GITI Tyres Big Test: Modern Marvel
With major HEB Construction projects rampingup across the country, the company’s Heavy Haulage division has recently acquired some new muscle so it can deliver big machinery to the right place at the right time.
One of the newcomers is Nightcrawler, a Volvo FH16 700 6x4 tractor unit which is purpose-built to 180t heavy haul specification.
The Volvo works throughout New Zealand driven by Whakatane’s Rex Stephens, who has already clocked up 24,000km while shifting cr...
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Awards recognise leaders and innovators
Transporting New Zealand recognised the efforts of industry high achievers, innovators, and young talent during the awards dinner held at the conclusion of its North Island Road Freight Seminar eve...
Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Global lessons for local transport
Over the last couple of decades, I’ve had the opportunity to be part of the International Forum for Heavy Vehicle Transport and Technology (HVTT). The most recent symposium, HVTT18 in Quebec, offer...
Fleet Focus
Fern Energy's premium tanker top-up
Fern Energy has a crisp new look having engineered probably the largest and most intense fuel tanker fleet replacement programme in New Zealand transport history.
The project was a three-way coll...
Southpac Legends
Bourkey’s work, rest... and a play!
In the rugged, demanding world of New Zealand’strucking industry, some characters are larger than life. They are the ones whose passion is infectious, whose work ethic is legendary, and whose story...
Recently Registered
Isuzu extends market leadership
There were 341 registrations of new trucks with a GVM above 4.5 tonnes during September and the year-to-date (YTD) total has reached 2824 registrations for the first nine months of 2025.
The Sept...
Double Coin Imaging Awards
Double Coin Transport Imaging Awards; Fitzy's Pride
The latest in a 30-year sequence of yellow and white livestock truck for Mangatainoka’s D & J Fitzgerald Ltd is a 2024 Volvo FH16 Globetrotter.The new 8x4 Globetrotter with 700hp Euro 5 spec D16...
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