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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * Australia
* Fuel Tax Credit: Abolition would hit grocery costs
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -Food Week -14 April 2008: -- The trucking industry has slammed the Australian Conservation Foundation's proposal to abolish fuel tax credits. The industry claims the abolition of credits would increase the cost of groceries for hard-pressed working families... The system allows trucking companies to claim an 18.51 cents per litre credit on the fuel tax they pay, provided their vehicles meet one of four environmental criteria... The CEO of the Australian Trucking Association, Stuart St Clair, said that by eliminating fuel tax credits, the costs of a typical trucking operator would increase by about 22%. "This cost increase would affect every Australian family because every grocery item on the shelves of every local supermarket is delivered by truck," he said...* ATA: Governments have got it wrong on IAP
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -Supply Chain Review -April 15, 2008: -- The industry says governments should grant standard vehicles access to the higher mass limits (HML) network and devote more time to safety reforms rather than the Intelligent Access Program (IAP) to monitor truck movements... Australian Trucking Association Chief Executive Stuart St Clair has criticised the New South Wales Government’s decision to open up more of its HML routes in response to last week’s announcement of the first IAP provider, Sigtec... Although the Government stipulated greater access to HML routes will only be granted to those operators who sign up to IAP, St Clair says standard vehicles should also be included... St Clair says IAP should be used only after a driver has deliberately breached access conditions, with governments forcing them to sign up to the program in order to stay on the road... Under IAP, trucks are fitted with tracking equipment and monitored by a certified provider. The provider notifies the authorities when the trucks breach their road access conditions... Governments argue IAP is necessary to ensure drivers stick to a set route and do not use bridges or roads that cannot stand up to the weight of heavy vehicles...
* SARTA chief hits out at government under-investment in speed reforms
Adelaide,South Australia -ATN -14 April 2008: -- In a letter to Australia’s transport and police ministers, South Australia Road Transport Association (SARTA) Chief Executive Steve Shearer, says the implementation of speed laws is being delayed because governments are limiting the amount of resources available for the reform process... He says governments must devote more resources to heavy vehicle speed reforms so they can be introduced alongside new fatigue laws or risk undermining the effectiveness of fatigue reforms... Shearer says without introducing both laws simultaneously, sections of the trucking industry will disregard speed limits to compensate for stricter driving hours that come under fatigue management regulations...
* Private equity firm to buy out transport companies
Sydney,Australia -ATN -11 April 2008: -- Gresham Partners’ private equity arm will spend about $200 million to buy-out six family-owned transport and logistics businesses... The funds will come from a combination of debt and equity, with the company planning on consolidating the six businesses, which will come from across the country, into one entity to be called Silk Logistics... A spokeswoman for the Sydney-based Gresham Partners declined to name the six companies that are to be purchased, saying only an announcement will be made next week...
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