It now almost seems unanimous across the transport industry that a national framework for driver competency is need of reform, and fast. There are several key areas that are now being targeted by industry
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The ‘workforce issues’ and ‘commercial imperatives’ of automated trucks
If you were lucky, you may have gotten a glimpse at Australia’s first on-road trial of automated trucks in 2022, completed by Transurban along Melbourne’s Citylink.
Autonomous trucks may seem
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Big and beefy Kenworth Legend
I have confirmed the answer, everybody! Feel free to thank me with praises, accolades, and/or Jack Daniels, for I reiterate, I have confirmed the answer. We all know the question, it’s the same
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‘Oresome’ Swedes at home in the Arctic
It’s not easy jamming history into a nutshell but it seems that sometime in the thousand-year span of the Middle Ages – from around 500 to 1500 A.D. or thereabouts – native Swedes came to realise
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Tangerine dream Mack machine
Welcome to my very first trucking short story. This is a bit of a challenge for me as my natural proclivity leans more towards the countless waffling. Yet for this feature story I am attempting to keep
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Volvo shows off muscle and 780hp might
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Video: Volvo Trucks/Greg
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Breaking down barriers on the pitch and on the road
Having to live a double life is an unfortunate reality for many female athletes in Australia.
Some seasons don’t run all year round; others don’t pay the athletes enough to make a living. Some top-level
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Benz sets a charge with eActros
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Video: Daimler Truck
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Road Freight NSW backs legislative committee rest area recommendations
Industry organisation Road Freight NSW (RFNSW) is backing recommendations put to the NSW government by a legislative committee surrounding a lack of appropriate rest areas in the state.
Released in February,
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Scania P320 voted OwnerDriver Truck of the Year
The sun was not quite up when OwnerDriver caught up with McCarthy Trucking’s Tim McCarthy at BP Officer Outbound, on the side of the Princes Highway in Victoria, to hand deliver his Truck of the Year
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