Well known Cairns and Atherton Tablelands driver Rob Del Manso had just pulled up in a refrigerated Hino to make deliveries at a strawberry farm when Big Rigs chatted with him recently. A truckie for the
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Looking back at 2024 in trucking cartoons
Here’s a look back at the year that was, through the eyes of Big Rigs’ resident cartoonist Ryan Lee-Taylor of Blue Dog Cartoons, who injected some much needed humour as we delved into some
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DSV opens new Port of Brisbane depot
Global transport and logistics company, DSV Air & Sea, has officially opened its new warehouse and container depot on Fisherman Islands at the Port of Brisbane. The new facility enables DSV Air &
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Lucidity’s new LED Marker Lamp among 2024 highlights
Lucidity Australia’s success goes a long way back. Founded in 1999 as Phaser Industries by Mathew Jenkins, the company was a customer of international-based Lucidity and enjoyed a fruitful partnership
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Double demerit points over Christmas period
Additional demerit points will soon come into effect in some states, for a variety of offences, as we approach Christmas. Here’s the full details. In New South Wales, Western Australia and Australian
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Tunnelling works power ahead on North East Link
The first of two tunnel boring machines has excavated the first kilometre of the North East Link tunnels from Watsonia to Bulleen. The tunnel boring machines (TBMs) – named TBM Zelda and TBM Gillian
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Glowing praise for NSW roadhouse
An interstate owner-operator spoke to Spy to offer praise about the BP Darlington Point Roadhouse in NSW. This lad is from Perth and was heading to Goulburn when he stopped by there. “It has amongst
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Truckie told to ‘f**k off’ after asking caravanner not to park in truck bay
A frustrated truckie has claimed he politely informed a caravan driver that it was illegal for him to be parked in a space reserved for heavy vehicles – only to be asked “Are you a f**king copper?”
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B-double caught out twice with the same defects
A B-double was recently found to have the same defects it was caught with during a previous intercept three months prior. The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) revealed, “We recently intercepted
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Designs revealed for new $500 million NSW bridge
The design plans for a new bridge over the Hawkesbury River between Richmond and North Richmond have now been released. The bridge between Richmond and North Richmond provides crossing of the Hawkesbury
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