Experts from around the world share a brief snapshot of the state of specialized transportation in Europe, Asia Pacific, Central America and Oceania, giving fresh perspectives on shared challenges. Panelists: Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, Chief Executive, New Zealand Heavy Haulage Association Steven Dunnewijk,Vice President, Mammoet André Friderici, Director Friderici Special & European Association of Abnormal Road Transport and Mobile Cranes, Friderici Special SA Mathias Rehe, President, Daco Heavy Lift De Centro America

1. POLL:
Which region of the world would you
most be interested in doing future
business?

2. Perspectives from the
Global Corridors
Jonathan Bhana-Thomson,
New Zealand Heavy
Haulage Association
André Friderici,
Friderici Special SA
Mathias Rehe,
Daco Heavy Lift De
Centro America
Steven Dunnewijk,
Mammoet

3. Perspectives from the Global Corridors
– New Zealand

4. Keeping Oversize Corridors Open
National Permitting & Compliance
Challenges
Industry Load Pilot Scheme

5. Maintaining and Protecting

7. Maintaining and
Protecting
Oversize Routes
- NZ is skinny and long
- 120km (75 miles) max from
the coast
- SH1 is main transport route

8. Maintaining and Protecting Routes
4 Sectors We
Represent:
- Heavy Haulage
- Load Pilots

9. Maintaining and Protecting Routes
Building Relocations
Heavy Recovery

10. Maintaining
and Protecting

11. Maintaining and Protecting Routes
Factors:
- Government push for road
safety: Safe Network for
900km
- On-road provision for
multiple users. Does
Oversize get squeezed?

12. Maintaining and Protecting Routes
Identification of Routes
- Route maps
Design Guide
- Version 7 available for
road designers to use

13. Maintaining and Protecting Routes
Taking the lead from SC&RA’s
protection of the route to the
Port of Milwaukee
In NZ we aim for the following:
Width Height
Minimum 10m (32’8”) 6m (19’6”)
Preferred 11.5m (37’7”) 6.5m (21’3”)

14. Maintaining and Protecting Routes
What are other countries
doing to identify and protect
their crucial oversize routes?

15. National Permitting and Compliance Challenges
Strengths of the NZ Permitting System
1. Separation of dimension and weight permits
2. One nationwide permit for overdimension
3. Strong industry advocacy for workable conditions
4. Can get long term weight permits reliably up to 100T
(220,000 pounds)
5. For bridges with lower capacity, an industry-based
self supervision system

16. National Permitting and Compliance Challenges
In recent times the challenges we have confronted:
1. Paper / Fax / Email based system
2. Inconsistent use of permit forms/conditions
3. Breach of permits fines based on legal maximum
4. Lack of documented tolerance for weighing
5. Purchasing of road user charges up to permit weight

17. Industry Load Pilot Scheme
NZ has a fully private load pilot scheme for all sizes of loads
– since 1998
Use of purple flashing lights for all loads over 5m (16’4”)

18. Industry Load Pilot Scheme
The Association was heavily involved in the development,
training and licensing of pilots, with three grades

19. Industry Load Pilot Scheme
In 2002 major changes:
- rationalized to two
grades of pilot
- Training taken over by
government agency
- Huge increase in number
of licensed pilots

20. Industry Load Pilot Scheme
Industry concerns about:
- Lowering of standards
- Too easy access for new
pilots
- Need more industry
experience before
progressing

21. Industry Load Pilot Scheme
In the last 5 years:
- Industry set training
standards
- Assessors approved by
industry
- Piloting innovation
permitted in law

22. Industry Load Pilot Scheme
Industry has been trialing:
- Reverse Color Signs/New
Wording
- LED signs
- Standard Marking Scheme

23. Working Together
2006
2009
2008