Solutions from Bosch
Bosch – a leading automotive solutions supplier – is broadening its scope in the commercial and trucking markets. The company notes that, as systems in passenger cars and commercial vehicles become increasingly networked, hardware and software needs to be...
Tom Tom proves its worth
Solutions offered by Tom Tom Telematics help a waste management company achieve its goals. Ryan de Smidt reports
Binclean SA, founded by Neil Yates and his wife, Sonja, was established after the couple identified a need for self-driven, responsible and...
AlcoSafe launches innovative KeySafe
AlcoSafe – in collaboration with Trakka – has launched the KeySafe, based on Trakka’s successful key safe platform. The device is a 24-hour management system that records the time drivers collect keys for vehicles, their identities, what time they...
The future of driver training
5DT’s Advanced Driving Simulator provides realism in a controlled environment to teach people how to drive trucks safely. Ryan de Smidt reports
The use of simulators is becoming an ever-popular method of driver training. They are efficient, quick and they...
Isuzu Dealership & Steve Keys Interview
Isuzu and Bidvest McCarthy team up
Bidvest McCarthy’s first Isuzu Truck dealership opens alongside the N4, east of Pretoria
Bidvest McCarthy and Isuzu Truck South Africa (ITSA) last month opened the Bidvest group’s first Isuzu Truck dealership and workshop.
Situated within the...
HED: Search on for SA’s safest truck drivers
MasterDrive and The Future Group, publishers of Future Trucking & Logistics, have teamed up to launch an exciting new driver excellence competition in which 10 finalists will be selected to participate in a driving experience which could land them...
R52-million truck dealership opens in Rustenburg
Daimler Trucks & Buses (DT&B) has officially opened a new commercial vehicle dealership in Rustenburg. The outlet, Maemo Motors, represents an investment of R52-million and offers comprehensive sales and after-sales services for DT&B vehicles, including Mercedes-Benz trucks, vans and...
South Africa’s most fuel-efficient trucker
Volvo Trucks’ Most Fuel Efficient Driver is a global competition that attracts over 10 000 entries from across 40 countries. The competition, which aims to identify the world’s most fuel-efficient truck driver, culminates in September at a grand finale to...
MAN Awards Top Performers
MAN Truck & Bus South Africa recently celebrated its 2016 Dealer of the Year (DOTY) Awards at a luncheon held at its new corporate headquarters in Modderfontein, Johannesburg. Despite tough trading conditions within the extra-heavy truck market last year,...
Rough and tough operation, FAW tippers are up to the task
Dust, dirt, loose sand and corrugated roads are 'all in a day's work' for the fleet of FAW 28.280FD 6X4 tippers operating on the andalusite operation of Imerys Refractories (Pty) Ltd at the Rhino Mine site near Thabazimbi in...
