NZTD News

On Tuesday 1 September, the inaugural MITO Industry Summit and Awards was held at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre. Over 200 senior stakeholders from across industry, government, education, and MITO’s employer and learner communities attended. 

Sturrock Saunders, MITO’s Chairperson, opened the event saying, “MITO’s Industry Summit is about bringing industry together with ambition and purpose—to exchange bold thinking, celebrate achievement, look ahead, and importantly, to uplift and acknowledge the vital work ou...

Straddle carriers are the large mobile machinery that lift, transport and stack fully-laden shipping containers into rows on the Port Chalmers Container Terminal. The terminal’s current fleet of 14 straddle carriers has an average age of 17 years. Ten are diesel fuelled and four are diesel/electric#. The 10 new Konecranes Noell hybrid straddle carriers will replace the 10 diesel machines, when they arrive in August 2027.

Hybrid straddles represent 90-95% of current world-wide straddle production, and the Konecrane mode...

The tender process is underway for the second section of the Cambridge to Piarere extension of the Waikato Expressway, as NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) keeps its foot on the accelerator on procurement for the Roads of National Significance project.

Cambridge to Piarere will support safer, more reliable journeys on one of the country’s key transport corridors, while strengthening connections between Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty.

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NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is urging road users and residents to be ready for a series of planned works on State Highway 2 in Lower Hutt over the coming month. This work is part of the SH2 Melling Transport Improvements project, which is delivering a new grade-separated interchange and bridge over the Hutt River. Details below. 

Night-time road closure, Kennedy Good Bridge to Melling Link Bridge

From Sunday 6 to Thursday 10 September, between 9pm and 4am, there are night-time works on the highway...

This month a new automotive trades and technician immigration pathway is being added to the Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa.

A great win for the industry, but there is an important skilled occupation missing. Truck drivers.

There is an outdated perception in some quarters that truck driving is not a skilled occupation. Anyone watching a fully loaded B-Train negotiate the hairier parts of our state highway network knows otherwise. The men and women driving today’s modern trucks operate highly sophisticated ...

New Zealand's homegrown refrigerated transport company, Refrigafreighters, is marking a significant milestone with the near-completion of a purpose-built temperature-controlled facility at Kirkbride Road in Māngere, Auckland. 

The new hub represents a major investment in the company's national network and is strategically designed to meet the evolving demands of modern chilled and frozen supply chains.What sets this facility apart is its integrated approach: it combines both transport and third-party logistics (3P...