THE ATA and other road user groups have met with the COAG Reform Plan (CRRR) project board to discuss its progress on considering future taxes and charges for truck operators.
THE ATA claims Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and New Zealand will work to fast track new and emerging safety and environmental technologies for trucks.
THE AUSTRALIAN Trucking Association has launched the official TruckWeek 2010 website, which will act as the central point of information for the event.
THE AUSTRALIAN Trucking Association (ATA) claims while official statistics show the number of fatal accidents involving articulated trucks has fallen, improvements can still be made.
Governments should not base the specifications for future electronic speed and fatigue management systems on the Intelligent Access Program (IAP), but should instead piggyback off the existing systems used by trucking companies, the ATA says.
The Australian Trucking Association's call for truck drivers to be screened for depression as part of the medical checks for their driver’s licence, TruckSafe or fatigue accreditation, has sparked debate in the industry.
A new truck and trailer design has the potential to lift the productivity of the popular truck and dog combinations used by many operators in parts of Australia.
The peak body for the NSW trucking industry, ATA NSW, has welcomed the state Budget’s focus on roads as a way of boosting the state economy.
Australia’s transport ministers have agreed to recommend to COAG there should be a new national truck regulator by 2013
Trucking industry legend, Ross McDonald, has been named as this year’s winner of the prestigious Don Watson Memorial Award. The award honours exceptional service to the Australian trucking industry.