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I have spent the day esconced in the bowels of the Minter Ellison building in Canberra. It’s the twentieth anniversary of the ATA coming up and I am researching a history of the organisation, going through their archives at their HQ.
Looking back twenty years and trying to put yourself in that era can be difficult. [...]

 
These spy photos have reached us from Europe and illustrate a new tactic from the truck manufacturers to disguise the shape of the prototype trucks. These shots were taken in Italy and have appeared on the Italian truck website Tuttotrasporti.
 

US braking tips talk common sense http://tinyurl.com/cn379n #
I don’t think it’s a Mack http://bit.ly/vrKj3 #
Watching ‘B-Double Trailers Tracking On Tight Bends’ at Vodpod http://bit.ly/4diVP #
Auto demo http://bit.ly/gDhcl #
RT @Tachoblog: New post: Classic 60’s American Trucks From Tachoblog http://cli.gs/2E1HL2 #
Discussing Victorian transport reform http://bit.ly/qKn3R #
Greenhouse Gas limits coming RT @fleetowner: Trucking News | EPA zeroes in [...]

Check out this miniature road train delivering goods in and around the narrow streets of Utrecht in Holland. Unfortunately the story does not include details on power plant, GVM, horsepower etc.
 

One of the truck industry’s gentlemen has been honoured by the Australian Trucking Association at their annual awards dinner on the Gold Coast when Ross McDonald of Cummins South Pacific recieved the 2009 Don Watson Memorial Award for lifetime achievement. He was presented the award by Noelene Watson, seen here with ATA Chairman Trevor Martyn.
 

Brit blogger Brian Weatherley is trying to get us to send him truck stubbie holders at Beer – ‘The Breakfast of Champions’ known to Biglorrybloggers the world over… – BigLorryBlog.
 
If he really wants to get some then I reckon he should get his backside over here for the Brisbane Truck Show next month and he will [...]

A report on Reuters is suggesting Iveco may be looking to buy or merge with a partner, presumably another truck manufacturer.
 
Iveco have been left behind in recent years with the emergence of global truck manufacturing groups like Daimler, Volvo, Paccar and Volkswagen/MAN/Scania.
 

Safety has been given centre stage here at the ATA Convention. Most of the second day’s sessions have concentrated on the causes of accidents and how to prevent them.
This is welcome return to first principles for the ATA driving home their core message of improving the performance of the industry.
The ATA was built [...]

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The Australian Trucking Association Convention is taking place this week on the Gold Coast. This is a chance for the industry to get its worries off its chest in these tough times.
Attendance has held up quite well despite many transport operators suffering a significant downturn in business.
If there are major issues causing pain [...]

 
 
Australia’s love affair with Kenworth trucks is talked about all over the world as can be seen from this story on Brian Weatherley’s BigLorry Blog in the UK.
 
The shot is of a DAF steel truck parked up outside the Brown and Hurley dealership in Brisbane with the truck driver telling people he wanted a Kenworth [...]