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link curiosity with Toll

Link Curiosity With Toll

Toll Group has unveiled a refreshed brand direction including a new brand campaign, which seems to link curiosity with Toll, two words which one wouldn’t normally associate with a global logistics operation.
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the potential for accidents to occur

The Potential for Accidents to Occur 

The combination of heavy vehicles, light vehicles, caravans and bikes together on our roads comes with the potential for accidents to occur at an increasing rate. So, it’s important that we all make safety a priority whenever so we can ensure everyone travelling on our roads returns home safely.
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from hero to zero

From Hero to Zero

Events in the next week may undo a lot of the good work done by the trucking industry, and the planned disruption may see truckies going from hero to zero in just a matter of days.
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is Toll up for sale?

Is Toll Up For Sale?

Reports in the Australian Financial Review’s Street Talk column are asking the question, is Toll up for sale? The reports suggest Japan Post are looking for an entity that may be interested in investing in the Australian logistic giant, to enable it to extricate itself from its current position.
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Modernise the Fleet

The increased fatality figures in New South Wales have led to calls to modernise the fleet. The shock of the steep increase in deaths in 2017 has provoked a reaction and a number of different solutions have been put forward, including fleet modernisation. First of all it was Michael Byrne, Toll CEO, in his open letter to the Prime Minister which called for a number of changes. This has been followed by a call from the Truck Industry Council also citing the high average age of the Australian fleet and the corresponding lack of modern safety equipment.
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A Result, of Sorts

The recent attention given to the trucking industry has led to a result, of sorts, for those trying to bring important issues affecting trucking to the fore. The bad news about increased accidents involving trucks, specifically in New South Wales led to a lot of media reaction and some useful initiatives by stakeholders. One of the good signs was a more measured approach by some of the media. In the past, any kind of bad news like this would be reported with a litany of horrific truck accidents and little commentary from anyone apart from the Transport Workers Union, who would invariably fan the flames.
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Future Proofing Trucking

Future-Proofing Trucking

The rate of change in the trucking industry looks to be increasing, and trucking operators need to be prepared for the brave new world of trucking we are likely to be living in, it needs to be future proofing
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Welcome Back To The Twitterverse

Welcome Back To The Twitterverse

After a few weeks vacation, it’s welcome back to the Twitterverse! More picks from the trucking world on Twitter.   We have the nominations for Australia’s truck maintenance award, the
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