The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is seeking feedback on the draft Heavy Vehicle Safety Strategy 2021-2025.
Vale Michael Hammel
Michael Hammel, founder of trailer manufacturer, Hercules Engineering, passed away peacefully on 19 March 2021.
Toll details IT strategy
Transport and logistics company, Toll Group, is committed to upgrading its IT systems but will lean towards smaller, more cost-effective initiatives as opposed to multi-million-dollar projects that could take years to complete.
Road safety works underway at Munruben
A $75 million project will widen Mount Lindesay Highway from two to four lanes, build new northbound and southbound bridges across Norris Creek, install safety upgrades and improve fauna connectivity and protection.
Supply chain sovereignty essential for maintaining living standards: Anderson
Victorian Transport Association CEO, Peter Anderson, has emphasised the importance of supply chain sovereignty for Australia to maintain its high standards of living, as the nation emerges from the Covid pandemic and vaccinations are rolled out across the country.
PAL paves the way for safer livestock unloading
Some 18 months after trials began at meat processor Kilcoy Global Foods at Kilcoy in Queensland, the Parallel Access Landing (PAL) has proven an overwhelming success as a reliable and effective way to dramatically increase safety of personnel engaged in the unloading of livestock.
ACCC decision on PFD sale to Woolworths looms
This week the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission received proposed enforceable undertakings from Woolworths to secure 65 per cent of shareholding in PFD Food Services Pty Limited. Read more
TWAL announces conference keynote speakers
Australian transport industry organisation, Transport Women Australia Limited (TWAL), has named two outstanding keynote speakers for its upcoming conference in Melbourne.
NHVR prosecutes consignor for pedestrian crossing rollover
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has charged a Victorian company with serious safety offences after a truck toppled onto a pedestrian island crossing.
Hume Freeway rebuild features recycled plastics
More than 2,100 tonnes of recycled road base product will be used in works to rebuild the south-bound lane on an 850-metre stretch of freeway in Victoria.