News & updates

National road freight association Transporting New Zealand has welcomed the certainty provided by Minister Peter’s announcement on the Cook Strait ferry project, saying it will allow the Government to focus on the timely delivery of the supporting port infrastructure by 2029.

Increases in port access fees are coming, along with congestion pricing and possibly, more toll roads and fewer route choices for truckies.

Transporting New Zealand is cautiously supporting the Land Transport (Revenue) Amendment Bill introduced to Parliament today, which makes changes to the Road User Charges Act 2012 to modernise the system in preparation for transitioning all vehicles to universal RUC.

Transporting New Zealand is calling on NZTA to review its international truck licence conversion processes, as the Agency announced yesterday it has revoked 440 commercial licences after an audit in July uncovered fraudulent activity.

National road freight association Transporting New Zealand says that consumers and businesses can expect continued upward pressure on freight costs, as Port of Auckland emphasised its commitment to port access charge increases at an industry update today. Road freight companies and their customers currently pay Port of Auckland a fee of $130 per container at…

At a recent Transporting New Zealand member seminar in Christchurch, sleep expert and former army psychologist Dan Ford of the Better Sleep Clinic challenged operators to rethink what they know about rest.