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Mack re-signs with Kelly Racing for 2012
Having sponsored the Kelly Racing team since 2010, Mack Trucks Australia has announced its third season of supporting the team, with no plans for slowing down on the budding partnership. With a bulging 2012 calendar that takes it all over Australia and around the world, the Kelly Racing team has ensured its sponsor an adventure like [...]
Cummins South Pacific has announced that Dennis Quinn, managing director/ general manager has resigned, and will be leaving the company in mid-March. His replacement is Peter Jensen-Muir who has been with Cummins both in Australian and overseas roles for the past 23 years. Gino Butera, executive managing director of Cummins Asia Pacific, said that under [...]
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The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has taken a non-partisan stance in regards to the Australian Government’s Road Safety Remuneration Bill (RSRB), saying it will neither support nor oppose the legislation because it is not an industrial relations organisation. “The ATA focuses on improving the safety, viability and professionalism of the trucking industry, and our members [...]
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The Netherlands based Groeneveld Group – a leading supplier of automatic lubrication and oil management systems – has reshaped its management structure with the aim of facilitating further global growth. A board of management has been established with Henk Groeneveld as president, Ron den Engelsen, manager of strategy and business development, and Sjaak van [...]
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Hino has significantly enhanced its safety reputation with the standard fitment of a front under-run protection system (FUPS) on all on-highway versions of its 500 and 700 series trucks. The FUPS bar is incorporated into the truck’s standard bumper and is included in all 500 series and 700 Series on-highway trucks from late 2011 production. [...]
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Craig Mitchell, the former owner of Western Australian trucking firm Mitchell Corp, and business partner Jon Italiano are launching a network of roadhouses under the Outback Travel Centres (OTC) banner in the Pilbara region of northern WA. “Frankly, there are some roadhouses in Western Australia where you wouldn’t be game to use the toilets, let [...]
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It’s official: The land ‘Down Under’ is now the centre for global field testing of Cummins truck engines. This has been confirmed by the current testing in Australia of an all-new 13 litre engine for global markets, and an enhanced 15 litre ISX power plant due for North American release in 2013. “Australian operating conditions challenge [...]
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Flying in the face of current economic woes beseiging much of Europe and other parts of the world, Daimler AG has announced a record net profit for 2011 of €6.0 billion, eclipsing its 2010 result by €1.3 billion. “In 2011 Daimler Group achieved the best-ever results in its 125 year history for unit sales, [...]
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In a bid to maximise efficiencies across its truck fleet, refrigerated haulage specialist Freezex has been trialling a single-drive UD GK 400 prime mover in its local distribution operation. So far, it’s all good news. Focusing on the storage and local distribution of perishable foodstuffs, Freezex operates a 20-strong truck fleet from its MarsdenPark (westernSydney) [...]
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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has posted a recall notice on behalf of Mercedes-Benz Australia/ Pacific regarding a potential electrical fault with Freightliner Coronado and Argosy trucks fitted with Detroit Diesel DD15 engines. According to the ACCC notice, on Freightliners equipped with DD15 engines the bolt attaching a rubber isolator to a support [...]
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