NZTD News
November Issue of NZ Truck & Driver out next week
Posted on 24-Oct-2024
The November issue of New Zealand Truck & Driver is now on sale with the cover and Giti Tyres Big Test showcasing a high-spec Volvo FH 16 livestock unit working for Beale Trucking.
We spent the day with the team from Mangatainoka, collecting stock around the Tararua region and making easy work of the Woodville-Ashurst Saddle Rd with 750hp at our disposal.
This month’s Teletrac Navman Fleet Focus takes a trip to Waimauku to visit with Iydeen Wood, founder of Dirtworks. The company runs an impres...
.. Read MoreSH60 Tākaka Hill summer maintenance work to be wrapped up before Christmas
Posted on 24-Oct-2024
Night and day-time closures are planned for State Highway 60 Tākaka Hill next month, as the state highway summer maintenance season continues in the top of the South Island.
Rob Service, System Manager, Top of the South, says the work is deliberately timed for November to ensure the route is clear for all drivers over the summer holidays.
“Golden Bay is a popular holiday spot and summer sees busy roads. So, we want to get this work done before the summer holiday season.”
Between Sunday, 3 November, and Sund...
.. Read MoreSummer road maintenance Akaroa highway, SH75 – night-times affected
Posted on 24-Oct-2024
People who drive between Akaroa and Little River on SH75 might like to diarise some night work coming up between Little River and Barrys Bay, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
Work on the Akaroa side of Hilltop gets underway next Tuesday night, 29 October, after Labour Weekend, from 9 pm at night to 5 am the next day. The resurfacing work, taking a fortnight, runs through to the morning of Tuesday, 12 November.
Detour for light vehicles and general access trucks only
There is a detour via the hig...
.. Read MoreTauranga Eastern Link Toll Road overnight lane closures
Posted on 24-Oct-2024
A closure of State Highway 2 (SH2) Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road (TELTR) is required, for 1 direction at a time, over 3 nights starting Monday 4 November between 8pm and 6am.
To ensure the safety of contractors and the travelling public, the closures are required to remove the temporary steel barriers and repair the road surface.
What to expect:
Monday 4 November – SH2 TELTR west bound lane closed between 8pm and 6am with a detour starting at the Domain Road Interchange, joining the Te Puke H...
.. Read MoreToll Group appoints Penske as OEM Partner
Posted on 24-Oct-2024
Leading logistics supplier Toll Group has appointed Penske Australia as a strategic original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partner, contracted to provide over 180 Western Star and MAN trucks with deliveries commencing immediately.
Delivering a commercially astute Western Star and MAN solution, the contract includes the supply of A-double, B-double, and single trailer-rated prime movers in bonneted and cab-over configurations with the potential in future to supply prime movers capable of pulling quad configuration...
.. Read MoreFreight companies battling on despite tougher economy
Posted on 18-Oct-2024
Latest economic data shows the road transport industry continues to meet market demand, despite tougher economic times, and most companies are continuing to withstand rising costs.
We do really feel for those businesses that haven’t been able to survive, be they moving freight or the clients of our members.
While it is clearly not easy out there, we believe there is no cause for alarm or widespread doom and gloom. We’re seeing operators and their employees making big changes, trailer manufacturers and body builde...
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