Hino supports Brake & Tyre Watch

Hino South Africa recently played a major role in a Brake and Tyre Watch event held in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. Partnering with Hino Pinetown and a number of transport associates, the company invited some of its fleet customers to attend the...

What a learning curve!

KwaZulu-Natal based truck driver Dharmendra Arejune recently represented South Africa at the world finals of the Volvo Trucks Driver’s Fuel Challenge in Sweden. Competing against 28 other drivers from 42 countries, Dharmendra, winner of the competition’s South African leg held...

Analysing the May 2018 industry sales statistics

Commenting on the new vehicle sales statistics for the month of May, 2018 – the NAAMSA said that the latest vehicle sales and export numbers had continued in line with general industry expectations. In the event new vehicle sales at...

Babcock goes steeper and deeper with Terex Trucks

Following the acquisition of Terex Trucks by Volvo Construction Equipment in June 2014, Babcock was appointed as the official distributor of the range of powerful rigid and articulated haulers in southern Africa in October 2015. The inclusion of the...

MAN shows off in Europe

In October last year, MAN Truck & Bus began a 9 800km odyssey across Europe to showcase its latest TG model range, which had been launched that month at the IAA in Hanover, Germany. Since then, thousands of potential customers...

Cost of Lithium-Ion Forklift Batteries Recovered in Total Uptime & Efficiency

The less time it takes to charge a forklift battery, and the longer the charge lasts, the greater the contribution to efficiency and productivity on the warehouse or distribution centre floor. Hence, the lithium-ion battery is stealing...

Daimler commercial vehicles take home gold, for the fifth year in a row

Numbers never lie and the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Dealer Satisfaction Index Awards have proven this, as Daimler commercial vehicles took home the lion's share of accolades at this year's awards. The NADA awards are aimed at publicly...

Imperial Logistics leads the industry with African first-ever automated-briefing programme for drivers

Imperial Logistics has achieved a transport industry first with the launch of an automated-briefing system for drivers. This ground breaking initiative is reducing the operational risk in Imperial’s operations, while at the same time it is expanding employees’ exposure to...

FAW Harrismith dealer ‘bats a century’

Literally ‘hitting it out of the park’, one of FAW’s acclaimed dealers scored a century when he delivered his team’s 100th FAW truck sold - a first among FAW’s Southern African representatives to sell this many units through a...

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...

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