French truck maker Renault Trucks, now part of the Volvo Group, and six partner businesses have launched a new project aimed at reducing the fuel consumption of distribution vehicles’ by as much as 13 per cent […]
Hino Australia has continued its 50th anniversary celebrations with a salute to the first Hino sold in Australia. The 1965 Hino bus, which now resides at the Tasmanian Transport Museum in Hobart, was brought out […]
It seems that the Tieman Trailer business may have been saved with the issuing of a statement by the Tieman family announcing it had bought back the core business just three weeks after announcing the […]
Daimler Trucks North America has announced an $18 million investment to upgrade its current research and development facility in Madras, that is Madras, Oregon in the USA, not the more well known one in India! […]
Fuel operator Puma Energy has completed the acquisition of BP Australia’s bitumen business, making it one of the largest suppliers of bitumen in the country. The purchase agreement, signed in March, means Puma Energy will […]
Isuzu Truck has announced it has created a new role entitled marketing manager, CRM and Digital and appointed Michael McLean to the role. Dealing with customer engagement and relations management, the position will also strategically position […]
In another indication that things are starting to turn tough, family owned trailer manufacturer Tieman Industries has been placed in voluntary administration after 62 years in the business. However company founder Neil Tieman and his […]
One of the quiet achievers of road transport Jim Pearson achieved a significant milestone recently with the delivery of the 200th Freightliner for his Port Macquarie based Jim Pearson Transport. “Freightliner continues to be my provider […]
The same disruptive technology that Uber has brought to the taxi industry is coming to the truck industry according to a report by global analysis giant Frost & Sullivan. According to the report the transportation […]
Australian truck sales have softened in July with total volume off by 793 units or 23 per cent compared with June. The soft numbers have alarmed some industry experts who believed that the market may […]
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