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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 »
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 »
Advantia recently completed PBS Masterclass courses in Melbourne and Brisbane. The one-day course was packed with content and lively discussion with the attendees. We had three presenters in total: Daniel Nolan and Saizo Takeuchi, two of Advantia’s PBS assessors, covered off the overview of the scheme and technical aspects of PBS. Victor Trumper, Advantia’s General… Read more »
33-metre A-Double access between Regional Victoria and the Port of Melbourne made possible by Advantia’s comprehensive road access and Performance-Based Standard (PBS) services. With the growth of Victoria’s High Productivity Freight Vehicle networks and a desire to improve freight efficiency, AMK Container Services have turned to 33-metre A-Doubles increasing efficiency of 40-foot container transports between… Read more »
30-metre A-Double access between Melbourne (VIC) and Helidon (QLD) made possible through Performance Base Standards Level 2B networks and Gazetted Road Train routes. As access for High Productivity Freight Vehicles (HPFV) continues to improve in Australia, Rocky’s Own Transport recently turned to Performance Based Standards (PBS) 30-metre A-Doubles for the transport of chlorine cylinders. To… Read more »
Woodchip transport is now more productive and safer in South West Victoria and South East South Australia. With approximately 2.6 million tonnes of hardwood woodchips exported from Victoria’s Port of Portland each year, and as the single biggest port for hardwood chip exports in the world, companies like ST Transport are leading the way to… Read more »
Advantia proudly delivered this important research for Austroads, which includes a comprehensive discussion of the main impediments to road access, numerous case studies, and a series of recommendations. It is a unique challenge for road managers to approve road access for High Productivity Freight Vehicles. Typically a product of the Performance Based Standards Scheme, the… Read more »
Since 2015 Advantia has delivered in-depth training on Performance Based Standards (PBS). Known as the PBS Masterclass, the intensive one-day course designed for people who have any kind of role to play in PBS has gained a reputation as the best way to get up-to-speed. Rob Di Cristoforo explains. As one recent PBS Masterclass attendee… Read more »
Read about how Advantia supported the introduction of Victoria’s ‘Moving More With Less’ policy for longer and heavier heavy vehicle configurations. Project summary by Rob Di Cristoforo. Victoria has enjoyed over 20 years of successful B-double operation at up to 26 metres long and 68 tonnes Gross Combination Mass. In response to continued rapid growth… Read more »
Other Advantia projects include: PBS Design Approval Applications on behalf of truck and bus manufacturers and fleet operators, for buses, rigid trucks, truck and dogs, single-artics, A-doubles, B-doubles, A-triples, B-triples, AB-triples and AAB-quads Development of a framework for truck-trailer combinations to operate at PBS mass and dimensions without PBS Feasibility study for the more general… Read more »
