News & updates

Technology makes the wheels go round in transport. I've just reviewed some papers for the Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology Conference in Quebec in May and there’s some really good stuff happening.

The death of a worker at the Port of Auckland has seen its former CEO successfully prosecuted. It's a wake-up call for all transport chief executives and senior managers. And here’s a key point: If you can make a change when someone is killed, why couldn’t you have done it before?

A recent opinion poll asked people about whether ferries should be rail enabled, and who should run them. People should always be allowed their opinion, but how useful are these results, and is public consultation really that useful on technical matters?

The only good news about last year's road toll is that it was the lowest in a long time. That doesn't mean the country can't do better and there are some key areas where we can.

Despite the challenges that affect the transport of road freight in a hard economy, our members have continued to keep NZ moving.

This week’s replacement ferry announcement was underwhelming. We really expected much more progress to have been made in terms of procurement of the vessels and detail on the vital portside infrastructure. The Friday Blog is here.