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TRUCKING INDUSTRY TROUBLES * Australia - It’s been a tough time recently for trucking
First Fleet's gone, but 1st Fleet's still kicking... Name likeness to failed company causes rumours to circulate about the demise of one of the nation's largest trucking operators...
Wingfield,S.A.,,Australia -ATN, by Brad Gardner -March 29, 2010: -- Fletchers Freighters has called in administrators, signifying another of the trucking industry’s big-name carriers is struggling to survive... Details are sketchy at the moment, but administrators say Fletchers operations will be urgently assessed to look at possible restructuring and sale opportunities... Fletchers has depots in Adelaide, Berrie, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and operates a fleet of 80 trucks and 135 trailers...
South Melbourne,Victory -- Mannway sinking into oblivion after administrators failed to find a buyer. As well as a huge debt burden, the company also lost significant contracts with customers... 
Brisbane,Queensland -- Earlier this month one of Queensland’s largest trucking companies, Latter’s Transport, went into liquidation over an unpaid debt to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). It marked an end for the 40-year-old company, which boasted a fleet of 80 prime movers and more than 140 trailers...
Wynnum Central, QLD -- Another big-name Queensland operator, Hawkins Road Transport, turned its back on general freight because it was not sustainable... Hawkins CEO Rosalind Shaw says general freight volumes have fallen in the last year, and the decision of one of the company’s biggest customers to turn to rail about six months ago also influenced the operator’s decision...
Kembla, NSW -- The Director of Ross Transport, Alan Ross, says more trucking companies will go broke unless governments stop slugging them with higher charges... His comment came before last week’s announcement by the National Transport Commission (NTC) that governments should increase scheduled registration increases by 4.2 percent and raise the diesel excise to 22.6 cents a litre from July 1...Labels: trucking industry news Australia
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