As part of the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative (HVSI), the Truck Industry Council (TIC) is conducting a road wear test on wider tyres as part of a $395k fund. The purpose of the project is to improve safety for commercial and heavy vehicles. {...}
Scania NSW has announced its decision for further investment in its infrastructure across Australia in the coming months. The build for the sales and service branch in Eastern Creek is now underway with the plans to build two more parts and spares warehouses. {...}
Scania Australia is continuing its spare-parts investment in Australia as its business grows at record levels across all divisions, it reports. Hard on the heels of the start of construction of a new company-owned sales and service branch at Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Scania is acquiring two new warehouses {...}
Fleet maintenance teams are struggling to source many of the truck parts they need as suppliers face shortages of commodities from microchips to rubber. “It’s really starting to dribble down into common parts,” said Darry Stuart of DWS Fleet Management, during an online Fleet Talk presentation for the spring meeting {...}
The trucking industry is seeing a parts shortage. Although it started with the truck makers having trouble sourcing computer chips and other parts and components for their assembly lines, it is now rolling into the aftermarket, and fleets are experiencing wait times for replacement parts needed to complete maintenance service {...}
The Trucking industry often comes under harsh scrutiny when it comes to sustainable practice and looking after the environment. A new step in the right direction made by truck manufacturers and transport companies across New Zealand will ensure that their fleets will make use of recyclable mudguards going forward. The {...}
A tough reality in the trucking profession is the requirement to be sedentary for the majority of time spent on the job. The average trucker works either 60 hours over the course of seven days or 70 hours over the course of eight days. While drivers cannot work more than {...}
TRT has appointed Hillary Naish to the role of national sales manager for TRT New Zealand‘s Hiab New Zealand distribution. Hillary started on 6 April 2021 and will be leading the Hiab team in New Zealand. Based at TRT‘s Hamilton head office, he will continue to lead business growth plans {...}