Advantage Tyres Fleet Focus

For more than 50 yearsthe trucks of Marlin Transport have been busy on the streets of Auckland and further afield.

Established in 1974 by Malcolm and Delma Ellis, the tight-knit family company has moved around the Penrose, Mangere, Onehunga, and Auckland Airport environs while adapting to the ever-changing landscape of the transport industry.

The Marlin Transport trucks have worked alongside rail, airfreight, and coastal shipping services while also taking on 3PL, freight forwarding and distribution work. International freight forwarding and container operations are the prime focus today.

Throughout those industry changes, the fundamentals of a small-to-medium size family c... ... 

Mitch McLachlan followed his father into bricklaying,but he didn’t stay on the tools for very long.

Instead, he changed career direction into the transport industry in 1981 to drive a courier van, stepped up to trucks, and from there has steadily built the family-owned M.E. (McLachlan Efficient) Transport operation based on the north side of Plimmerton.

In 2011 Mitch urgently needed an extra pair of hands while M.E. Transport handled the hectic transport logistics for the Rugby World Cup. Teenage daughter Brittany jumped in the truck with Mitch to travel the country, sparking her own passion for the transport industry.

When the RWC job was complete her thoughts of attending... ... 

An immaculate blue and silver truck fleet – with the Kenworth brand taking the lead role – has become the calling card for Porirua’s Bryce O’Sullivan Contracting (BOSCO).

But `Show & Shine’ worthy trucks are not what Bryce O’Sullivan is the proudest of when he reflects on starting the BOSCO operation as a teenager with a small truck and digger.

Bryce says that earthmoving machinery is his first love and that he’d rather spend a day at the controls of an excavator than behind the wheel of a truck – no matter how nice the truck.

But even then, tracks and tyres rank secondary to the people who have helped to build BOSCO and keep the operation powering along.

“The biggest... ...