Illawarra based family operator Ross Transport has issued a plea to the industry to ensure no more longstanding operators are forced to shut doors in the wake of Ron Crouch Transport entering voluntary administration.
After hearing of the news, Ross Transport took to Facebook to share its thoughts. The operator has been proudly family owned and operated since 1975, running a fleet of more than 70 trucks and 120 trailers.
The operator says the industry is witnessing something “deeply saddening and profoundly unsettling” in an industry that has been built on hard work, sacrifice and generations of dedication slowly collapsing under pressures that it says “no honest family business should ever have to endure”.
“Every week –…