Aeolus Truck & Driver News

Two of New Zealand’s largest transport firms and the success of females working in road transport roles were recognised at the New Zealand Road Transport Industry Awards function in Lower Hutt on June 29.

The major awards night accolade announced at the Lower Hutt Events Centre dinner function went to HW Richardson Group.

The Southland-based company, New Zealand’s largest privately owned company, was named winner of the VTNZ Supreme Contribution to New Zealand Transport award.

CEO Anthony Jones, who leads the HWR Group workforce of 2700 running a fleet of 1300 vehicles, accepted the award from sponsor Greg O’Connor of VTNZ.

Five other awards ...

Registrations have opened for the truck show being staged as the main public attraction at the 100 Years of Kenworth celebration early next year.

Southpac Trucks has opened the online KW100 registration portal on its website for the Saturday February 3 event at the Mystery Creek Events Centre near Hamilton.

The Mystery Creek venue offers nine hectares of space, enough room to park about 1500 trucks.

The Kenworth-only show will eclipse any single brand truck show previously staged in New Zealand – including the turnout of 301 Kenworths hosted by Southpac Trucks at Mt Maunganui’s to celebrate 50 Years of Kenworth in New Zealand.

To allow partici...

A fleet of 18 new trucks running on biofuel is reducing carbon emissions from DHLs support of Formula 1 races in Europe this year. 

The sustainably fuelled trucks, capable of running on HVO100 drop-in fuel (hydrotreated vegetable oil), will be delivering at all European F1 races in 2023. By doing so, each truck can reduce carbon emissions by 60%  when compared to standard fuels.

“As an industry leader in green logistics, the 18 trucks further contribute to a lower emission DHL fleet, where we show to our fans and customers that it is possible to bring the excitement of F1 races around the world in a sustainable way,” says Arjan Sissing, Head of G...

Hall’s Group has been busy during May, announcing the acquisition of Brausch Transport as an addition to its cold chain logistics operation.

Based in Auckland and Palmerston North with similar operations in the chilled and frozen freight sector, Brausch Transport will begin trading as part of Hall’s Group from June 1.

The purchase expands the Hall’s Group nationwide cold chain logistics network and comes at the same time as the company begins the roll-out of a significant fleet renewal programme. Hall’s Group was purchased by the Talley’s Group in late 2021.

“We’re excited to be bringing Brausch Transport into Hall’s Group,” says Tonille Crombie, CEO of...

Three new XCMG E700 battery swap electric tipper trucks in Watercare branding are at work on the $1.2b Central Interceptor project near Māngere.

The 8x4 electric tippers can each transport up to 13 tonnes of material, with an average range of 200km and are powered by a single battery pack. Charging takes 90 minutes, or the 2,800kg battery packs can be swapped for a fully charged replacement using a dedicated gantry in around 10 minutes.

The 14.7km Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel due for completion in 2026 will improve the health of central Auckland waterways by significantly reducing wastewater overflows due to heavy rain. Since January 2023, the e-truc...