An injury has occurred in Melbourne where a young worker was injured while on duty. The worker was lucky to have escaped without being crushed. This incident brings to light the need to ensure safety whenever working around trucks or working with large and heavy loads. As News.com.au reports: According to another report on the ...…
A month long blitz has begun as police and authorities target unsafe truckers in an attempt to stop drink driving, speeding and other unsafe practices associated with truckers. The crackdown began as vehicle inspectors along the Monaro Highway began pulling over trucks in an operation codenamed AUSTRANS. The operation which has run annually since 1989 ...…
Further to our last post on Chain of Responsibility prosecutions, the ATA NSW also released an article, which had this to add: Posted by Peter Cutforth…
On May 9th the Australian Chain of Responsibility laws just got more teeth! Police and authorities in NSW made over 1,000 prosecutions against directors and owners of four trucking companies relating to speeding offences committed by their drivers. The Sydney Morning Herald broke the news: Although the Chain of Responsibility laws have been in place ...…
Great news for road users is that government has approved funding for a $4.1billion budget to upgrade and maintain roads. The 2012-2013 budgets provide for improvements over the next four years. This money will assist councils and shires to upgrade and maintain local roads. Good news for workers in the transport industry and ordinary road users alike. ...…
Tragedy has struck in a Melbourne suburb, where a truck driver was crushed by a scissor lift and a forklift while unloading stock. The incident has highlighted the need for proper safety and training for workers when working with plant. Where procedures are in place, they need to be followed in order for fatalities such ...…
In the spotlight recently are truck operators who tamper with speed limiters on their trucks after a company in NSW was accused of doing just that. The company, Fred’s Interstate Transport was accused of tampering with a truck’s limiter after the truck was clocked doing 130km per hour on a NSW Highway. The current speed ...…
It’s long been said that you can’t contract out, or delegate responsibility, and certainly this saying has a good fair share of truth… Our responsibility as company owners is to take “every reasonable measure” regarding our safety obligations, and this principle forms the basis of the whole Chain of Responsibility legislation. SafetyCulture.com.au recently published an ...…
A recent report issued by the COAG Reform Council (www.coagreformcouncil.gov.au) has highlighted concerns about our capital cities’ ability to cope with predicted growth in freight needs for the future. Duncan Sheppard of the Australian Logistics Council (ALC) commented today: Sheppard adds: Concern was also raised that the report reveals the relatively lesser infrastructure planning in ...…
One of our Directors Steven Asnicar has spent the latter part of this week at the Australian Logistics Council (ALC) Forum 2012 in Sydney. At the Forum the ALC released a new report entitled “Towards an Efficient Freight Future”, which calls for changes in the transport supply chain. LogisticsCareer.com.au reported on the release: The 52 ...…
