making the hard decisions

Making the Hard Decisions

The long term fallout from the current pandemic crisis is likely to be an increase in the mental health problems the trucking industry suffers from, where everyday workers in the industry are making the hard decisions.
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it’s like deja vu all over again

It’s Like Deja Vu All Over Again

As we prepare to enter into the third year of this ongoing pandemic crisis, we can look back to the start of the whole crazy business and it’s like deja vu all over again.
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searching for AdBlue?

Another Crazy Year 

It’s well into December and Christmas is fast approaching, as we are coming towards the end of another crazy year, and the big problems just seem to keep on coming. 
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don’t panic, yet, about adblue

Don’t Panic, Yet, About AdBlue

It’s hard to work out exactly what’s going on, but the message seems to be ‘don’t panic, yet, about AdBlue’. There seems to be a distinct lack of hard facts and a lot of supposition going around. 
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working in an invisible industry

Working in an Invisible Industry

There are a couple of articles on PowerTorque this week around a similar theme, and that is one we return to again and again, it’s all about working in an invisible industry. The only time the trucking industry becomes visible is when something goes wrong, the news is nearly always bad, when it’s about trucking. Read More
the maddest time of the year

The Maddest Time of the Year

As we all know in the trucking industry that we are now in the maddest time of the year, with the ramp up to Christmas inflating the freight task in order for all of those customers with extra money in their pocket to buy more stuff they don’t need before Christmas.
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hesitancy, misinformation and some difficult decisions

Hesitancy, Misinformation and Some Difficult Decisions

Thinking about the future of the trucking industry is never easy, but, at the moment, we are at a point where hesitancy, misinformation and some difficult decisions are all at play. The decisions? I am not talking about vaccinations or Covid, the decision is around which way to go ahead in choosing technology in trucks over the next decade.
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there’s good news and there’s bad news

There’s Good News and There’s Bad News

There is some progress being made in the inevitable move across from the use of fossil fuels in road transport, but as is always the case in Australia, there’s good news and there’s bad news. The feasibility
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