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The death earlier this week of Allan Scott, well-known transport industry character and trucking magnate, marks the beginning of the end of an era in Australian trucking. There will never be his like again and the days when a single owner driver can grow his business to a multinational conglomerate on sheer willpower and determination [...]

Express parcel company UPS, in the USA,  to introduce a number of hydraulic hybrid delivery vehicles into their fleet after a successful trial involving both UPS and the US EPA. The company expect considerable fuel savings and environmental benefits.

The latest quarterly bulletin from the Australian Transport Safety Board outlines the latest fatal heavy vehicle crash statistics. These figures demonstrate the continuing rise of deaths associated with crashes involving trucks.

Industry commentators are suggesting that the heavily touted major infrastructure spending, with projects to be chosen by Infrastructure Australia, may not be able to produce the number of projects originally hoped for due to the economic crisis currently afflicting world banking.

The Australian Road Train Association (ARTA) say they are delighted with the decision by the Queensland government to formally acknowledge ‘BAB Quads’ (two B-Double sets linked with a dolly) as an “As of Right” vehicle in Queensland on designated routes according to newly-elected ARTA President Alan Magill.

A new web initiative from Scania sees the company starting an internet-based campaign with the aim of making clear the company’s green credentials and offering industry help and advice in getting better fuel economy.

A neat new product just on the market in the UK looks like an excellent solution to the problem of breaking down in a truck at night. The three blinking lights show up to oncoming motorists warning them of a stationary vehicle in the road at night.

A new super B-double has recently started operations out of the Port  Botany area in Sydney. This is the first super B-double on the roads of New South Wales.

The prospect of trucks talking to each other as they head down the highway will be taking a great leap forward this week. Volvo Trucks along with a group of partners are demonstrating inter-vehicle communication on a German test track.

Volvo have posted a short film explaining how their new hybrid garbage truck works while saving energy, carbon dioxide polution and disruption in the city.