Oversize on motorways and tolled roads
By JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage Association I WANT TO PUT the case for allowing oversize loads onto the motorways and toll roads around...
Category : Heavy Haulage
Sandy Southcombe: Taranaki’s heavy mover
At last year’s Heavy Haulage Conference, industry veteran Sandy Southcombe sat with MARY SEARLE BELL to reflect on his long career as a house mover....
A matter of logistics
This article first appeared in Contractor March 2017. Richard Hyde of Global Transport is no stranger to large, difficult or complex haulage jobs. In fact,...
Luxury load: transporting a high-spec sleeper train
The Great South Pacific Express was recently transported from Australia to Peru where, after a spruce up, it will begin service as the Andean Explorer,...
Greg Sheehan
Top flight pilot
Greg Sheehan has been a stalwart of the heavy haulage industry for years. At this year’s HHA conference he received the Gus Breen Memorial Award,...
Heavy Haulage: In praise of industry members
by JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, HEAVY HAULAGE ASSOCIATION I AM IN CONSTANT awe of those industry members who dedicate their time and effort towards benefiting...
Scania joins the world’s first cross-border truck convoys
On 29 March, three extra-long trucks will embark from Scania in Södertälje, Sweden, to drive in a close convoy to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The initiative...
NZ Heavy Haulage Association awards
Each year at the NZ Heavy Haulage Association awards the chairman takes the opportunity to recognise individuals or companies that have contributed to the running...
Sorting haulage rules: Jonathan Bhana-Thompson comments
by Vijay Naidu
JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, NZ HEAVY HAULAGE ASSOCIATION THE POSITION OF an industry association can be a difficult one. First and foremost you are representing...
Heavy hauling through Northland
It was one of the biggest loads that Northland’s winding roads could handle, yet Tranzcarr made moving Top Energy’s new transformer to site look easy....