Transport industry and officials collaborate to tackle the big issues including climate change and infrastructure
More than 360 transport operators, industry representatives and Government officials descended on the newly opened Te Pae Convention Centre in Christchurch over the weekend for the 2022 Trucking Industry Summit to discuss the big issues facing the industry over the next few years.
Could the person with the good news please step forward?
Fuel prices are double what they were 12 months ago, new staff are almost impossible to find, and the Government’s road-user charges (RUC) relief scheme is due to end on 21 September.
“There is no relief in sight for the road transport industry,” says National Road Carriers (NRC) COO James Smith. “Could the person with the good news please step forward?
2022 NRC AGM
The 2022 AGM was held at Mount Smart on Friday the 17th June.
National Road Carriers appoints Justin Tighe-Umbers as new CEO
National Road Carriers Association (NRC) is pleased to announce Justin Tighe-Umbers will be joining as CEO from Monday 15 August. The NRC Board partnered with Executive Search experts Hobson Leavy, to undertake a robust process to identify a new CEO who could bring the right mix of commercial leadership, regulatory capability, and stakeholder engagement expertise to the leadership role.
Hon Simon Bridges to Chair National Road Carriers Advisory Group
“National Road Carriers is very pleased to confirm the Hon Simon Bridges will be partnering with NRC as Chair of the newly formed Transport and Logistics Advisory Group,” says John Baillie, Chair, National Road Carriers (NRC).
More detail needed on freight emissions reduction target
More detail needed on freight emissions reduction target
National Road Carriers is seeking more detail of the Government’s plans to cut freight emissions by 35 percent by 2035 by using low emissions trucks to transport food and other products.
The Government’s Emission Reduction Plan for transport announced today focused almost entirely on personal transport, with just one bullet point committing $20 million to accelerate the decarbonisation of freight transport.
National Road Carriers supports congestion charges but calls for freight to be exempt
National Road Carriers supports congestion charges but calls for freight to be exempt
As the topic of congestion charging hits the headlines many households will be feeling anxious at the thought of yet another cost as they to stretch out of the weekly wage and make ends meet.
National Road Carriers strengthens Board with new secondments
National Road Carriers (NRC) is pleased to announce the secondment of Shafraz Khan and Pamela Bonney to the Board – temporarily providing specialist strategic support until the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and scheduled Board elections on 17 June.
Truck operators extremely concerned about rising costs, poor roads and driver shortages
Truck operators are extremely concerned about the rising cost of fuel and other operating costs, poor roading and driver shortages.
These are the findings of a just completed survey by National Road Carriers (NRC) of its 1,800 members with respondents ranging from individual owner-drivers through to large trucking companies with more than 100 drivers and support staff.
Remove letter ‘T’ from “can’t” and “won’t” – to improve productivity
MEDIA RELEASE – NATIONAL ROAD CARRIERS
4 April 2022
Remove letter ‘t’ from “can’t” and “won’t” – to improve productivity
We need to remove the letter ‘t’ from can’t and won’t to get New Zealand off the bottom of OECD productivity standings says National Road Carriers Chief Operating Officer James Smith.
Overseas truck drivers needed to fill shortage
MEDIA RELEASE – NATIONAL ROAD CARRIERS
28 March 2022
Overseas truck drivers needed to fill shortage
New Zealand urgently needs more overseas truck drivers to fill a growing shortage, says National Road Carriers Chief Operating Officer James Smith.
National Road Carriers says relief for diesel users some way off
MEDIA RELEASE – NATIONAL ROAD CARRIERS
16 March 2022
National Road Carriers says relief for diesel users some way off
While National Road Carriers welcomes the measures taken by the Government that saw 25 cents per litre of tax removed from the price of petrol and a three-month reduction in Road User Charges, it warns that relief for freight costs may be months away.
Get ready for freight cost increases
MEDIA RELEASE – NATIONAL ROAD CARRIERS
8 March 2022
Get ready for freight cost increases
The sharpest increases in fuel prices since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis will inevitably lead to increased freight cost increases says National Road Carriers (NRC) Association Chief Operating Officer James Smith.
Time to stop pushing road vs rail barrow
National Road Carriers (NRC) is not surprised by the findings in a report commissioned by Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand Transporting New Zealand, Road and rail – delivering for New Zealand. NRC COO James Smith says “It is shocking the Government is still pushing the road vs rail barrow. “We have an integrated supply chain […]
NRC BACKS “BUBBLE OF ONE”
NRC BACKS “BUBBLE OF ONE”
But policy needs to cover all supply chain workers, says COO
The Government’s newly announced “bubble of one” COVID-19 testing process will work for a large percentage of the transport industry – but needs to cover everyone in the supply chain.