A decade ago, National Transport Insurance (NTI) Accident Assist provided the ‘missing link’ between salvage operators, the insurer and repairers, which NTI says has helped cut claims approval from up to two weeks down to just 24 hours. According to NTI chief executive Tony Clark, Accident Assist was created in 2002 after research showed the earliest [...]

Scania recently launched its 2011 online sustainability report, outlining a shift in focus that puts sustainable transport right at the heart of the company’s business strategy. “Customer value goes hand in hand with sustainability,” said Leif Östling, Scania’s president and CEO. “There is no conflict of interest between making our customers’ businesses as profitable as [...]

After eight years as managing director of Isuzu General Motors (I-GM) and Isuzu Australia Limited (IAL), Masayuki (Yuki) Murata has been appointed as chairman of Isuzu Motors Europe Ltd, located near Brussels in Belgium, effective April 1 this year. His replacement is Mr Koichi Yoda of Isuzu Motors Ltd (Japan), who will relocate to Melbourne [...]

The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has re-elected David Simon as its chairman for a second term. He was elected unopposed at the association’s annual general meeting in Canberra. David is the managing director of Simon National Carriers and has a deep understanding of the industry both as an operator and at an association level. He [...]

Nominations for the 2012 Highway Guardian Award are now open. Sponsored by Continental Tyres of Australia, the award recognises brave and gallant acts performed by professional truck drivers in the course of their driving. The winner of the 2011 Highway Guardian award, Michael Munchow of Sedl Transport, Toowoomba, was honoured for his actions during the [...]

The Commercial Vehicle Industry Association of Queensland (CVIAQ) recently lost another of its past presidents with the passing of Valentine (Val) Burns aged 89 years. Val, whose company Oxley Motor Sales was an inaugural CVIAQ member, became a long standing and active CVIAQ board director commencing his tenure in 1972 and retiring from the board [...]

Allison Transmission is set to showcase to key truck operators, manufacturers and media its automatic transmissions installed in a range of medium and heavy-duty trucks. The event will be held from April 15-21 at Queensland’s Mt Cotton Driver Training Centre, a 283 hectare (700 acre) facility with more than 7.6 kilometres (five miles) of undulating [...]

Leading Australian transport and logistics provider, Toll Group, has heightened its credentials as an industry leader in environmental sustainability, placing another bulk order for Isuzu CNG (compressed natural gas) medium-duty trucks. Added to the company’s earlier acquisitions, Toll IPEC’s recent order of 42 FSR 700 CNG units brings the total number of Isuzu CNG trucks [...]

Leading transport equipment supplier, MaxiTRANS, has announced the acquisition of Queensland Diesel Spares Pty Ltd (QDS). The partnership of its existing parts business, Colrain, with QDS establishes MaxiTRANS as one of the largest truck and trailer parts distribution and retail operations in Australia. Both Colrain and QDS will be managed under the umbrella of MaxiTRANS [...]

Damien Crossling from Naracoorte in South Australia is this weeks winner of a pair of seriously stylish Mack boots. Damien’s reason for wanting a new pair of Bulldog boots is entirely practical: “My trusty old RMs have finally got a hole in them, and I need a tough pair of boots to survive working in fertiliser.” Good on you [...]