The ATA has announced the winners of its National Trucking Industry Awards which were presented last week at its Technology and Maintenance Conference in Melbourne.
The Trucking Association awarded the 2026 Craig Roseneder Award for technical and maintenance excellence, to Victorian Russell Borchard of Borchtrans and thanks to Castrol’s sponsorship of the award, he will receive a trip the 2027 US Technology and Maintenance Council annual meeting and the Transportation Technology Exhibition in Florida, in March next year.
The ATA said that the award recognises and celebrates the men and women who work behind the scenes to keep the industry’s workshops running and that Borchard’s prize also includes full conference registration, return airfares, five nights premium accommodation and $1,000 spending money.
It also revealed that Victoria’s Border Crane Consultants was announced as the winner of the Truck Tech training excellence award, with Jason Barry accepting the award that the ATA says recognises transport operators with a strong and demonstrated commitment to training and development, thereby improving safety for all.
As the winner Border Crane Consultants will receive an $5,000 prize package to be used toward staff training initiatives or a business services package with a training consultancy.
Long time transport industry stalwart, Ron Finemore Transport was announced as the winner of the National Sustainability Award.
The National Sustainability Award, which is sponsored by Michelin Australia, was accepted by Ron Finemore, himself, with the company set to receive a $7,200 cash prize to be used to fund a new or an ongoing sustainability initiative thanks to the award which recognises trucking operators with a demonstrated commitment to reducing \ environmental impact
Nemanja Miletic of SAF-Holland in Melbourne= was announced as the winner of the Castrol Industry Achievement Award , which recognises exceptional technical innovation and industry achievement.
Miletic started his engineering career in Australian engineering in 2002 when he joined Hendrickson Australia, where he spent four years as design engineer, before joining Iveco as special vehicle application engineer before joining SAF-Holland Australia, where has worked in both the German and Australian operations of the company.
Denis Robertson was made a was made a life member of the ATA’s Industry Technical Council in recognition of his long and distinguished service to the council, after a long relationship with the ATA, which includes being a founding member of the Association and its former chair.
Robertson was also the founder of Roadmaster Haulage with a 50-year background in the refrigerated transport industry.
In 1989 following the tragic Grafton crash Robertson, together with other industry leaders created the Road Transport Forum, which became the ATA, and was its chair from 1993 to 1996, also overseeing the formation of TruckSafe.
Denis continues to play an active role on the ATA council, ITC and the ATA’s NHQ committee.
