Articles by Jon Thomson

The imbroglio that is the area around Beresford, Hexham and Raymond Terrace, which has long been the bane of  every truck operator running through the Hunter or up and down the Pacific Hwy around Newcastle […]

Iveco has sold the majority of its historic site at Dandenong  following  the closure of its  historic factory  in June last year(2022), after seven decades of truck manufacturing and assembly on the site. Iveco has […]

As predicted 2022 Australian truck sales  set a new all-time sales record of 44,379 vehicles over 3.5 tonne,bettering the previous record year in 2018 by 2751 trucks, a 6.2 per cent increase on the 2018 […]

Transport operator  Transit Systems  has scooped up another major Transport for NSW Sydney bus contract, seeing it retain the contract to operate buses in the Sydney Region 3 area. Transit said the key to it […]

The NHVR has announced it has registered a new national code of practice  which it has developed in partnership with the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association (ALRTA)  with the aim of reducing the hazards […]

Volgren has revealed that more than 60  employees are participating in a company-wide apprenticeship initiative which it says  is designed to upskill and develop staff in the areas of automotive manufacturing, electrical technology and supply […]

PepsiCo, one of the world’s great purveyors of sugary soft drinks and high calorie high salt snack foods is again trumpeting its concern for the environment by re committing to a switch to electric zero […]

Scania has revealed that since it  introduced battery electric vehicles for regional transport in June this year that it  has seen a clear momentum for electric vehicles, with the company reporting that it has taken […]