Volume 44     Issue 34     22 March 2024

• In the News
• Grays Auction 22 Brand New Unused Freighter Mezz Tautliner Semi Drop Deck Trailers 
• Road Freight Forums kick off in Cairns
  • Register Now - Mackay and Rockhampton Regional Road Freight Forum
• QTA Diversity in Transport Breakfast
  

  • Sponsor Thank You - TWUSUPER, BP, Transurban, Steering Healthy Minds

• Key changes to telematics requirements. Are you ready?

• HR Article - Target workload perceptions to boost wellbeing

• Member Service - QTA Employment Relations Advice and Support
• Wickham Freightlines promotes road safety around heavy vehicles with QTA MAIC Safety Trailer Partnership

• Register now for Trucking Australia 2024

• Healthy Heads Trucks & Shed - Workplace Wellbeing Planning Tool
• Do you have an interest in the Future Transport Workforce - Draft Workforce Plans now available for feedback 
• QLD Road Conditions
  • Changed access conditions - Toowoomba Bypass | Gore Highway | Road access changes
  • OSOM Restrictions and Exemptions 12.01am Thursday 28 March 2024 to 11.59pm Tuesday 2 April 2024

• NSW Road Conditions

  • Changed traffic conditions on Hume Motorway at Wilton
• WA Road Conditions
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• NTI raffle 1946 Ford Jailbar truck ‘Bonnie’ to raise funds for MND Research
• Cummins - What is Biodiesel 
• Brown and Hurley - Podcast - Brian Smith (D&B Smith Brothers)
• Teletrac Navman - 5 Charging Considerations for your Electric Fleet
• Port of Brisbane Major lease agreement (ATN)
• VIVA Energy - Carbon Neutral Fuels and the Energy Transition
• TAFE Queensland's Heavy Automotive Upskill Programs (Big Rigs)
• Outback truckie's dream job worth the wait (Hillmans Transport) (Big Rigs) 
• Old Lindsay Bros Ford LTL transformed by farmer’s restoration (Big Rigs)

Grays have been given the opportunity to remarket 22 Unused Freighter Mezz Tautliners Drop Deck Curtainsider Trailers.

These lead and tag trailers have never been put to work and they come with a 2 year manufacturers warranty. These trailers will be sold Unreserved and will only be available at Grays. There are 4 based in Queensland and 18 based in Victoria.

START TIME: 11 Apr 2024 5.00 PM AEST

END TIME:     18 Apr 2024 8.00 PM AEST

QLD - Book an Inspection

VIC - Book an Inspection 

Enquiries

Nick Bradley nick.bradley@grays.com.au or M: 0419 378 648

The first Road Freight Forum was held in Cairns on 14/3/24 and included a great turnout from industry who came together with TMR Far North, National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, Local Council representatives and QTA Board Director's to discuss local road network issues, permits & access, and the pending transition to NHVR roadside compliance in April.

A fantastic amount of discussion, some homework and some solutions raised. Look forward to continuing the conversation going with all involved.

We will be bringing these sessions to other towns across QLD, if you are interested in attending, click on the location below to register. The next stop is Mackay - 18 April, and Rockhampton - 16 May.

Pictured below: Cairns Road Freight Forum 14/3/24

The Diversity in Transport Event was sponsored by TWUSUPER (Principal Sponsor) and Event Sponsors BP, Steering Healthy Minds and Transurban. We greatly appreciate the support of this successful event.

How can Steering Health Minds support your business?

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training is a key component of our Steering Healthy Minds (SHM) program. MHFA is the help provided to an employee who is developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis.

With the support of sponsors, the training is being offered free to employees in the transport industry.

The next course is 8-9 MAY 2024 in Brisbane. To register your staff for this 2 day course, click here

For more information, please email: peers@steerignhelathyminds.com.au

Are you are a heavy vehicle driver or transport operator who uses telematics devices to unlock productivity or access benefits? Some significant changes are coming that you need to be aware of.

Closure of the 3G internet network - What’s changing?

Telcos across Australia are closing their 3G networks:

• The Vodafone network shut its service in December 2023.
• The Telstra network will close on 30 June 2024.
• The Optus network will shut down by 31 August 2024.

Who’s affected?

Transport operators who rely on telematics devices for access or productivity benefits need to upgrade their 3G devices to remain legally compliant.

What you need to do

Article from OHS Alert 21/3/2024

Some high physical and mental workloads can be unmodifiable and lead to poor health outcomes, but altering direct and indirect factors can influence a worker's perception of their workload, facilitating their wellbeing, researchers say.

They found from a study that what matters most to workers' outcomes is not the actual workload but how it is perceived.

High workloads often result in musculoskeletal conditions, stress, anxiety and burnout, as well as poor job performance, counterproductive job behaviours and workforce dropout, the study notes.

In some organisations, like military groups, and under some structures like shift work, certain workloads are unmodifiable due to organisational demands, it claims.

But by modifying certain factors like training and recruitment arrangements, workloads otherwise perceived as high can be seen as less demanding and less taxing, the study says.

Read full article 

In partnership with the Motor Accident Insurance Commission (MAIC), the Queensland Trucking Association Ltd (QTA) with the strong support of QTA Member Wickham Freightlines, put the striking ‘one barramundi, two barramundi, three barramundi’ b-double combination on the road last year.

Supporting MAIC’s safety campaign to increase public awareness of the dangers of tail gaiting, this striking trailer set was put on the road as a travelling billboard. Promoting safe travelling distances to motorists, counting out these three barramundis’ equates to about 3 seconds.

If you are interested in having a set of your new trailers branded with a safety or health and wellbeing message, please contact Lisa to express your interest in the next project.

Article from Trailer Magazine 22/3/24

Wickham Freight Lines is advocating for better on-road practices around heavy vehicles by promoting simple safety measures that drivers can follow.

For Wickham Freight Lines, safety is at the forefront of its operations.

Wickham Freight Lines Training Manager, Adam Young, told Trailer it is the company’s number one priority.

“It’s built into our visions and values, and it is promoted to all the staff that work here,” he said.

“We try and make sure that when employees start, no matter what their background is, they have an understanding of safety and the laws in the industry.”

Based in Warwick, Queensland, Wickham’s maintains a fleet of around 530 trailers which feature a plethora of safety features including digital weight scales, Electronic Braking Systems (EBS), standard guide lights, reflectors, satellite tracking devices and reverse sensing lights.

The fleet is primarily made up of refrigerated singles, B-doubles and pocket road trains which travel up and down the Pacific Highway between Brisbane and Sydney, and along the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne.

In hopes of reducing accidents and creating safer roads for everyone, Wickham Freight Lines displays several safety messages on its trailers throughout these corridors.

Its main tip encourages drivers to keep a three-second gap when driving behind trucks by counting, ‘One barramundi, two barramundi, three barramundi.’

Read Full Article 

Development of a national Workforce Plan for each of our key industries is central to the Industry Skills Council role and critical to to build a world class supply chain workforce.  

Each Plan sets out the workforce development challenges and opportunities facing the industry, and serves as a roadmap for the future by identifying what industry, the national skills system and governments need to do to build an agile, highly productive and resilient workforce.   

With no single stakeholder having the resources or remit to effect the volume of change required, these Plans are essential to establishing a common vision, clear roles and a way forward. 

ISA have purposely prepared a separate Workforce Plan for each industry to optimise their relevance to stakeholders, and to ensure that they are short in length and sharp in focus. 

These draft Plans are the result of significant stakeholder engagement, combined with qualitative and quantitative research, and guided by the direction and leadership of each industry’s Strategic Workforce Planning Committee. 

View the Transport and Logistics Draft Workforce Plan here

The deadline for responses is the close of business 5 April 2024 AEDT. 

Toowoomba Bypass | Gore Highway | Road access changes 2-6/4/24

From Tuesday 2 April to Saturday 6 April 2024, there will be width restrictions for oversize loads travelling on the Toowoomba Bypass due to asphalt repair works.
 
Restrictions
On Tuesday 2 April until Friday 5 April oversize loads will be restricted to a maximum of 3 metres from the Gore Highway to the Warrego Highway west interchange at Charlton. The restriction applies from 7pm – 5am each night, finishing 5am Saturday morning 6 April.

Please note oversize loads that exceed 3 metres will not be able to travel through the roadworks. 

Detour
On Tuesday 2 April from 7pm until 5am on Wednesday 3 April all eastbound traffic from the Gore Highway to Toowoomba Cecil Plains Road will be detoured through Toowoomba.

Detour signage will be in place for the approved detour Toowoomba Athol Road (including Anzac Avenue), Tor Street, Taylor Street, Carrington Road, Toowoomba Cecil Plains Road as displayed below.

View Info and Map here

Easter OSOM Restrictons and Exemptions

An oversize vehicle or combination must not be driven on any road in Queensland from 12.01am Thursday 28 March 2024 to 11.59pm Tuesday 2 April 2024, unless the oversize heavy vehicle or combination is provided an exemption.

View here for the full details

Changed traffic conditions on Hume Motorway at Wilton

A single lane closure will be in place on the Hume Motorway northbound at Wilton, Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 March from 7pm to 5am, weather permitting.  

Oversized and Overmass (OSOM) vehicles will be able to pass through during this work. 

View Info and Map here

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