Covid-19

someone who wasn’t born into the industry

Someone Who Wasn’t Born Into The Industry

Joe Joseph, Managing Director of JD Refrigerated Transport, is someone who wasn’t born into the industry. At the same time, recent events including the Covid-19 pandemic have placed extra demand on essential services including the food transport industry. These circumstances have, according to Joe, seen the company’s freight task rise by nearly 10 per cent.
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the cost of Covid for trucking

The Cost of Covid for Trucking

While I was collating the truck sales data for PowerTorque’s story about global truck sales, I came across data about the cost of Covid for trucking in Africa. The figures quoted by Charleen Clarke of Focus on Transport and Logistics magazine from South Africa, made me realise just how lucky we have been in dodging the bullet (so far, to a certain extent) from the pandemic.
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global truck market during Covid

Global Truck Market During Covid

Looking around the world at the global truck market during Covid can be a little confusing. The situation looks like it will remain unstable for some time to come, as the industry will need trucks as economies recover, but lockdowns will limit all activities, including truck sales. 
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should vaccination be mandatory for truck drivers?

Should Vaccination be Mandatory for Truck Drivers?

In a statement this week NatRoad raised an important topic for debate, should vaccination be mandatory for truck drivers? This is a loaded question and one which brings into play many conflicting issues, the trucking industry is going to have to think long and hard about this whole area.
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another blow for BTS21

Another Blow for BTS21

Hino pulling out of the Brisbane Truck Show deals another blow for BTS21, as the Japanese truck maker announced the company’s decision to withdraw from the show, due to take place from May 13th to 16th.
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getting rid of curfews

Getting Rid of Curfews

At the beginning of the pandemic the idea of getting rid of curfews was all about ensuring the supermarket shelves remained fully stocked, while the population set about a prolonged panic buy. Now, the situation is different with shorter lockdowns and much of the economy running close to normal, but also few calls from residents in formerly curfewed areas for their return.
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trying to keep up with border regulations

Living in Uncertain Times

Welcome to PowerTorque for a New Year, one which we all hope will be a less stressful than 2020, but we all know we are still living in uncertain times and that the challenges of 2021 are going to be hard enough to create new difficulties for our industry to surmount. Read More
the maddest time of the year

It’s Been Quite a Year

It surely would be the understatement of understatements, when talking about 2020, to say it’s been quite a year. This has been a year like nothing any of us has ever experienced, and a year we would prefer not to experience again.
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it’s been a crazy year

It’s Been a Crazy Year 

I came across some statistics this week which confirm my suspicions about what’s been going on in 2020, and yes, it’s been a crazy year. This is one we are not going to forget anytime soon and is going to influence our thinking for decades to come.
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there’s always one

There’s Always One

The latest news from Victoria around the Covid-19 issue shows us that there’s always one person who is not going to do the right thing. The question is whether they get caught or not.
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