Justin’s Transport Minute – 04/04/25
Welcome news for NRC members this week with the announcement from the Prime Minister that the government is planning to launch a hotline to report overuse of road cones.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 28/03/25
This week I had the pleasure of attending the TR Group launch of its suite of hydrogen trucks including their 50max capable prime mover at Hampton Downs Racetrack. This has been a day long in the making for TR Group, a true moment for the industry to get together to celebrate, especially after a significant number of hurdles were overcome to get here.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 21/03/25
Ending the week on good news, or “good news Friday” as it is known in some workplaces is a welcome way to finish up a productive week.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 14/03/25
Headlines this week are full of news of foreign investors flying into Auckland with trillions of dollars of funds burning a hole in their pocket to attend the government’s Infrastructure Investment Summit.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 06/03/25
Regular Transport Minute readers will be familiar with me beating the drum on freight task productivity.
What’s the issue? Transport leaders aren’t focussed on it.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 28/02/25
A new Minister of Transport and another round of transport-enhancing announcements. It’s been another exceptional week for government activity making it’s presence felt across road transport and the supply chain.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 21/02/25
We have an energy problem – but there is a plan to fix it. Yesterday James attended the launch of the Energy Action Plan, ‘Unlocking the energy sector to unlock economic growth’.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 14/02/25
Laying the foundations for transport operators to thrive in 2025. With the flurry of public holidays disappearing rapidly in the rear view mirror, for most businesses now comes the time to reflect on the road ahead. So what’s on the cards for 2025, and how best to prepare?
Justin’s Transport Minute – 06/02/2025
New Zealand has a productivity problem.
Not new news to anyone paying attention – this is a hot topic taking up a lot of column inches.
And so it should be.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 20/12/2024
Last week I travelled to Wellington to met with the Minister of Transport Simeon Brown and with the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Transport, Audrey Sonerson.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 13/12/2024
On the last Friday of November I had the pleasure of attending the Port of Auckland to join the Minister for Work Place Relations and Safety, Hon Brooke van Velden in the launching of the Approved Code of Practice (APOC) for loading and unloading cargo at ports and on ships.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 05/12/2024
A tired cliche, but this year has gone properly fast.
For the industry, it has probably been a year to forget. The soft economy saw transport demand fall to levels not seen for decades. But the worst appears to be behind us.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 29/11/2024
I’ve been in the media recently supporting concrete roads and that they have a part to play in road building in this country. Over their lifetime concrete roads cost less than asphalt roads (in the right terrain) when you factor in lifetime pavement rehabilitation and repairs.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 22/11/2024
You’ll have seen in the industry media recently that National Road Carriers has welcomed two new secondees to the NRC Board…
Justin’s Transport Minute – 15/11/2024
We all heard it growing up – “you have two ears and one mouth for a reason”. I was never quite sure whether I met that implied ratio of listening twice as much as speaking. Perhaps where my sisters were involved.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 08/11/2024
It would be easy to think you’ll be able to hire staff when the economic recovery starts. Well, here’s a word from the wise …
Justin’s Transport Minute – 1/11/2024
With over a 168,000 heavy trucks on our roads, every day there is a story to be read about the men and women keeping our supply chain going.
Two in particular over the last two weeks caught my attention, for very different reasons but both pointing to the same thing – paying attention. One ended in triumph, with a life saved, one in tragedy with a life lost.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 25/10/2024
Growing up, I was one of those kids who loved pouring over the maps I found in my grandfather’s yellow National Geographic magazines. I would take imaginary journeys through the desert to the source of the Nile, sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the elusive Arctic northwest passage, even storming the beaches at D-Day. My love of maps has only grown since then.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 18/10/2024
If you are a Formula One fan like me, you’ll be excitedly anticipating Liam Lawson getting back in the saddle for Red Bull on 8am Monday morning, flying the New Zealand flag in Austin Texas. Liam is the latest of a proud pedigree of Kiwi drivers, from Bruce McLaren & Denny Hulme, through to Chris Amon and more recently Brendan Hartley.
Justin’s Transport Minute – 11/10/2024
Another major step forward towards economic recovery was taken this week, with the Official Cash Rate reducing another 50 basis points.