Tell me about the Road Transport Industry

There are various types of transport companies in Australia and these types of carriers can easily be transposed anywhere in the world.  Although you can see hundreds, if not thousands of trucks using our highways and freeways on a daily basis, there is a vast difference in the types of freight they carry.

The usual kinds of Transport Companies you will recognize include-

• General Freight
• Refrigerated (Chiller and Freezer)
• Furniture
• Car carriers
• Containers
• Logs
• Heavy Machinery (low loaders etc)
• Tippers

The combinations of vehicles include

• Rigids
• Single Trailers
• B Doubles
• B Triples
• Road Trains
• Dog Trailers

The types of transport include-

• Couriers
• Local
• Intrastate
• Interstate
• International

For this blog, I am going to concentrate on General Freight combined with Rigid vehicles, Trailers and B Doubles combined with Intrastate and Interstate Freight movements.