Transportation Services / Storage

The road transport industry consists of three defined sectors:

• Manufacturers, suppliers and repairers of commercial vehicles including coaches and buses, and their components

• Transport operators engaged in the movement of freight

• Public and private operators involved in the movement of passengers.

The Australian trucking industry is distributed across regional Australia. Wherever there are roads, there are trucks and trucking businesses. They not only supply rural towns but create local employment and support other businesses directly by their purchases of, for example, fuel, and contribute to the fabric of their communities.

The road transport industry also supports the freight logistics task and has sophisticated freight management systems that provide the logistics and materials handling solutions from production line to consumer. Organisations which need road freight transport services may use either in-house or outsourced road freight services with the outsourced freight services (freight forwarders or freight operators) showing an increase in use. Outsourced freight forwarders may either provide a transport service nationally or concentrate on moving goods on specific routes. Freight forwarders may operate their own truck fleet and employ their own drivers, but more commonly they engage independent sub-contractors to provide haulage services. However, there has been a recent trend for freight forwarders to increase the sizes of their own fleets.

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• Full written survey report accompanied with digital photos
• Decanting / Waste Disposal
• Road / ISO tanker cleaning (B-Double access)
• Storage / Handling
• Service / Maintenance on road / ISO tank containers
• Welding repairs mild steel, stainless steel, aluminium
• Hydrostatic testing
• Heating road tankers & ISO containers
• Transport
• Degassing

Tyre Repair Products - RLM Distributing
A specialist supplier of tyre and wheel servicing products, tools and equipment to the automotive, transport, mining and retreading industries. As an independent company they can select the best from a comprehensive range of quality products and leading manufacturers.

Brisbane Airport Car Rentals - Established in 1988, Ideal Rental Cars are Number one, for Brisbane car rentals.

Storage Gold Coast Alberton & Stapleton HardStand Storage

BAC Systems

Retruck Australia - Truck products and accessories: sleeper boxes, auto kits, Western Star trucks, flares, fuel tanks, Mac trucks, wheel arch flares, truck spray painting.

The Shiny One - Aluminium Polishing
Fully mobile aluminium polishing service specialising in the truck industry, specifically bull bars, bumper bars, fuel tanks, alloy rims

Freight operators may be either fleet or independent operators. They secure consignments on a contractual basis, either directly from consigners or from freight forwarders. Depending on contractual arrangements, these independent operators may be:

• a tow operator who supplies a prime mover and is sub-contracted to tow a trailer from terminal to terminal

• a 'painted' sub-contractor whose equipment bears the name of the forwarder or shipper to whom he or she is contracted on a permanent or semi-permanent basis

• a specialist sub-contractor who supplies specialised equipment for the carriage of particular commodities such as cement, sand or beer

• an independent sub-contractor employed on an itinerant basis.

The industry employs about 150,000 people and provides employment for a further 150,000 in supporting activities such as vehicle sales, servicing and repair; supply of tyres and parts; finance and insurance; and manufacturing and modification of trucks, truck bodies and trailers. To keep pace with the growing freight task, the industry continually develops innovative ideas to improve safety, productivity and efficiency.

Source: Commercial Vehicle Industry Association of Australia

Bus and Coach Builders - Mills-Tui - Mills-Tui Australia will design and manufacture what you want, when you want it and to the quality you expect. Our after-sales division, Bodyline will then ensure you have on going support for your heavy vehicle throughout its life.