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Overview This sector group represents members involved in the transport using multiple modes of transportation, particularly sea and air ports. The Ports & Intermodal Sector Group works alongside and supports other sector organisations, including the New Zealand Intermodal Safety Group and the South Island Port User Working Group. Group Priorities Improving port turn-around times and…

Key issues and priorities for our members and the wider road freight sector

Applying for a high-productivity motor vehicle (HPMV) permit can be a tricky process. In these three brief videos, Transporting New Zealand’s Jim Crouchley takes you through the process of registering your business, measuring your vehicle, and then using the NZTA portal to complete the permit request. Access these videos through the Member Portal.

The next series of rollover prevention courses are on in Auckland, Warkworth and Whangārei in early May. The courses are run by Hamish Piercy, Fleet Risk Manager from NZI, in association with TNZ, NZI and NZTA. These are free to everyone, but places are limited. There will be light refreshments! Whangārei – 1 May NorthTec, 19 Dyer Street, Raumanga Session 1: 08:30…

Transporting New Zealand has congratulated NZTA and its contractors on the announcement the Desert Road between Waiouru and Tūrangi will reopen this Friday as scheduled. The closure had meant 800 trucks per day needed to take a detour, with the vast majority using SH4. That resulted in a major increase in traffic on SH4 which…

Purpose To assist NZTA by seeking feedback from operator’s of vehicles with Carden Shaft Park Brakes (CSB). Background Following a series of fatalities involving vehicles fitted with a CSB, Worksafe and NZTA issued safety alerts highlighting the need for CSB’s to be properly serviced. There was also a communications campaign directed at owners of these…