NZTD News

The May 2024 edition of New Zealand Truck & Driver is on sale this week with the cover story and Giti Tyres Big Test featuring a new application for the 16-litre Scania V8. 

Taupo’s Northern Linehaul has expanded its fleet of Scania off-highway trucks working in the Kaingaroa Forest with its first new R 620 stems unit. Working at up to 85 tonnes, the R 620 is specified based on NLL’s experience with the S 730 doubles unit known as Black Adam, which featured in the magazine last year.

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Energy Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed an important milestone in New Zealand’s hydrogen future, with the opening of the country’s first network of hydrogen refuelling stations in Wiri.

“I want to congratulate the team at Hiringa Energy and its partners K one W one (K1W1), Mitsui & Co New Zealand Limited, and Green Impact Partners for reaching this important milestone,” Mr Brown says.

“Hydrogen can play an important role in decarbonising a number of industries and sectors, such as fertiliser and methanol produc...

The new Fairfield Freight Hub offers efficient transport options and gets more of Canterbury’s goods on rail.

The intermodal rail-road hub was officially opened this afternoon at an event attended by Transport Minister Simeon Brown, Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown and senior managers from the Wareing Group and KiwiRail. 

KiwiRail Chief Executive Peter Reidy says the hub is great news for KiwiRail and the Ashburton area.

“Mid Canterbury is a base for moving significant container volumes to South Island ports...

Making it safer for schoolchildren, cyclists, walkers and motorists is the focus of three road safety improvement projects by New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) due to start next week.

Two projects, between Bayly and Pioneer roads on Devon Street West/South Road, will result in greater safety for all users, particular school children, while intersection improvements will make it easier for ambulances to exit Lorna Street onto Devon Street West. 

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Insurer AMI is cautioning drivers to be safe on the roads, as new research reveals that 55% of drivers admit to being distracted while driving, and 21% said they’d driven under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

The national survey also showed that mobile phones were responsible for distracting 30% of drivers in the past year, and 68% considered them the biggest distraction to contend with while driving.

AMI Executive General Manager Claims, Wayne Tippet says, “These results are an important reminder of driver sa...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is advising motorists in South Auckland that, subject to weather, the two northbound lanes on the SH1 Southern Motorway from opposite the BP motorway service centre north of Drury up to the northbound off-ramp at Papakura Interchange will be moved across to the west onto newly formed traffic lanes overnight on Monday 22 April.

This means the two northbound lanes will no longer be separated by the central median barrier, as they have been since September last year.

A full motorway c...