Keeping up to date on transporting oversize
Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Heavy Haulage Association, gives the details of a new course designed to increase the consistency of...
Tag : Vehicle Dimensions and Mass Rule
Keeping the wheels turning benefits the country
Image: HEB Construction recently transported these two HM400-5 dump trucks from Komatsu in East Tamaki to the Taharoa Ironsands site, west of Otorohanga. The oversize...
NZTA & NZIHT conference: The view of a major road user
These are highlights from a presentation by Ken Shirley from the Road Transport Forum, made to delegates at the NZTA & NZIHT conference last month,...
Moving forward in heavy haulage
This article first appeared in Contractor Perspectives 2017. Heavy haulage is an industry sector that accepts continuous change as the norm and this year will...
Heavy Haulage Conference 2016
Heavy hauliers gathered in Christchurch last month for their annual Heavy Haulage Conference. MARY SEARLE BELL was there. THE HOT TOPIC THIS year was the proposed...
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,...
Keeping on the move
SIMON BRIDGES, MINISTER OF TRANSPORT The government is making a record investment in transport infrastructure, while preparing for new technologies that will change how we...
Breach of permit changes welcomed
by Vijay Naidu
JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, NZ HEAVY HAULAGE ASSOCIATION CHANGES HAVE RECENTLY been made to the Vehicle Dimensions and Mass Rule relating to the enforcement process...
Keeping NZHHA wheels turning
Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, Chief Executive, NZHHA Getting the balance between regulation while allowing for innovation and efficient service to clients is the avenue that the NZ...
Crane technology advances
ROD AUTON, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CRANE ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND Reviewing the crane industry from the perspective of the economy and technological advances in design. WITH...