THE AUSTRALIAN Trucking Association (ATA) must continue arguing for policy measures to help support the economy, trucking operators and the jobs of the industry’s employees, the Chairman of the ATA, Trevor Martyn said today.
01/04/2009
AUSTRALIA needs to create a seamless national economy, including consistent road transport laws, according to the president of the Business Council of Australia (BCA), Graham Bradley.
16/02/2010
THE NEW Flight Systems Model 277 Idle Limiter has been launched to assist in cutting exhaust emissions and improving fuel economy.
03/09/2009
The Australian Government should spend more on road maintenance as it works to boost the economy, rather than trying to bring forward more new road projects, according to the ATA.
27/01/2009
CONSTRUCTION will begin this week on a multi-million dollar interstate rail network that could significantly slash the number of trucks on the nation’s roads.
06/08/2009
THE Federal Government wants the Glenelg Shire to adjust the $340 million Green Triangle Freight Action Plan.
27/10/2009
RECENT figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have unveiled that the use of more efficient engines has halved the transport sector’s energy intensity over the last thirty years.
06/07/2009
A NEW report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) shows the trucking industry is using less fuel compared to the late 1980s.
02/12/2009
THE state’s peak trucking industry body, the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) NSW has welcomed the election of New South Wales' new Premier, Kristina Keneally.
04/12/2009
DESPITE its cost to the economy, the Senate should pass the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) now the Government has delayed its start date by a year to July 2011, the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) said today.
05/05/2009
CONSTRUCTION has officially begun on the $243 million Brighton Bypass and Transport Hub, Tasmania’s largest-ever transport infrastructure project.
22/04/2009
MORE THAN $30 billion will be injected into vital road and rail projects after the nation’s governments agreed on a massive infrastructure program to boost productivity and meet demand.
28/04/2009
DESPITE pleas from trucking manufacturers, The Federal Government has announced it will not extend the timeframe for its 30% allowance.
29/04/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Automobile Association (AAA) has called on the Federal Government to provide additional funding for new infrastructure projects in the upcoming Budget.
30/04/2009
TRUCKING operators have questioned the need for a new set of heavy vehicle charges, as state and federal governments line up to increase registration and fuel costs.
22/06/2009
SCHENKER Australia has opened a new logistics hub located in Yennora to streamline its operations.
01/07/2009
ONE hundred job seekers across Queensland will soon begin careers in the transport and logistics industry, which will be supported by the Bligh Government’s $300,000 jobs program.
05/02/2010
THE Victorian Transport Association (VTA) has announced its support for the launch of TruckWeek being held 21-27 February 2010.
08/02/2010
QUEENSLAND will be home to the nation's heavy vehicle regulator in a move to improve safety and productivity in the trucking industry, the Queensland government announced.
26/02/2010
Victoria’s AUD38 billion transport project will remove thousands of trucks from Melbourne’s residential streets and improve freight access to the Port of Melbourne.
16/12/2008