To ensure drivers are not forced to queue to deliver what is expected to be a bumper harves
Canberra,Australia -Supply Chain, By Ruza Zivkusic -14 Oct 2010: -- With 40 million tonnes of grain expected this season, the Livestock and Bulk Carriers Association (LBCA) says receivers must do their job efficiently to keep waiting times down... With the single desk system gone, the question of how the new market will act remains to be answered, Higginson says... Australian Grain Harvester Association (AGHA) President Graham Mullholland says farmers and receivers will also feel the pressure... Jill Lewis from the NSW branch of the Australian Trucking Association says the industry is “pretty geared up” for the harvest and operators are ready to help move the grain due to a train shortage... (Photo from cms.traderclassifieds.com.au: Farmers urge government to tread cautiously on road pricing reform over fears rural areas will suffer)
* Greens backflip on B-double registration charge threat
Canberra,Australia -ATA Friday Facts -15 Oct 2010: -- The ATA has welcomed the announcement the Greens will not proceed with a plan to increase the cost of registration of B-doubles... In the lead-up to the August election, the Greens announced they would ‘end the subsidisation of B-double truck registration’ and divert those resources to supporting a shift of freight to rail... At the time the ATA was critical of the Greens plan, saying the proposal was based on dodgy figures... However, this week the Greens revealed the plan was no longer on their agenda... (Picture from udtrucks.com.au: B-Double truck)
* Victoria - Extends truck restrictions
Melbourne,VIC,Australia -ATN -October 13, 2010: -- Truck drivers will be banned from using the right lane on the Eastern Freeway in Victoria from next week... The ban will begin on October 19 and extends lane restrictions imposed by the Victorian Government in July on 38 kilometres of the Princes Freeway... Drivers of vehicles over 4.5 tonnes who are caught using the right lane can be fined up to $358. The restriction applies 24-hours-a-day, but buses and caravans are excluded... Minister for Roads and Ports, Tim Pallas, says the Government will continue to extend truck restrictions on freeways with three or more lanes... He says the trucking industry should be commended for comply with the new arrangements... (Picture from inmagine: Skyline and Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)Labels: trucking industry news Australia
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