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IVECO Australia appoints new General Manager of sales IVECO Australia has announced the appointment of Scott Slater to the position of General Manager – Sales, effective 1 June. Mr Slater replaces Geoff Buswell who will take on a new position within the CNH Industrial Group in Australia. FacebookemailPrintGoogle+TumblrTwitterLinkedin

Packenham in Victoria is the latest location for a new TRP Truck and Trailer Parts store. The new store is an extension of both the Hallam and Bayswater Truck Centres. It is owned by the South Australian-based CMV Group and together the three facilities service most of Melbourne’s eastern region, also providing support into West Gippsland and the Yarra Valley. ...

New Zealand’s Cameron Nicol has been announced as the Freightliner Australia Pacific Technician of the Year. The final stage of the competition was held recently at the newly established Daimler Truck and Bus Training Academy in Mulgrave, in Melbourne’s east. Mr Nicol, who is from Trucks and Trailers in Auckland, edged out Brodie Martin, from Daimler Trucks Adelaide, and Adrian ...

Kingston Garage, located in Heatherton, south east of Melbourne, has been awarded Shell’s highest accolade, Global Single Site Retailer of the Year 2017, at a recent awards ceremony in Dubai UAE. The garage, a Shell fuels retailer for over 50 years, is the first Australian site to win this prestigious award after successfully fending off fierce competition from 8,370 sites ...

The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has called for major changes to the guidelines for building truck rest areas as access to toilets, lighting and water have been classified as ‘desirable’, not a requirement. “Our roads and rest areas are a driver’s workplace and we have little chance of resolving fatigue if drivers are not provided with basic human rights to ...