehicle rest areas. Full Story... Leap-frog into the future: 10 steps to corporate sustainability (Monday, 25 August 2008) WITH the current unstable economic and environmental climate, how will your organisation prevail? Full Story... Construction plan sealed for diesel hybrid conversion centres (Monday, 25 August 2008) CALIFORNIAN real estate development company Cal-Bay International recently secured a three-year contract with a vehicle hybridisation company which will see it construct and develop commercial diesel hybrid conversion centres across the US. Full Story... Eden Energy makes hydrogen inroads (Wednesday, 30 July 2008) VISIONS of the “hydrogen economy” were very much in vogue through the 1990s, although a much wider range of alternative energy options has been proposed this decade. The hydrogen dream is not over for Eden Energy investors, however, who last week received good news from two key global markets, the US and India. Full Story... Transport ministers agree on plan for greater uniformity (Monday, 28 July 2008) THE nation’s transport ministers have agreed on the plan they will take to the Council of Australian Governments meeting in October to deliver more consistency in the way the transport industry is regulated. Full Story... UNDER CONSTRUCTION: More calls made for adequate rest areas (Friday, 25 July 2008) THE construction of adequate rest areas along major transport infrastructure has been highlighted as a priority by truck manufacturer Isuzu. Full Story... Violence possible from truckie strikes warn dissidents (Friday, 25 July 2008) THE Australian Trucking Association and the Victorian Transport Association have issued last-minute statements pleading with groups organising truck driver strikes on Monday to cancel amid revelations the strikes could lead to violence against truck drivers who work through the strike. Full Story... Australian aviation industry at ‘end of the world’: Qantas CEO (Friday, 25 July 2008) PERMANENTLY high fuel prices will lead to a new “aviation world order” which will see the loss of 100,000 aviation jobs worldwide by the end of the year, according to Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon. Full Story... Fatigue compliance nearing for truckies (Wednesday, 23 July 2008) DECA Training has launched new fatigue-related truck driver training two months out from the controversial heavy vehicle driver fatigue laws kicking in. Full Story... Rail crossing cameras catching drivers out (Wednesday, 23 July 2008) MORE than 600 Perth motorists were fined in June for incidents caught on camera at two of the city’s deadliest railway crossings, Western Australian Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has revealed. Full Story... Safe driving saves fuel (Friday, 18 July 2008) ON THE back of spiralling fuel prices, driving performance monitor Greenroad Technologies has identified a substantial correlation between high risk driving and fuel consumption, with safer on-road driving behaviour reducing fuel consumption by up to 11%. Full Story... MURPHY’S LORE: Emissions trading – not so fast, Kev (Friday, 18 July 2008) THE Government’s climate change green paper intro sounds like it was written by Al Gore. Full Story... NTC call for help over ETS inclusion (Wednesday, 16 July 2008) FUNDS from the emissions trading scheme to commence in 2010 should be used on research and development of transport alternatives to help the freight industry deal with its inclusion in the scheme, a report released by the National Transport Commission says. Full Story... A new way for industry to publicise news (Monday, 14 July 2008) EX-TRADE magazine editors Wendy Cramer and Marian MacDonald have teamed up to form WriteRelease – a company that can turn industry facts and information into digestible copy, targeting about 400 different journalists and contacts. Full Story... Safety pack slashes truck accidents: Mercedes-Benz (Monday, 14 July 2008) AFTER setting a new world record for fuel efficiency with its 40-tonne Actros semi-trailer, Mercedes-Benz says a new safety package fitted to its Actros trailer could cut truck accidents in half. Full Story... TNT extends road network into China (Wednesday, 9 July 2008) GLOBAL express company TNT is to extend its Asia Road Network into China to capitalise on massive growth in the region. Full Story... Prev    Next   Company Search Story Search Advanced Search Disclaimer | © Copyright Aspermont Ltd | Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions