Simon Russell has been transporting livestock for Maloney Livestock Transport since July 2019, following in the footsteps of his father who was a professional truck driver and the driving force behind his passion for the heavy vehicle industry today. Read more
The Young Person in Transport Award goes to…Luke Cannon, at the Bull Carters Ball at the Livestock and Rural Transporters Association Conference in Marcoola Queensland, last weekend. Read more
Eliminating risks when loading and unloading can be difficult in trucking and stopping those stupid things we do can be hard. Safety issues emerge every day for an operator and minimising those problems is a constant battle Read more
This week has seen the announcement of the signing of a deal between NatRoad and Ampol as its official fuel partner. The deal with Australia’s largest transport diesel refuelling network will mean big savings for NatRoad members at more than 380 truck friendly Ampol sites nationwide. Read more
Attendees at the upcoming Livestock, Bulk and Rural Carriers Association will have an opportunity to meet Zoe Bunning at the association’s upcoming conference. Zoe obtained her MC licence in 2021 at the age of 22 and is currently employed by Hy-Tec as a Tanker Driver. Read more
The last two years have made just about every transport industry get-together impossible, which has also reduced the number of awards nights in the calendar, but as the lock-downs lessen, it’s that time of year again. Nominations are now open for the 2022 National Trucking Industry Awards. Read more
Based in Holbrook NSW, James Papworth, 26, is a valued team member at Martins Stock Haulage and is responsible for the cartage of livestock from saleyards to properties and feedlots as well as exit cattle from feedlots to the many processing plants located between southern NSW and south-east Qld. Read more
When the world is against you, it’s time to think about taking drastic action, one of those seminal events, back in 1979, caused the trucking industry of Australia to begin moving into the modern world. Looking back, it is amazing to see how far we have come and how, in some cases, little has changed. Read more
Users of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) Registration Checker app can check for primary producer concessions across all eastern states and South Australia. This should limit the issue of inappropriate use of primary producer registered vehicles is being addresses by the latest change to the Registration Checker ap. Read more
Our food culture needs to change, reckons Mark Mitchell, Chairman of the Australian Food Cold Chain Council (AFCCC) as he tells us, the push is on to improve cold chain skills. Read more