NZTD News

Effectively managing driver fatigue is essential for fleet operations in New Zealand, as it directly affects both safety and efficiency. Alongside the government’s initiatives to enhance road safety, integrating technology to monitor and mitigate fatigue is more important than ever.

Advanced fatigue management systems, like Teletrac Navman’s TN360, offer real-time data on driver hours, break times and driving habits. This makes it easier to spot early signs of fatigue, enabling managers to quickly respond and prevent i...

With over a 168,000 heavy trucks on our roads, every day there is a story to be read about the men and women keeping our supply chain going. 

Two in particular over the last two weeks caught my attention, for very different reasons but both pointing to the same thing - paying attention.  One ended in triumph, with a life saved, one in tragedy with a life lost.

In Auckland this week, quick thinking from NRC Member SRL Cargo driver Prabhjot Singh saved the life of a woman hanging off on the Penrose over b...

Our new Board met this week and very quickly got into action, appointing economist Cam Bagrie as Independent Director and Chair.

We’ve been very lucky to have had Boards filled with very successful, passionate and committed people from the transport industry and they’ve been good fits for the activities and strategies for those respective periods. The last few years have seen unprecedented change and the timing is now perfect to add the additional skills, experience and knowledge that Cam (pictured) will bring.

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South Island, New Zealand - An initiative to enhance road safety is underway with a series of rollover prevention courses available to all heavy vehicle drivers across the South Island. These courses are organised in association with NZI, Icon Logistics, the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), and Transporting New Zealand.

The training sessions are scheduled for November 12, 13, and 14, 2024, in Dunedin, Balclutha, and Invercargill, respectively. Led by Hamish Piercy, a Fleet Risk Manager at NZI, these courses aim to ...

Christchurch Airport has signed a significant deal with Fulton Hogan to expand its existing freight aircraft parking area, effectively doubling the airport’s freight handling capacity. The project is part of the airport’s 2040 Master Plan and will support the South Island economy by boosting the region’s global trade connections, particularly in the growing e-commerce sector.

The multi-million-dollar project will increase the freight aircraft parking area, known as an apron, to a size equivalent to six football pitches...

In a recent media briefing coinciding with the launch of the updated Fuso Canter light-duty range, Daniel Whitehead, President and CEO of Daimler Truck Australia, expressed that electric truck sales figures do not fully capture the complexities and progress in the transition to sustainable transport. While global sales of Daimler's battery-electric vehicles rose to 666 units in the third quarter of 2024 from 491 in the same period last year, these numbers still represent a small fraction of the 114,917 total trucks and buses...