We help businesses and their leaders in complex, high-risk environments understand their obligations and discharge their primary duty, turning legislation, codes and standards into practical controls that protect people and stand up to scrutiny.
Request a consultationOur clients engage us when safety, compliance and risk require strategic leadership as well as operational expertise. The underlying disciplines are transferable, so our approach holds whatever you move, build or operate, and we speak the language of boards and operations.
Structured around outcomes, scalable to your operating context, and designed to support effective governance and operational performance.
Management system design, review and audit; critical risk frameworks; psychosocial risk and officer due diligence; contractor safety.
Chain of Responsibility risk assessments and registers, Master Code 2026 alignment, and practical controls for schedulers, loaders and managers.
Independent audits, ICAM and HOP-informed investigations under legal privilege, and regulator-ready evidence packages.
Load restraint design and review, mass management and multi-modal freight risk across road, rail and sea. Practitioners who helped shape the National Load Restraint Guide.
ISO 45001 and 9001 aligned systems, NHVAS (transitioning to HVA) program review for the HVNL 2025 reforms, enterprise risk governance, and leadership, culture and contractor management.
The HVNL 2025 reforms commence 1 August 2026. Our 60-second readiness check scores your exposure across the duties that carry the heaviest penalties, shows your three biggest gaps, and maps the fixes.
Check your readiness
Your own check returns your score, your three biggest exposures, and a Chain of Responsibility register, all mapped to the August duties.
We speak the language of boards and operations, and we leave organisations stronger, more capable, and with defensible decisions.
Evidence-based systems and reporting built to withstand regulatory and legal scrutiny, not just pass an inspection.
We translate codes and standards into controls that work for schedulers and managers, and into assurance a board can sign off.
Regulatory tracking so reforms like the HVNL changes and Master Code 2026 are mapped to your operation before they bite.
Practitioners who have led safety functions across Australia, Asia, New Zealand, Africa and the Middle East, and adapt to your jurisdiction.
Led by safety and risk specialists who have held senior roles inside some of the largest organisations in the country.
Executive safety leader, Exemplar Global Lead Auditor and ICAM Lead Investigator, with international experience across Asia, NZ, Africa and the Middle East.
30+ years in transport safety and load restraint, with a mechanical engineering background and international coaching experience.
ISO 45001 Lead Auditor, NHVAS/HVA Auditor and ICAM Lead Investigator, with senior roles at Maersk, Toll, Linfox and Boral.
Registered Professional Engineer with 30+ years in manufacturing and logistics. NHVAS/HVA Auditor and Exemplar Global Lead Auditor.
Transport operations specialist with 30+ years of executive leadership in heavy vehicle transport, contractor management and infrastructure logistics, and hands-on Chain of Responsibility experience as a former operator.
Cargo Guardian provided outstanding support in helping us achieve all our accreditations. Their knowledge, professionalism and practical guidance was second to none, making the entire process straightforward and stress free. We highly recommend their services to any business requiring compliance, accreditation and safety management.
Cargo Guardian assisted with our safety and compliance systems, particularly our HVNL obligations. Owen provided practical, knowledgeable advice and was easy to work with. He helped us simplify and streamline a number of our processes, resulting in a more professional and structured compliance framework.
We have found Cargo Guardian to be a trusted business partner that delivers services to a high standard and conducts itself with integrity and professionalism at all times. Signature Bulk Haulage would have no hesitation in recommending Cargo Guardian to organisations seeking a capable and dependable compliance and business solutions provider.
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