GITI Tyres Big Test; Southern Star
The brightest three-pointed star in the Clutha Valley Transport (CVT) fleet makes South Otago its home, but it gets the chance to shine across a big chunk of the Mainland.
The 8x4 Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3258L/52 configured as a 9-axle livestock unit went on the road in August 2024. When we caught up with the truck during the last days of the unusually mild autumn, it had already been hard at work clocking up 65,000km in about nine months.
The detail of the model designation...
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Electric RUC exemption extended
In a move to accelerate the adoption of
battery electric heavy vehicles, the Government has extended the RUC (Road User Charge) exemption for such vehicles until 1 July 2027.
Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Support for permitting and chain of responsibility
Over the past 15 years, High Productivity Motor Vehicles have played an increasingly important part in the supply chain. During this period of stagnant economic growth, the effici...
Fleet Focus
A succession for Kings
Acquisitions and mergers are commonplace across the transport industry. And those strategies played a part in the growth of Southland’s D.T. King & Co and [from 2013] D.T. Kings T...
Southpac Legends
The 9 lives and legacy of Jim Dynes Jim Dynes - Dynes Transport
A figure of legendary resilience in New Zealand’s transport industry, Jim Dynes was a man said to have nine lives, a tally he likely exceeded. Throughout a career defined by an ext...
Recently Registered
Registrations remain sluggish
New truck registrations from July are again well behind last year’s figures as truck sales continue to reflect the overall state of the New Zealand economy.
The monthly reg...
Double Coin Imaging Awards
Rewriting the Roadmap: CWT’s Journey to Reinvention
Canterbury company CWT Ltd have been operating under the radar for nearly 30 years. But, with the addition of a striking new Kenworth K220 they’ve definitely stepped out of the sha...
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