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The first year of operation with the Fairfax ZE refrigerated trailer on New Zealand roads has delivered some revealing data on emissions savings.

The Fairfax ZE is New Zealand’s first fully electric, VDAM-regulated, refrigerated trailer using a hybrid axle to generate electricity as a replacement for a diesel generator to power the refrigeration unit.

The technology has been developed in a collaboration between Fairfax, Transcold, and Transpecs.

The first adopter of the Fairfax ZE was Foodstuffs North Island. Over the last year its ZE trailer has clocked up more than 1,000 hours on the road and saved 8,226 kilograms of CO2 emissions in the process.

In June this year, ...

Two Board appointments were confirmed at the annual meeting of Transporting New Zealand in Napier on October 10.

Shona Robertson of Heriot-based Road Transport Logistics has been elected to the Board of the national road freight association and Brett Hamilton of Southern Milk Transport was also re-elected for his fifth year serving on the Board.

“We are thrilled to welcome Shona to the Board. She brings a wealth of experience and knowledge, particularly in the livestock transport sector,” says Dom Kalasih, CEO of Transporting New Zealand.

“At both a local and national level Shona has consistently advocated for the sector, with her expertise being requested several times by ...

The 2025 class of inductees into the Mobil 1 Delvac New Zealand Road Transport Hall of Fame will be celebrated at the annual black tie gala dinner in Invercargill on Friday September 26.

Established in 2012 with an inaugural class of eight inductees, there are now 73 members of the Hall of Fame who have been recognised for their contributions across many aspects of New Zealand’s road transport industry.

Beginning last year, the event also raises funds to assist the Street Smart driven by Tony Quinn Foundation road safety charity, which delivers a hands-on young driver training programme to New Zealand.

The collaboration stems from similar values – making sure people stay sa...

The New Zealand Log Transport Safety Council conferred its first life memberships to honour long-time industry stalwarts at its 2025 AGM in Rotorua recently.

As the council prepares to celebrate 30 years since its creation in 1996, it has named Duncan Borlase, Bruce Nairn and John Long as its inaugural life members.

Outgoing chairman Warwick Wilshier, who stepped down at this year’s AGM after 25 years at the helm of the council, says the time was right to confer the first life memberships.

“Last year we adopted a new constitution which will set the council in a good place for the future,” Warwick says.

“As part of that we decided we would appoint our inaugural life me...

A major new global player in the commercial vehicle market will be established when Indian giant Tata Motors takes ownership of the Iveco Group.

The two companies recently announced they have reached agreement to create a commercial vehicles group with the reach, product portfolio and industrial capability to be a leading global competitor.

Completion of the deal is conditional on the separation of Iveco Group’s defence business. The likely timeline for the deal to be complete is the first half of 2026.

The Tata Motors offer to Iveco shareholders is valued at Euro3.8 billion (NZ$7.4b) and would bring together two businesses with highly complementary...