TRUCKING INDUSTRY * Australia
* New South Wales - Cootes’ shares dive as trucks ordered off the road for inspections
(Photo: Tim Pascoe - The scene of the fuel tanker crash in Sydney in which two people died)
Sydney,NSW,Australia -SMH, by Jenny Wiggins -February 10, 2014: -- The NSW roads minister ordered the transport company’s Cootes petrol tankers off the road again following the discovery of fresh safety breaches... NSW roads minister Duncan Gay said spot checks of Cootes vehicles last week had found “major defects” ... “These random inspections uncovered significant failures,” the minister said. “This was in addition to two incidents involving Cootes vehicles late last week which presented major defects” ... The inspections come several months after one of McAleese’s Cootes tankers was involved in a fatal accident on Sydney’s Mona Vale Road, which sparked investigations from safety regulators and the grounding of part of the Cootes fleet...
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