The ATA CEO Ben Maguire has announced the organisation will restructure and increase its focus on safety and will now combine its TruckSafe, Safety Truck, safety promotion and safety research activities into a single section within […]
Swedish truck and bus maker Scania has unveiled a bold and exciting vision for autonomous self driving, low emission, passenger and goods transport, displaying its NXT concept at the UITP Global Public Transport Summit in […]
One of the founders of the Australian Trucking Association, Bruce McIver has been made a member of the Order of Australia in today’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List recognising his significant service to politics and the road […]
The American truck industry is in a state of mild fear since President Trump’s proclamation on 30th May that he intended to impose a new round of tariffs aimed at Mexico, which has once again […]
The ATA has issued a statement criticising Austroads for limiting its research project into heavy vehicle dimensions to a 2.55metre rule and ignoring the findings of an expert panel inquiry into national freight and supply […]
Engine maker Cummins and Japanese truck manufacturer Isuzu have announced they have formalised the memorandum of understanding they had previously signed to create the Isuzu Cummins Powertrain Partnership agreement creating the business structure to bring […]
Daimler Trucks has announced it has established a special global operation to focus on highly automated driving. The Autonomous Technology Group is backed by a $AUD833 million($US580 million) investment and was launched on 1st June […]
Volvo has taken a bigger role with the peak body for trucking operators, the ATA by becoming an associate member of the association. In a statement the ATA revealed that as an associate Volvo can […]
Freight costs continue to dampen Australia’s competitiveness on the international commodities market according to a report by Deloitte Access Economics commissioned by Agri Futures Australia. The report shows that logistics are the largest single cost […]
Major trailer manufacturer , MaxiTRANS has announced it has partnered with the Australian Trucking Association’s (ATA) Industry Technical Council to lead industry innovation, by tackling an exciting engineering ‘proof of concept’ project. The ATA’s Industry […]
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