Bridgestone and the Australian Trucking Association have honoured Phil Berger of Kerin Kay Transport as the latest recipient of the Bridgestone Bandag Highway Guardian award.
The Bridgestone Bandag Highway Guardian award honours the great community service performed by professional truck drivers who go above and beyond the call of duty to assist those around them during the course of their normal work.
The Australian Trucking Association has today warned businesses of the safety risk associated with the use of cheap, alternative hydrocarbon-based refrigerant gases.
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement of $200 million in heavy vehicle infrastructure funding through the latest round of the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program.
The Australian Government should remove capital gains tax from business ownership transfers within families, the Chief Executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Stuart St Clair, said today.
Trucking operators have the chance to bid on state of the art trucking industry equipment and support the industry at the Australian Trucking Association’s 2015 Auction night at Trucking Australia 2015.
Frank Black (Arcidiaco) of Durack, Queensland, and Leigh Smart of Melrose Park, NSW, have been elected unopposed as the owner driver and small fleet representatives on the General Council of the Australian Trucking Association (ATA), the peak body representing the trucking industry.
The Australian Government should freeze the trucking industry’s road user charge in the 2015-16 Budget, the Chief Executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Stuart St Clair, said today.
The freeze is one of the recommendations in the ATA’s 2015-16 pre-Budget submission.
Members of the road transport industry are invited to make a difference and help drive trucking forward at Trucking Australia 2015, with new program highlights released this week.
Trucking Australia 2015 will be held in Hobart from Thursday 19 March to Saturday 22 March 2015.
Thanks to Cummins South Pacific, three people will receive free registration, flights and accommodation to attend Trucking Australia 2015, where they will share their suggestions on how to improve recruitment, safety or viability in the trucking industry.
The chain of responsibility provisions in the Heavy Vehicle National Law should be streamlined to reduce complexity without affecting safety, the Chief Executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Stuart St Clair, said today.
