BOC opens LNG plant upgrade
BOC opens upgraded LNG plant in Victoria in a move it says will help provide low-emissions fuel for trucking
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Fuel charging must be on the table: LRTA
Truckers will lobby WA to snub the NTC's heavy vehicle charging proposal unless it supports a fuel-based scheme
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NSW scraps proposal to ban unleaded petrol
NSW Government scraps a plan to ban regular unleaded petrol from July 1
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KKR in the wrong over fuel contamination sacking
KKR Transport ordered to compensate dangerous goods driver sacked for inadvertently contaminating 12,000 litres of fuel
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Van death and Toll truck fire injury in Melbourne
A dangerous truck fire and an explosion resulting in death have marked a nasty past few days in Melbourne involving commercial vehicles.
A tradesman died in Mulgrave today when his plumbers van exploded, with fire brigade speculation being that this was due to a gas cylinder leak.
“The Arson and Explosives Squad has attended the scene along with WorkSafe to investigate the explosion including what may have caused it,” Victoria Police say.
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Warning of a 'crisis', industry changes tack on A-trailers
Trucking lobby lines up behind fuel charging for A-trailer charges amid warnings of a "crisis" at NTC over the issue
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Don't leave fuel price exposure to chance: NAB
Transport operators need to manage their exposure to fuel price risks if they are to survive rocky times, NAB says
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Fuel hits five-month high, with prices to keep rising
Time to shop around for cheaper fuel, with rising prices unlikely to stop anytime soon
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Care needed when handling fuel
To prevent contamination and potential damage to engines, care is always needed amongst transport operators, a conference was told
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ATA to tackle mass-distance-location charging at tax forum
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) will continue its campaign against mass-distance-location charging for trucks at next week’s tax forum, Chairman David Simon pledged today.
Simon will seek to drive home the message that such a system “could impose massive costs on rural Australia and would strangle trucking operators with red tape”.
In its stead, Simon, who is a participant in the forum, will argue for the ATA’s preferred option of fuel-based charging.
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Drop in the dollar to increase fuel prices
Fall in the Australian dollar to below parity with US greenback is predicted to push up petrol prices
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Finemore tears strips off CRRP's “laughable” road pricing proposal
Ron Finemore Transport lambasts proposal to slap tracking devices on heavy vehicles as part of radical new charging scheme
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Carbon tax sparks dire predictions for truckers
Carbon tax spells doom for small truckers, Opposition warns, as Inverell Freighters questions whether it can survive under the scheme
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Carbon tax timing to put the squeeze on contract negotiations
ATA pushes for changes to carbon tax, claiming industry won’t be given enough time to pass on fuel price rises
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Fight not over yet on fuel-based charging
Trucking lobby stands firm on fuel-based charging, rejecting proposal from bureaucrats for “enormously expensive” mass-distance-location model
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Trucking faces transition to new charging scheme
Policy makers dismiss fuel-based charging, calling for staged approach to mass-distance-location that targets multi-combination rigs and truck trailers
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Large firms to thrive under carbon tax
Large fleet operators will cement their dominance under a carbon tax at the expense of small truckers, Ferrier Hodgson says
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Fuel switch to drive cleaner technology investment
Biodiesel will supplant diesel as most common fuel powering trucks, with industry to be responsible for driving clean technology investment
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Trucking braces for challenges of carbon tax on fuel
Trucking wants ACCC’s help when carbon tax begins, as Murphy Transport warns operators could use scheme to undercut rivals
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Trucking to pay extra 7cpl under carbon tax
Trucking will pay 7 cents more for diesel in 2014 under a carbon tax rail claims unfairly protects heavy vehicles
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