The breathtaking state of truck pollution in Melbourne’s west
Pollution

The breathtaking state of truck pollution in Melbourne’s west

An estimated 11,000 trucks a day travel to and from the Port of Melbourne through the City of Maribyrnong. Residents there are being hospitalised with respiratory and cardiovascular issues in alarming numbers.

  • bySasha Gattermayr,James Costa,Jade Murray andHelena Morgan

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Shipping container penalties jump,as ‘empties’ hurtle across city’s west
Melbourne

Shipping container penalties jump,as ‘empties’ hurtle across city’s west

Last financial year,1.5 million containers came into Melbourne. And 721,000 went out empty,with huge penalties charged for them by shipping lines.

  • byClay Lucas
Let’s get truckin’ on a solution to shrink carbon emissions
Opinion
Electric vehicles

Let’s get truckin’ on a solution to shrink carbon emissions

Electric trucks are much cheaper to run,but they cost more to buy. For an articulated truck,the difference can be as much as $200,000. But per kilometre,electricity costs far less than diesel.

  • byMarion Terrill
Road safety pay tribunal back on agenda after unions,industry,Uber agreement
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Industrial relations

Road safety pay tribunal back on agenda after unions,industry,Uber agreement

The joint call from 18 transport organisations clears the way for the government to restart debate on an industry tribunal like the one Malcolm Turnbull abolished in 2016.

  • byNick Bonyhady
‘It’s not radical’:Push to ban old polluting trucks from capital cities
Roads

‘It’s not radical’:Push to ban old polluting trucks from capital cities

An independent think tank is urging state governments to emulate cities overseas by banning pre-2003 diesel trucks from Sydney and Melbourne from 2025.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Push for eastern seaboard truck corridor to go green with hydrogen
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Renewables

Push for eastern seaboard truck corridor to go green with hydrogen

Australia’s busiest freight corridor will go green under a landmark collaboration between NSW,Victoria and Queensland to establish a renewable hydrogen refuelling network for heavy trucks.

  • byLucy Cormack
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‘Why now?’:Questions over killer truck company’s safety accreditation
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Eastern Freeway tragedy

‘Why now?’:Questions over killer truck company’s safety accreditation

Australia’s premier trucking safety body accredited the firm whose vehicle hit and killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway in 2020,raising the ire of two representatives.

  • byJohn Silvester
Big rigs and the open road:women now in driver’s seat
Road safety

Big rigs and the open road:women now in driver’s seat

With more women choosing to be a truck driver,Heather Jones is helping to steer them in the right direction.

  • byNeena Bhandari
Trucking crisis averted by government deal to manufacture scarce fuel additive
Energy

Trucking crisis averted by government deal to manufacture scarce fuel additive

A local company has ramped up production of a key fuel additive to stop an international shortage bringing the trucking industry to a grinding halt.

  • byMike Foley
Make trucks electric to lift suburban curfews and ease congestion:Trucking industry
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Electric vehicles

Make trucks electric to lift suburban curfews and ease congestion:Trucking industry

The trucking industry is pushing for a plan to make delivery vehicles electric,which it says will allow suburban noise curfews to be lifted and companies to save money.

  • byMike Foley
Doing the Christmas crawl
Opinion
Column 8

Doing the Christmas crawl

Then finding yourself in no mum’s land.