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Asia-Pacific
Suicide caused shutdown of Patrick ocean container terminal
Patrick Terminals in Sydney, Australia, shut down for about 19 hours over Monday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 9 after a worker tragically committed suicide.
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Australia
DOWN UNDER TRUCKING: drug-driving kills truckers; court orders re-hire of dodgy truck loader; speeding trucker wins US$12k compensation
Smoking crystal meth directly led to a fatal crash that killed two truckers; meanwhile, dead kangaroos, speeding, and dodgy crane operators feature in two labor-law…
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Asia-Pacific
Lifeless seafarer pulled from wreck of sunken freighter
A second seafarer was yesterday found dead following the collision of two cargo ships in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Australia
Governing the road safety governors – Australian reform underway
A high-level review of road safety governance has begun in Australia.A lack of road safety carries a terrible toll in lives and injuries in Australia
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Australia
Dirty is dangerous, warns truck safety regulator
Australia’s National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has warned that grot and grime can obscure damage to parts during visual inspections; fatigue fractured leaf springs caused the…
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Australia
Fatal: Australian trucking’s annual death-toll
Australian trucking continues to prove fatally dangerous to drivers with a death rate in Australian road transport nearly six times greater than the national industrial…
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Driver issues
Large section of Interstate 10 in Florida closed in the wake of Michael
About 80 miles of the major east-west interstate highway were closed eastbound with a smaller amount closed westbound.
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News
Second death caused by Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael’s historic winds caused two known deaths so far as it lashed the northern Gulf coast on Wednesday. Damage in the Carolinas possible today.
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