It’s time to make the trucking industry a healthy industry of choice, as Linfox safety guru Andrew Niven shares his strategies for improving industry health and wellbeing at Trucking Australia 2014.
Trucking Australia 2014 will be held on Hamilton Island on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 June 2014.
The Australian Trucking Association would like to congratulate Rocky’s Own Transport and Simon National Carriers – the first companies to sponsor the Safety Truck by adding their trucks to its animated videos.
Australia’s new national truck law will improve safety and generate up to $12.4 billion in economic benefits, the Chairman of the Australian Trucking Association, David Simon, said today (Monday, 10 February 2014).
Trucking business directors and executives should be held to account for maintenance by extending the special laws that apply to truck driver fatigue and speeding, the Chairman of the Australian Trucking Association, David Simon, said today (Tuesday, 4 February 2014).
By special request, the Australian Trucking Association’s Safety Truck will return to the Nowra Show on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 February 2014.
The Australian Government should increase the trucking industry’s fuel tax credits by 1.04 cents per litre in the Budget, the Chief Executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Stuart St Clair, said today.
Trucking businesses can claim fuel tax credits through their business activity statements: an increase in fuel tax credits is effectively a tax cut.
The Australian Trucking Association’s travelling road safety exhibition, the Safety Truck, will be on the road and helping to raise funds for the Canberra Convoy for Cancer Families on Sunday 2 February.
The TruckSafe safety accreditation program is proud to welcome its newest members, Eagle Contractors (SA) and Hawkins Bulk Haulage (QLD).
The Australian Trucking Association has congratulated the Government for listening to the industry and requiring all new heavy vehicle trailers to be fitted with anti-lock or load proportioning brakes.
The Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Jamie Briggs, announced the new standards yesterday. They will take effect from 1 July 2014 for all new model trailers and 1 January 2015 for all new trailers.
Thanks to Cummins South Pacific, three people will receive free registration, flights and accommodation at Trucking Australia 2014 for their suggestions on how to improve chain of responsibility, safety, or wellbeing in the industry.
Trucking Australia 2014 will be held on Hamilton Island on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 June 2014.
