Arrivals of new trucks over 3500kg have fallen in the first two months of the year, by some 20%.
With 169 new trucks crossing our wharves in January, and 186 in February, the two-month total was 355 – well below the arrivals figure of 441 in the first two months of last year.
Industry observers, however, do not see this downward trend continuing for the whole year.
They also point out that this year’s new truck arrivals may be down on the first two months of last year, but they are way up on the 202 landed in January and February 2011.
Used import trucks over 3500kg continue to boom, however, with a total of 117 used trucks landed in the first two months of the year, compared with only 81 a year ago and only 25 in January/February 2011.
Fifty two used trucks crossed our wharves in January this year, rising to 65 in February, as used import trucks continue to claw back market share from their new truck competitors.
