After getting regular emails from auction houses around Australia in the last few years, it would appear that the Australian trucking industry is going through a period of structural change.
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Leaving Everything Until the Last Minute
If there is one thing we, in the Australian trucking industry, are good at, it is leaving everything until the last minute. However, sometimes it’s not quite such a good idea to leave it quite that long.
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A Window of Opportunity
There are big changes ahead for the trucking industry and the old Boy Scout motto of ‘Be Prepared’ should apply, as we currently have a window of opportunity in the next five to ten years to prepare ourselves to lessen the shock of the changes and to enable us to get an economic benefit from those changes.
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Ten Years After
When looking back over history in the trucking industry the lines can get a bit blurred as to just how long ago some events were, but this month is ten years after quite a traumatising period for road transport.
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Major Disruptions to Business Models
As we head into the New Year and the brave new world 2024 the trucking industry knows that it is facing major disruptions to business models and to the way the business task is handled. As the trucking business develops, it will have to continue living with the rate of change as it moves forward.
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A Time to Reflect Upon the Year
It’s Christmas time again and as we come to the end of another year, it is a time to reflect upon the year which has just past and look at our hopes and dreams for the years to come.
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Road Transport is a Low Priority
When there is an important issue to be sorted out, the different levels of government suddenly get their collective backsides into gear and the necessary regulations arrive, but not for trucking, road transport is a low priority.
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A Better Bang For Your Buck
A new research study has been released in Europe by the International Road Union (IRU), which has studied the various ways which the trucking industry could meet the decarbonisation challenge and concluded that for the trucking industry, driving overall efficiency will give you a better bang for your buck.
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Fighting the Public Relations War
After watching the YouTube footage, which had been on the television news, of a blazing truck on the Westgate Freeway in Melbourne this week, it made me realise that as the truck industry moves towards its planned zero emissions future, it is going to have to start fighting the public relations war against the naysayers who attack electric trucks and who are rampant on social media.
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Get the Zero Emissions Ball Rolling
This week NatRoad has called for the creation of a Clean Transport Fund of $3.5 billion, which points the way towards an initiative which would see the government get the zero emissions ball rolling for road transport.
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