Serco Trailer the backbone for fire-fighter training vehicle
A Serco Protec Steel Frostliner trailer provides the backbone for a mobile fire-fighting training gallery now in use at SASOL’s headquarters in Johannesburg.
Serco built the trailer for Dräger SA who fitted it out...
Fleetboard finds best truck drivers, fleets and world championship teams
Who are the world's best truck drivers? This is the question to which the 14th iteration of the Fleetboard Drivers’ League once again provided the answer. The global contest for the trophy awarded for the most economical, fuel-efficient and...
PinkDrive honours Prof Karim on World Cancer Day
PinkDrive NPC, a member of Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), lead with cancer screening and awareness outreaches as part of South Africa’s contribution to World Cancer Day at the Leratong Hospital in Gauteng, the RK Khan...
Avoid Vehicle Auction Scams This Festive Season
With the festive season approaching, many South Africans are using bonuses and 13th cheques to shop for vehicles. Online and in-person auctions offering repossessed or pre-owned cars at competitive prices are especially appealing during this time.
TruckX and FleetX 2018: Rewarding product excellence
Innovation is what helps to drive South Africa’s automotive sector – and what better place to have your pioneering aftermarket products showcased than at this year’s TruckX and FleetX events at Kyalami.
The inaugural TruckX and FleetX Product Excellence Awards...
Embracing change
Enthusiasm for the super-efficiency that telematics has suddenly put within reach of fleets is what makes modern transportation managers thrive, says Dr David Molapo, Head of Fleet management at Standard Bank
Dealing with the usual business-cycle and strategy fluctuations is...
Hino achieves best Dakar rally position in 11 years
Hino, the leading Japanese truck manufacturer, scored its best finishing position in the Dakar Rally in the last 11 years when Teruhito Sugawara and his navigator, Mitsugu Takahashi, finishing sixth overall out of only 19 finishers from 44 starters...
Handover of first trucks with Mercedes-Benz Uptime
German transport company Schober Transport GmbH recently took delivery of 21 Mercedes-Benz Actos trucks, each equipped with a service system that communicates vehicle status in real-time, allowing for predictive truck maintenance and analytics.
The system – Mercedes-Benz Uptime – continuously...
Stop-start technology – make sure your battery keeps up
Within the next few years, almost all newly-manufactured cars (90%) will have built-in functionality that can contribute to a cleaner environment. Stop-start technology reduces fuel consumption and harmful emissions by reducing the amount of time the engine spends idling,...
Hino cuts part pricing in aid of lower fleet operating costs
Hino South Africa has cut the retail selling prices of all its replacement parts by 4% from the beginning of May as a contribution to assisting fleet owners to lower operating costs. Stable parts supply is critical to truck...
