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MOVE Logistics Group has released its Annual Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 (FY24), revealing a year marked by significant challenges and a strategic commitment to recovery. Despite encountering some of the most difficult trading conditions in recent history, the company is poised for transformation under its newly launched Accelerate programme.

In the report, the Board acknowledged that the organisation was slow to adapt to decreased market activity, resulting in financial results that fell short of e...

The October issue of New Zealand Truck & Driver magazine is on the highways of Northland to sample a powerful new Mercedes-Benz which isn’t what it appears to be at first glance.

The cover and Giti Tyres Big Test feature the new Arocs 3263 which is the flagship of the Carter’s Bulk Haul fleet but is lightly disguised with an Actros grille. The 625hp 8x4 and its Underbelly bulk bin and 5-axle trailer include a number of specification choices to suit Carter’s varied bulk tasks and the Northland road co...

Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand has joined with a coalition of motor industry organisations calling for an industry-owned and led training organisation for the automotive and motoring sector which can better prepare graduates for rapid technological change through work-based learning. 

Dom Kalasih, Interim Chief Executive of Transporting New Zealand, says the organisation fully supports the Motor Trade Association's call for MITO to be transitioned into an industry-led, industry-owned entity.  

At IAA Transportation in Hanover, Scania showcases its versatile range of electrified and biofuel heavy trucks, including a brand-new battery electric tractor. Scania’s electric vehicle range now encompasses vehicles for nearly all applications, also featuring timber trucks.

“Customers can now benefit from greener options without adversely affecting normal operations and thereby help set the stage for a fossil-free future of heavy transport,” says President and CEO Christian Levin, Scania. 

Scania now stands...

I‘m pleased to start off with a bouquet to Road Science and its technical manager Darcy Rogers.

This week NBR ran a story “Crumbling roads: the bitumen problem bites”. One of the issues Mr. Rogers points out is that New Zealand is a small player when it comes to importing bitumen, accounting for about 0.16 percent of global demand. That makes us price takers with little negotiating power as to the quality and price of the product of its landed product.

Mr. Rogers said that when surfacing roads their aim...

Scania has sold 50 heavy trucks to Hall’s Group in one year – a record volume of sales to a single customer in Scania NZ’s five-year history.

The 20 Scania G560 Supers – 8x4 Trailer Tractor units, delivered last week to Hall’s, come within 12 months of Hall’s also buying 30 V8’s from Scania.

Scania NZ managing director, Victor Carvalho, says the scale of these successful consignments to Hall’s Group is testament to the customer-first mindset and strategy that Scania NZ has focused on in recent years.