Transporting New Zealand’s National Freight Survey is officially live.

The survey, run by independent surveying firm Research New Zealand, aims to find out what the key issues are for transport operators and all industry players, and help all parts of the industry share their priorities with policy makers and regulators.

“There are over 30,000 people working in the road freight sector across more than 5000 business entities, carrying 93% of the national freight task,” said Transporting New Zealand CEO Dom Kalasih.

“We want to get a clearer picture of what their leading concerns are, what opportunities they see for improvement, and what might be lesser priorities.

“There are plenty of big issues in the industry such as staff shortages, operating conditions, tolling and congestion charging, the Cook Strait ferries and road policing to name a few,” he said.

“If it is important to the people in the industry, we want to hear about it.”

Some of the other groups supporting the survey are the New Zealand Heavy Haulage Association and Groundspread NZ.

The survey is to get feedback from transport companies, no matter their size, or whether they are members of an industry association or not.

Kalasih said Research NZ has kept the survey short, multi-choice and accessible, with the option to provide more in-depth answers if they have more detailed feedback.

“We’ve also thrown in a $500 travel voucher from the House of Travel for one lucky person to win. Just as a bit of a sweetener.”

The survey runs until March 28 and can be found at https://survey.researchnz.com/S2/1/RoadFreight/.