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Peak industry body for Australian truck manufacturers, the Truck Industry Council (TIC), has moved to clarify its position on major truck shows in Australia. The statement appears to have been  stimulated because unconfirmed reports intimating that TIC had endorsed the Melbourne truck show ahead of Sydney and Brisbane had been published. TIC CEO Tony McMullan [...]

The autobahns of Germany were full of Actros prime movers heading out in all directions from the Wörth Mercedes-Benz plant to Benz dealerships and company-owned Daimler outlets.

An advance draft of the National Road Safety Action Plan for 2009 and 2010 reports reaching the National Road Safety Strategy target will present a formidable challenge, with progress currently well behind the required rate.

To meet the demands of weight-sensitive applications such as tanker and bulk transport, Volvo is introducing a new 11-litre engine for the Volvo FM 4×2 and 6×2 tractor in the European market.

Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende officially opened a state-of-the-art DAF Engine Test Centre in Eindhoven in The Netherlands. The engine test facility has 20 advanced test cells and isaid to be one of the most modern in the world.

Australia’s leading off-road racing team is claiming a rough-terrain mileage record for its race vehicle transporter. Peter Kittle Racing has clocked up more than 120,000 kilometres across Australia in its Hino Ranger Pro, more than 50 per cent of it on bush tracks and corrugated gravel.

The next update to the TruckSafe business and safety management system, TruckSafe 2008, will be released later this week.

Cummins has announced that it will add Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) aftertreatment to its Heavy-Duty products for the US market in 2010 to deliver the best fuel efficiency for its customers.

UD has launched an automatic transmission model as part of the line-up for its new MK range. The new medium duty trucks will be offered with the latest specification Allison 2500 series automatic transmission designed for commercial trucks with gross weights up to 15 tonnes.

A series of photos of a truck getting burnt out on the highway north of Fitzroy Crossing has been published on a UK website and I can’t help thinking they’re a bit ghoulish. Watching your pride and joy going up by the side of the road can be pretty distressing.