Industry assurance schemes

The heavy vehicle industry is currently subject to an inordinate amount of regulatory review and reform, all focused on the common goal of achieving improved safety, productivity and efficiency outcomes.

One of the topics attracting attention is ‘assurance’ and how individual businesses can demonstrate their understanding and active management of safety and compliance to stakeholders, be that other transport companies, freight forwarders and customers. The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has come out in favour of a voluntary accreditation system, approved by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), as a way to appease the demands of supplier audits and deem compliance with the legal safety duties. It’s been acknowledged by the