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Gooden Ag is one of the growing cohort of businesses who can count themselves as PBS A-double operators in both Victoria and New South Wales. Brothers Shaun and Brett Gooden, who recently collected their new 30-metre Sloanebuilt A-double were looking forward to all the benefits it would bring their transport operation, but also importantly, giving… Read more »
As part of an international effort, Advantia has worked together with Afrit Trailers to successfully develop multiple B‑triple combinations for use in Uruguay. The Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) of Uruguay has been investigating the feasibility of high productivity vehicles (HPV) over the past decade, with a gradual introduction of these vehicles to… Read more »
Oversize and Overmass transports in Victoria is significantly more streamlined and predictable with the publication of platform trailer networks up to 176-tonne Gross Combination Mass. With an unprecedented level of road, rail and energy projects planned and underway in Victoria, in late 2018 Advantia was engaged by VicRoads (now Department of Transport) to develop a… Read more »
42.5-metre 128.5-tonne A-triple access between Regional South Australia and Port Adelaide made possible by Advantia’s comprehensive road access and Performance-Based Standard (PBS) services. Photo credit: Convair Engineering Sensing an opportunity for a key client, Convair approached Advantia in late 2019 to look into options to improve the freight productivity of dry bulk transports between Regional… Read more »
In early 2020, Advantia was engaged by Transport for New South Wales to examine the current requirements around deck heights in the Multi-State Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicle Dimension Exemption Notice. At the time, the notice included a NSW-specific clause that when loads exceeded 4.6 metres, a maximum deck height of 1.0 was required. In… Read more »
