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DECA Training, has announced new training aimed squarely at tackling one of the industry’s major and potentially fatal issues, driver fatigue.

The ATA has identified several areas of the Freight Transport in a Carbon Constrained Economy discussion paper it finds questionable although it supports the inclusion of transport in the emissions trading scheme in order to encourage the right investment, mode and technology choices over the long-term.

A record of more than 1 million twenty foot equivalent units (TEU) moved through the Patrick Port Botany container terminal in the 2007/08 financial year.

The ATA has published a broad overview of the scheme announced by the government last week in a point by point guide to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.

Cummins have announced it has concluded its joint ventures with CNH Global and Iveco, two Fiat Group companies. Under the new agreement, Cummins will purchase CNH’s equity stake in Consolidated Diesel Company (CDC) and will sell its interest in the European Engine Alliance.

The Australian Trucking Association has welcomed the Government’s plan to include the transport sector in its forthcoming emissions trading scheme.

The possibility of Navistar using Caterpillar’s money to buy Volkswagen’s share in MAN has been broached by industry commentator Oliver Dixon in his World Truck’s Blog.

The Volkswagen Group has received the antitrust approvals necessary to acquire a majority voting stake in Swedish truck manufacturer Scania. The majority voting stake is expected to be acquired on July 22, 2008. In addition to the approval by the European Commission, a large number of antitrust proceedings were required in other countries worldwide.

The search is set to start. Scania and the ATA are revving up for the launch of the 2009 Young Australian Truck Driver of the Year quest.

The Chairman of the ATA, Trevor Martyn, said including the transport sector in the forthcoming emissions trading scheme was much better for the trucking industry than the alternative – the imposition of complex regulations that would strangle small trucking companies in green tape.