This Month in the UDC Business of Trucking Podcast...
Join the team at New Zealand Trucking Media as they talk with senior industry people on business at the moment, direction, and state of the industry and economy. All in the name of getting a Wider View. In the first interview of this new regular series we speak to Scania New Zealand managing director Victor Carvalho now 18 months into his role and quiz him on the three 'C's - country, company, and commerce.
In this month's Industry Comment we...
This Month in the UDC Business of Trucking Podcast...
Join the team at New Zealand Trucking Media as they talk with senior industry people on business at the moment, direction, and state of the industry and economy. All in the name of getting a Wider View. In the first interview of this new regular series we speak to Scania New Zealand managing director Victor Carvalho now 18 months into his role and quiz him on the three 'C's - country, company, and commerce.
In this month's Industry Comment we catch up with Transcon managing director Blake Noble to discuss his July 2025 Carrier's Corner column in New Zealand Trucking magazine. Carrier's Corner is a monthly contribution Blake makes to the publication and the subject of his July article was, When things don't quite add up.
We need to find out more about the whole new world heading our way. Powering On talks to people in the know and those who have already headed off on a new propulsion journey. We aim to make it not too 'techy', delivering useful information for those who will still be responsible for delivering our new tomorrow.
This month we talk to senior product engineer at Scania New Zealand, Alfons Reitsma. One of the country's leading technical minds, Alfons updates us on Scania New Zealand's journey in the alternative propulsion space.
In the OEM update, we talk with a broad cross section of original equipment suppliers to the New Zealand industry.
This month it's Isuzu's turn in the limelight. It's a huge couple of months for the company as the new N and F Series trucks arrive on the ground here. Given there representation and role in the freight, utility, and trade industries, any change in these two models has significant impact across many aspects of both industry and economy. We speak to general manager for Isuzu in New Zealand Dave Ballantyne about the journey to market and what we can expect.
In this months Clearing the Air, Lindsay and Dave discuss the July 2025 Clearing the Air column in New Zealand Trucking magazine, raising the issue of our ability to supply the minerals required to effect a like for like energy transfer with the focus on copper. That's where the conversation begins anyway ... you know how these segments go.
On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.
This month, Dave McCoid is joined by NRC's manager for policy and advocacy, James Smith, for a chat with Amanda Peart from ACC. Amanda's role is manager - business engagements and partnerships, and today the topic on the table is: the role of your business when injury occurs. Amanda is all about collaboration and working together on the journey towards best practice injury prevention and management.
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