Australasian Transport News (ATN)

A dedicated freight rail line from Inland Rail to the Port of Brisbane (POB) “could take 2.4 million trucks off the road by 2035”, according to a Deloitte Access Economics (DAE) report for the port operator. Separating the existing shared passenger a

The case, Linfox Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia [2019] FCAFC 131, is determined in two parts. The first relates to whether a toll road is a “public road” within the meaning of s 43-10(3) of the Fuel Tax

■ Industry is mourning the recent loss of Australian Trucking Association (ATA) co-founder Don Forsyth. Pictured are ATA founding members Peter Rocke, Andrew Higginson, Denis Robertson and Don Forsyth. It also appears in the ATA history Putting safet

A lack of warnings about a flood-damaged road that caused a truck driver’s back injuries has landed mining giant BHP a $50,000 fine. The company pleaded guilty in the Perth’s Magistrate Court for the incident that occurred on January 27, 2016, the We

Frasers Livestock Transport and South East Queensland Hauliers (SEQH) have claimed a slice of history after becoming the first heavy vehicle operators to traverse the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing (TSRC). The ribbon was cut on the $1.6 billion proj

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) wants reforms to ensure national and local policy settings are able to support the uptake of safer and more productive vehicles. In its response to the National Transport Commission’s (NTC) Heavy Vehicle Na

New South Wales has amended its speed-limit rule for passing stationary emergency vehicles, in a move welcomed by the state’s trucking industry body. However, roads minister Andrew Constance and regional roads minister Paul Toole reveal 926 infringem

Peak roads and traffic agency Austroads has come out in support of extending maximum allowable heavy vehicle width from 2,500mm to 2,550mm – and doesn’t rule out future increases to 2,600mm. Austroads says it completed a study considering the optimum

With nearly three decades of experience in wharf cartage, Vantrans Container Transport specialises in bulk movement of empty shipping containers between Melbourne’s container depots and the Port of Melbourne. The Footscray-based company has signed on

Toll Group has bolstered its presence in Queensland by launching Toll Gold Coast, a $33 million investment in a new flagship logistics hub – with another to follow on the Sunshine Coast. Located in Arundel, Toll Gold Coast is a 10,250-square-metre pu

Planning for the 2020 National Diesel Dirt & Turf Expo is well under way, with sponsors lining up to be part of the action. Komatsu has weighed in as Gold Sponsor and Carl Grundy, the company’s national sales manager utility, is indicating there will

Reporting from Freightliner facilities across the United States, we take a close look at the right-hand drive development work heralding the upcoming launch of Freightliner’s exciting new Cascadia conventional. This is the truck with the potential to

BRENDAN RICHARDS is a partner and the national sector leader in transport and logistics at business services firm KPMG. I often get asked what I consider to be the biggest threat to the transport industry and the answer is pretty simple – technology

One of the industry issues crying out for reform is the current industry practice of customers expecting transport operators to accept substandard and unfair contracts. Members are increasingly concerned that contract conditions in the industry are c

In August 2019, the Australian Transport and Infrastructure Council released Australia’s first National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy, with goals and targets out to 2024. While we may be right to be a little sceptical about ‘grand infrastructure

Narromine is a nice little town on the banks of the Macquarie River, half an hour to the west of Dubbo in western NSW. It’s probably best known for producing legendary Test cricketer Glenn McGrath. The small shire of less than 7,000 people is also be

For Brent Henry, age has no limits. The 32-year-old has been running his own business for seven years in the west of Melbourne. With a fleet of 18 trucks, he’s grown the business substantially, from a three-man show to a company of 19 staff. What’s m

A few years back at the Tokyo Motor Show, Daimler’s Japanese juggernaut, Fuso, had heads turning with an electrically-driven concept truck sporting a swag of futuristic features. Fuso called the truck ‘Vision One’ and, appropriately perhaps, one of i

There’s nothing ordinary about Jaskirt Singh’s situation. While most 19-year-olds are taking their first steps into employment or further education, he is the national operations manager at Honey Transport, overseeing hundreds of thousands of dollars

Serious about reducing waste, former transport and logistics operator and founder and CEO of Frank Green, Benjamin Young, wants to manufacture his stainless steel products in Australia but says it’s hard without the government’s support. Frank Green’

At the end of each year, ATN sister publication 4X4 Australia gathers the best new 4x4 vehicles from the last 12 months and takes them out on a trip to determine the 4x4 of the year. It’s always an interesting process and turns up some interesting re

Freightliner is preparing to start a new chapter with next year’s arrival of the all-new Cascadia, adding to a rich history in Australia. There was similar excitement back in 1989. Not only was it the year the Berlin wall was torn down and the first

The 2019 Isuzu D-MAX is a true go-anywhere vehicle, and while it may not be the best at any one thing, it’s the best at doing a lot of different things – the dark horse. I’d better clarify what I mean, so as to not offend D-MAX owners or the manufact

Uptake Technologies was gearing up to make its trucking splash at this month’s Technical and Maintenance Conference (TMC)inMelbourneas ATN wasgoingtopress. That event comes as the IT firm has already put its structure in place as it prepares to offic

Over the past six months, I’ve spent some serious time in the driver’s seat of the Isuzu D-MAX LS-U Space Cab. But as my days with this trusty ute come to a close, I’m beginning to dread the moment when I hand the keys back – let me tell you why. Now

The month-on-month dip from 3,194 in August to 3,170 in September was compounded by each truck segment falling year-on-year in September, with the tally well below 3,506 in 2018 and 3,304 in 2017 (but still some distance from 2,863 in 2016). While in