Road Torque News

Heads up, February sees the return of the annual Truck Driver Appreciation Week – with various events around the country spanning the week February 22 to 28.

The team at NZ Truck & Driver is busy co-ordinating the week’s activities, alongside the Road Transport Forum and our association partners.

We extend a special thanks to the RTF for its contribution and support for TDAW – along with a number of industry suppliers who have also already committed to supporting the event 

We are working towards events around the c...

This week, myself and Road Transport Forum board member and road freight transport business owner Deborah O’Brien toured the famous Transmission Gully build. We weren’t disappointed.
This road will enhance travel into and out of the Wellington region with a 27 kilometre motorway from Mackays Crossing to Linden that will be a key part of the 110km Wellington Northern Corridor (Wellington to Levin).
 
This will make a big difference in terms of safety and resilience for the region once the road opens in Septe...

The 10-kilometre long Christchurch Northern Corridor will have an open day this Saturday 12 December, between 2 and 6pm, where people will be able to walk or cycle on the motorway before being fully operational on the 17th.

The Christchurch Northern Corridor extends the Northern Motorway through to QEII Drive and Cranford Street and is designed to make travel times in and out of Christchurch shorter.

The Northern Corridor is the first alliance contract of this size in the South Island. It is an alliance between the ...

Like lots of Kiwi kids, Hamish Bennett has fond memories of making brrrrrmm brrrrrmm   engine noises while playing with trucks in the sandpit. Unlike lots of other kids though, Hamish had a fairly good inkling his fascination with trucks wasn’t just a phase. 

He was right.

This, now grown-up, Kiwi is currently in Sweden in charge of a team shaping the future of truck design and development for one of the world’s leading truck manufacturers – Scania.

“I was certainl...

MITO, in tandem with the Road Transport Forum (RTF), has launched a new micro-credential that provides a comprehensive introduction to the commercial road transport industry.

This will be one of six micro-credentials that will form part of the RTF’s Road to success traineeship to be launched next year.

From vehicle systems and documentation, through to driver roles and customer service, learners will gain the foundation knowledge required to either kickstart their qualification pathway in the industry, or to explo...

Using data spanning half a decade, and the analysis of nearly 17,000 commercial vehicle claims, NZI, a division of IAG New Zealand Limited, has concluded, that nearly half of all commercial vehicle accidents happen in the first two hours of a driver’s shift.

NZI’s National Motor Manager, Oliver Jepson says that while 93% of New Zealand’s freight is transported via road, it also seems that COVID-19 has continued New Zealand’s reliance on commercial vehicles, particularly trucks that transport the nation&rs...

A sudden decision to move a large in-bound container ship to Northport to discharge 1,300 containers raises serious safety concerns, says National Road Carriers (NRC) Chief Executive David Aitken.

Mr Aitken was commenting on the announcement from ANZEX ANL shipping line that the Constantinos P has been diverted from Ports of Auckland to Northport due to congestion at the Auckland port. The Constantinos P is expected to offload all 1,300 Auckland-bound containers at Northport on 6 December. The container ship was scheduled to arr...

Far from being obtuse, Operation Triangle is easy to understand and not a dull topic at all. In fact the message is clear; drivers moving freight in New Zealand’s ‘Golden Triangle’ need to take care out there and last month many of those Linehaul drivers did.

The boundaries of the Police commercial vehicle operation were; Hawke's Bay on SH5 – Iwitahi, between Taupo and Napier, secondly in the Waikato SH3 – 8 Mile Junction near Te Kuiti at the intersection of SH3 and 30 and finally at Turangi 50 km s...