Opinion

making trucking attractive to the young

Making Trucking Attractive to the Young

If there is one task which would end up in the waste basket of most people in our industry, it would be that of making trucking attractive to the young people, men and women, we need to get into the depots and yards, to take on the tasks being handled by a lot of ageing men at the moment.
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it’s like Chinese water torture

It’s Like Chinese Water Torture

There have been some positive announcements this week about the kind of access available for the kinds of high productivity trucks the industry needs to keep up with the freight task, but it’s like Chinese water torture, one drip at a time.
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two cultures clash

Two Cultures Clash

In the trucking industry there is a lot of talk about how difficult it is to get drivers and how there is a  skilled labour shortage and not much about how, within the industry, two cultures clash.
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may you live in interesting times

May You Live in Interesting Times

Supposedly a Chinese curse, but with little evidence that it originally came from China, the phrase, ‘may you live in interesting times’ comes around regularly.
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how many elephants are there in the room?

How Many Elephants Are There in the Room?

Attending the Livestock, Bulk and Rural Carriers Association Conference recently a microcosm of the issues which plague the trucking industry played out on the conference floor, begging the question, how many elephants are there in the room?
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quite a ride over the past few years

Quite a Ride over the Past Few Years

Well, it’s been quite a ride over the past few years, not just for the trucking industry, but the whole world. It doesn’t look like the global issues are going to go away any time soon, we are still in a pandemic, there’s a war in Ukraine and the climate is warming.
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driving into a head wind on road safety

Driving Into a Head Wind on Road Safety

For those campaigners trying to get the message out this week about looking after safety on the roads, it must have felt like they were driving into a head wind on road safety with all of the noise and bluster around the last week of the Federal Election campaign.
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there’s a handful of topics to talk about this week

Getting the Word Out There

The trucking industry, as a whole, is notoriously bad at getting the word out there, and it continues to be a problem trucking needs to confront. However, this week we have seen some real cut-through for the trucking industry with stories appearing in the Fairfax press and online.
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confusion when buying into an EWD

Confusion When Buying Into an EWD

There’s a lot of development going on in the Electronic Work Diary space and with all the publications and advertising on EWD’s, it would be natural to experience some confusion when buying into an EWD platform. 
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