A trucking business that has been in business for 40 years has fallen into voluntary administration. Australian Nighthawk Transport went into administration last month as the business struggled with low revenue, tumultuous weather, equipment repairs, staff difficulties, legal costs.
The trucking company went under owing ANZ almost $7.5 million and another $1.6 million to the Australian Taxation Office, the news outlet also said, and administrators from McGrathNicol were called in. This comes about two years after Nighthawk was acquired by Western Australia-based Marlu Transport Solutions for $13 million.
Nighthawk had depots in Darwin, Katherine, and Nhulunbuy, and battled fluctuating wet and dry seasons, which forced road closures. This…