DAF Trucks on the up
Proving its performance and efficiency in pure numbers alone, the DAF XF 105.460 has firmly secured itself as the best current long-distance truck tractor in the South African transport market.
The DAF XF 105.460’s outstanding fuel consumption was one of...
Time To Talk (Mobility) Solutions
Agriculture plays a significant economic role in South Africa. Besides producing much of the food we eat, it is responsible for exporting products worth $9.5 billion annually. In a country starved for...
Planting Hope, One Tree at a Time
Willard Batteries, in partnership with Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA), is strengthening its legacy of community upliftment and environmental stewardship through two school tree-planting initiatives held just days apart. On 4 September, the team collaborated with...
Rising truck hijacking statistics remain a major concern
Truck hijackings remain a great cause of concern for the transport industry. Criminals have become so sophisticated that they are using signal jammers, diversion tactics, infiltration teams and even planted employees to reach the truck’s assets. They have also...
Serco supplies Sani-Booth to counter COVID-19 in the workplace
Leading South African truck and trailer body building company, Serco, has developed a sanitation booth in which a fine mist of people-friendly disinfectant is sprayed onto the user to help prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Managing hidden risks
True costs and complexities that arise in the aftermath of a hijacking or an accident can come as a major shock to transporters, says an insurance expert
The trucking industry is fraught with risks, from hijacking and theft through to...
Fuel Savings Features Assist in Reducing Transport Costs
The implementation of constructive ideas and innovations to reduce fuel consumption in today's high transport cost world has the potential to make a positive impact on the "bottom line" of companies, small businesses and individuals.
‘The Flying Passenger’ the world’s first stunt featuring a truck and a paraglider
In Volvo Trucks’ new Live Test, a paraglider and a Volvo FH are about to go on a breath taking journey. The truck needs to keep the paraglider in the air whilst giving it a lift uphill, on winding...
Advanced new refrigerators boost Unjani Clinics’ efforts to save lives and help communities in...
Unjani Clinics’ work in saving lives and helping communities in need was recently given a powerful boost in the form of advanced new refrigerators that do not rely on electricity to ensure that medicines and vaccines are properly stored...
Cummins Westport announce near-zero N0x engine near completion
Cummins Westport Inc – the subsidiary of Cummins that produces natural gas engines for the commercial sector – are finishing field tests on its 8.9-litre “near-zero” NOx engine, with the company taking orders by the end of April.
The collaboration...
