Double Coin Imaging Awards

The colour is familiar but the most recent addition to the Summerland Express Freight fleet is something different for the Cromwell-based freight company.

The new Kenworth K200 2.3 Aerodyne sleeper that is working throughout New Zealand is the only Kenworth among the 100-plus fleet operating in the Summerland signature green colour scheme.

“I’ve been a Freightliner guy most of my life, mainly because I like the Detroit engine,” says director Ross “Smilie” Millard.

It took some family persuasion for Smilie to set that loyalty aside and put the new K200 on the fleet in February for son-in-law Ricky Rodgers to drive.

“The family really wanted a Kenworth,” says Smi... ... 

If you want to show off a truck colour scheme,add a big sleeper cab, but for the biggest impact possible, how about a tri-axle semi race car transporter?

That’s the route taken by the Central Drift Team, whose driver Taylor James is a top contender in the D1NZ Pro class in a Nissan S14 Silvia.

Expanding the car’s livery onto the canvas of the classic Kenworth T900 and its trailer has produced a real crowd-pleaser, and this month’s finalist in the Double Coin Tyres Transport Imaging Awards.

The design is based on fluoro orange and features the race car, plus sponsor logos. Taylor worked with New Plymouth’s Fp design to achieve the final result and is rapt how it has t... ... 

Carterton owner/driver Mark “Pom Pom” Thomas has a surprising story to relate about the immaculate new Kenworth K200 logger he put on the road in January.

“Everything behind the cab is actually 10 years old,” says Pom Pom.

“It’s all used gear.”

The standout finish of the metallic blue and silver K200 2.3 Flat Roof Sleeper 8x4 is the result of Pom Pom putting his engineering and electrical talents to work and pulling out all stops during an intense nine-week DIY build.

Pom Pom, operating as SEM Haulage Limited, had previously owned a CAT-powered 2007 Kenworth K104B he’d bought from Alan Forbes.

“Alan Forbes is a very honest man, and I bought a great truck ... ... 

There’s a new name and a bold new look signalling the transformation of one of New Zealand’s largest and longest-established transport and logistics companies. 

That’s the story behind the unmissable blue, white, and orange MOVe Logistics livery that began appearing on NZ highways during the second half of 2021.

MOVe Logistics is a rebrand and consolidation of the company formerly known as TIL (Transport Investments Ltd) Logistics Group – which can trace its family tree back to horse-drawn Taranaki beginnings….with the formation of Hooker Bros Transport in 1869. 

That’s just over 150 years in the transport business and you’ll see the tagline, “Taking care o... ...