News

Issue 74

Grays marketplace is conducting a no reserve auction of a top quality truck fleet due to business retirement.

Brisbane, QLD, July 2020 Grays, Australia’s largest marketplace, is proud to offer the outstanding assets of Speedie Contractors, due to the imminent retirement of the owners. Speedie’s is an institution in Queensland, having been in continuous operation for over 60 years.

Speedie’s is a second generation family business, currently run by brothers Simon and Timothy Knowles. From humble beginnings with a couple of 8 tonne tippers servicing local oil refineries, Speedie’s has flourished to become a leading heavy vehicle contractor in south-east Queensland.

MEDIA RELEASE 

To find out more about these assets, and to register for sale notifications, visit grays.com and search SPEEDIE.

Press Enquiries:  To arrange an interview, please contact Terry Rowland from Grays on 0434 028 336, or email terry.rowland@grays.com.au

ABOUT GRAYS

Grays is the largest industrial and automotive e-commerce marketplace in Australia. Offering a huge range of consumer, commercial and industrial goods including rare and unique items. Grays is revolutionising how assets are being sourced, sold and purchased throughout the world. A best in class e-commerce platform and commitment to customer service makes buying and selling with Grays easy, efficient, fair and transparent. www.graysonline.com

IR Circular 23.06.20

QTA IR Alert - 21 May 2020

Issue 48

Media Release 18.06.20

Full Release from ATA and Bridgestone - 16/6/20

In June 2019, Frasers Livestock Transport driver Jeff Clegg was conducting a welfare check of his truck’s load outside of Woodenbong, NSW, when he saw an unusual glow in the distance. On investigation, Mr Clegg came across a 4x4 in dense vegetation with the driver trapped inside. 

After alerting emergency services, Mr Clegg remained with the driver and comforted him, before assisting emergency responders once they arrived. Given the remoteness of the incident and condition of the driver, Mr Clegg’s intervention is being praised as having saved the motorist’s life. 

Article in Chinchilla News 13/6/20 (Subscriber only)

Text from Story by Lachlan Berlin

QUEENSLAND'S main trucking body is pleased with the benefits of the Toowoomba Bypass, but they believe more projects need to be completed.

CEO Gary Mahon said the bypass said the time savings for trucks are reasonable given the amount of traffic lights avoided in Toowoomba.

"A number of our fleets have done pretty good measures on time and fuel savings," he said.

"It is of a commercial benefit of using the bypass compared to using another route."

He said the price of the toll, currently $22.85 for 'heavy commercial' vehicles, breaks even with the costs saved through not going through the city.

"That was a much better price than was being speculated for some time."

But Mr Mahon said there still needs to be a reasonable way for large road trains to traverse the western corridor.

"If you bring two trailers of cattle through Toowoomba, you can take them to Gatton but you can't take them to Dinmore," he said.

Type 1 road trains, which can be up to 36.5m in length, are permitted along the Warrego Highway west of Gatton.

Type 2 road trains, which can be up to 53.5m in length, are permitted west of Roma.

Mr Mahon's concern is that road trains are not permitted between the Port of Brisbane and Gatton, creating a logistical nightmare for freight companies.

"Rather than having a through route straight from the port, we have to make up combinations and break them down again," he said.

"We're looking for decisions that allow us to use that corridor as a high productivity corridor."

According to Mr Mahon, one of the main reasons heavier vehicles can't travel east of Gatton is because of the weak Bremer River bridges at Bundamba.

"Part of it's to do with the age life of the bridge," he said.

"Bear in mind that when you come into the western side of Toowoomba, you have 140km to the port without a single traffic light."

The Queensland Trucking Association is looking for a plan for the Warrego Highway's future from the Department of Transport and Main Roads.

"Our understanding is that once they've made the decision to put them on the forward program, we can make the decision that the infrastructure is going to be replaced. We acknowledge there's plenty of investment being made about roads and infrastructure across the state."

Mr Mahon wants to see more attention given to high priority corridors to reduce the cost of shipping freight.

"It takes significantly more to take freight from Millmerran to the port than the port to Shanghai."

The Department of Transport and Main Roads has released a long-term upgrade strategy in 2012 for the future of the Warrego Highway.

But the Warrego Highway East Masterplan, which is expected to outline the future of the Dinmore to Helidon Spa stretch, is yet to be released.

A spokesman for the Department of Transport and Main Roads said light vehicle numbers have dropped on the main roads, heavy vehicle traffic has remained consistent.

"Heavy vehicle numbers remain relatively consistent on both the Toowoomba Bypass and Toowoomba Connection Road," he said.

"Before COVID-19 travel restrictions, our data showed about 5500 vehicles using the Toowoomba Bypass daily."

According to statistics from the Queensland Government in 2018, that is less than the number of vehicles that use the Oakey to Dalby stretch per day, which stands at 5781.

"The full impact of the Toowoomba Bypass on traffic volumes will be known when trends not influenced by floods, fires, or COVID-19 restrictions can be assessed," the spokesman said.

Issue 46

DWF Alert 11.06.20 - Queensland's first sentence for industrial manslaughter handed down, representing a 'reset' of the work health and safety 'risk landscape'

Release with full details from DWF Law 11.06.20