6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (636+ words) As Followmont Transport continues to grow, opportunities are opening for experienced linehaul drivers across Queensland to build a secure career with a family-owned business that continues to invest in its people, fleet and future. For more than 40 years, Followmont Transport…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (223+ words) A 28-year-old truck driver has been charged following a fatal multi-vehicle crash on the NSW South Coast earlier this year. About 8am on June 10 this year emergency services responded to the Princes Highway, near Mortimer Road, Falls Creek, about 12km south of…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (352+ words) A South Australian father and son have been inducted into the Shell Rimula Wall of Fame, recognising a family transport legacy stretching back 50 years. Kym Roocke and his late father Jim Roocke were honoured at the Australian Festival of Transport…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (330+ words) A shiny Mack Super-Liner driven by Steve Lamberth has the name “Diesel’s Dog” which stands out on the front. Naturally, I asked Steve what the explanation was. “I ran out of fuel early on when I started driving and the…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (202+ words) The Victorian Government has announced a $550 million boost for a major freeway upgrade in Melbourne’s outer west, building on the existing $1 billion commitment from the Federal Government. The money will go towards a major upgrade of the Western Freeway between…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (280+ words) On the way into Melbourne from Ballarat, Big Rigs pulled into an old favourite truck stop at Beaufort, the former legendary “Red Roo”, all modern and almost unrecognisable from the good old days though. And here we were fortunate to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (465+ words) Construction of the $22.5 million Goulburn Valley Link Freight Precinct has been completed, aiming to improve freight efficiency in regional Victoria. The project has delivered upgrades to Simson Road and a new roundabout at the Toolamba and Simpson Road intersection. These…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (766+ words) For Steffii Skidmore, 33, music and trucks have been a big part of her life ever since she was a little kid. Based in Trawalla, Victoria — about 40 kilometres west of Ballarat, Steffii told Big Rigs, “Both of my parents were truck…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (637+ words) A newly released study reveals that vehicle bridge strikes cost the Australian economy an estimated $101 million in 2024-2025 financial year. The report released this week by HERE Technologies and the Australian Logistics Council (ALC), estimates that approximately 1220 incidents occurred in that…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (205+ words) Brisbane-based Mick Nowlan was walking back to his truck at the Caltex Roadhouse beside the Bruce Highway south of Bowen when Bigs Rigs spotted him. Mick, 61, drives a Kenworth K200 for Blenners and was carrying frozen goods between Brisbane and Cairns....