The Chairman of the Australian Food Cold Chain Council (AFCCC), Mark Mitchell, made a cold chain ‘call to arms’ on waste at the APEC 2021 virtual conference this week for players in the cold chain to make far better use of existing technologies as a means of building a robust and compliant cold chain. Read more
The trucking industry has been warned and should be prepared, because the latest roadworthy blitz is coming soon, next month, in fact. Read more
Truckers have long battled with image problems, reckons PowerTorque’s US Correspondent, Steve Sturgess, having gone from being the Knights of the Road serving and saving stranded motorists to being drivers of juggernauts that drive over stranded motorists, back to being Knights of the Road again. (And just for grins, look up the definition of juggernaut).
A new report from National Transport Insurance and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has demonstrated what smart operators in the trucking industry have known for a long time, that better maintenance means better results. Hopefully, the publication of this report will lead to something the industry has been calling for, over many years, increased compliance attention on those who maintain trucks poorly. Read more
Mick Debenham has strong views on the need to bolster safety culture around livestock transport at the farm interface. In this column, the former Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association Vice President, and Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Victoria President, sets out the issues involved: Read more
NatRoad has been analysing the the National Road Safety Strategy from the Office of Road Safety and is concerned that there is a better focus on road safety needed, specifically around heavy vehicles. Yesterday, NatRoad lodged a submission on the draft National Road Safety Strategy for 2021-30. Read more
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has announced that there will be a consignor prosecuted under CoR regulations. The NHVR charged a Victorian company with serious safety offences after a truck toppled onto a pedestrian island crossing. Read more
An initiative by Frasers Livestock Transport shows the trucking industry in rural areas taking responsibility for the health and wellbeing of its team, so PowerTorque went along to the ‘Yarn in the Yard’ to say see how the initiative is bringing a broader understanding of the issues into Queensland’s rural areas. Read more
Livestock businesses operating in the Maranoa region will have the opportunity to help employees in skilling up in livestock transport and develop their cattle handling and transport skills over two free workshops with well-known cattle expert Tom Shephard. Read more
Here is a video which celebrated ingenuity, innovation and IWD (international Women’s Day) which is this week. In the video, a selection of technologies vital to life on the road for truck drivers are shown to have been invented by women. Read more