Commercial vehicle observers viewing the bumper 2018 sales performance could have been excused for thinking that was a peak that would take a while to surmount. But, if the trend revealed in Truck Industry Council (TIC) T-Mark statistics says anythin

Ron Finemore has been in the transport and logistics game for more than 60 years but still likes to keep things simple. Adhering to long-standing basic values has seen regionally-focused Ron Finemore Transport consolidate its footprint across eastern

The road freight industry is familiar with enforceable undertakings (EUs) being agreed to by companies but less so by government departments. In a rare showing, Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) has agreed to an EU with SafeWork NSW following a r

Sometimes, things just don’t go the way you expect. Like, it was supposed to be a simple, short suburban drive of Fuso’s recently released electric eCanter in Sydney’s west. A refresh, of sorts, of what we’d already experienced in previous stints, fi

This is Ross Transport’s 46th year of operation. The business was founded by Alan’s parents, Reg and Frances Ross, in the ‘70s. Reg bought the first Freighter trailer in 1977. Alan, who was 14-years-old at the time, remembers painting the trailer him

The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) may claim an enterprise agreement with stevedore Hutchison Ports Australia but that will fail to stop frustrated exporter and trade representatives from seeking emergency action to deal with ongoing industrial di

If, as the old adage goes, “nothing lasts forever”, someone should tell a few fleet-owners in this country. While not quite as old as some European entities, the venerable operations here are fairly close behind. Toll Group is often the first to come

An otherwise assured Lindsay Australia earnings guidance was tempered by an Australian Tax Office (ATO) notice of amended assessment relating to past fuel tax credit (FTC) claims. The diversified road and rail freight firm expects unaudited earnings

Inside, the HiLux cabin presents a neat and relatively fresh-looking workstation. Clearly designated areas for controls improve functionality while the front seats, which Toyota calls high-grade bucket items, fare okay for comfort and support. Legroo

Depending on whose study you reference, the average age of an Australian truck driver is somewhere around the 47-years-old mark. This figure would suggest that there is also a high percentage of truck drivers working within the transport industry wel

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Four-wheel drives are meant to be used off-road, so we devised a comprehensive off-road test loop to see which dual-cab ute was the most capable in low-range 4x4. Our test course was made up of mud, steep hill climbs and descents, rutted-out wombat h

It took dual-cab ute manufacturers a while to catch on that lot of buyers seem to immediately modify their utes but they have certainly done so now. The end result is the four utes you see here: the Ford Ranger Raptor; Jeep Gladiator Rubicon; Mazda B

Leading Asia-Pacific logistics asset management firm Logos and a consortium of partners have agreed to buy Moorebank Logistics Park (MLP) from Qube. The $1.67 billion deal is in the form of a binding agreement for Australia’s largest intermodal logis

Recent Western Australia Police action against criminal networks involved in the theft and sale of cattle in the state has extended to a local transport operation. Operation Topography is the Rural Crime Squad’s probe into "individuals and companies