All About This Company
Aztec Forestry Transport Developments Ltd has a 100 plus-strong fleet with with around half owned by Aztec and the rest belonging to sub contractors.
The fleet is made up of a mix of American, European and Japanese trucks and around 50% of the fleet are five axle trailers. The weight configurations vary from the standard 44 ton unit through to 54 ton permitted units.
Aztec came about as a result of three experienced owner operators joining forces to create a logging transport solution as key suppliers for Carter Holt Harvey's milling operations in the North Island of New Zealand.
The company has grown significantly since starting with just four trucks when it was formed in 1998. Today Aztec has more than a dozen large clients and its driver base continues to grow.
Nigel Parker - Operations (Central/Hauraki)
Nigel Parker joined Aztec as the Central Operations Manager in 2016. He comes from a stock transport and farm management background. Nigel’s management skills, coupled with his drive and passion for the Aztec model, have seen the brand move forward in leaps and bounds.
Keiran Whittington - Planner/Dispatcher (Central/Hauraki)
Keiran Whittington, who joined Aztec in the Central region in 2015, comes from a log truck driver background. This gives him plenty of knowledge and experience in the way he plans and dispatches a large amount of trucks efficiently anywhere from South Auckland to the Central Plateau and from both coasts in between.
Keiran likes to be hands on in the field doing pre-opp hazard ID's when first starting a forest to get things correct from day one for the trucks he dispatches.
Ross Mcfarlane - Operations (Northland)
Ross Mcfarlane has joined the Northern team as the Operations manager, Ross comes with a huge amount of experience and respect from our contractors and drivers, with seven years experience in Trimble (asset) forestry dispatch, Ross is looking forward to this challenge in operations.
Ross and his wife Chantelle live in Whangarei, outside of work Ross enjoys his Saturdays on the League field.
Jeremy Collins - Planner/Dispatcher (Northland)
Jeremy Collins joined the Aztec team in 2017 as the planner dispatcher coming from a log truck background within the Aztec group. This has allowed Jeremy to confidently get on with the role and work alongside Ross in the North.
