All-electric vans for logistics company
Mercedes-Benz Vans will be producing 1 500 all-electric vans for Hermes, Germany’s largest independent logistics firm.
From next year, the company will begin using battery-electric vehicles in normal operations in a pilot phase in Stuttgart and Hamburg. The focus will...
Serco wins new order for Pharmaceutical bodies
In December Serco completed 54 refrigerated truck bodies for Virtual Logistics a division of Adcock Ingram, a new customer to Serco– which the leading healthcare company will use to transport its pharmaceuticals to various parts of South Africa. The...
New head of Volvo group SA announced
Volvo Group Southern Africa has announced the appointment of Marcus Hörberg as the company’s new vice president to lead the company’s local operations, with effect 1 July 2018.
Hörberg was the vice president of Volvo Peru and Region North for...
Saving Pensions, Not Just Pay Slips
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority’s (FSCA) recent enforcement actions has put South African industry under sharper scrutiny, making pension and healthcare compliance impossible to ignore. The FSCA Tribunal’s landmark ruling in March 2025 sent a clear message:...
Beating the credit crunch
While South Africa’s economic climate has seen business confidence wane, opting to sweat existing assets – especially when it comes to transport and logistics – may not be in a company’s best interests, says John Loxton, General Manager of...
Serco displays custom building skills
Serco has once again reinforced its high quality custom building capability by producing two fully-equipped trailers for use as mobile learner driver license test centres.
The 12,5m-long trailers were built for PCubed (Pty) Ltd, and are currently being used in Mpumalanga...
Electric trucks in action – MAN and CNL begin practical testing
Joachim Drees, chairman of the Executive Board of Man Truck & Bus AG, and his board colleague Dr. Ulrich Dilling, responsible for production and logistics, handed over the first electric trucks of the type MAN eTGM at the Steyr...
ITC Cape Town celebrates milestone achievement
Isuzu Truck Centre (ITC) Cape Town is celebrating a significant milestone with the achievement of a level 1 score on the dealership's most recent Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) audit.
This audit result...
Old Mutual Insure supports Free State Agriculture’s fire response
Old Mutual has provided 10 diesel tank trailers to help fight fires devastating the heart of South Africa’s agricultural economy. Veldfires spread quickly during the dry winter months and cause major damage every year.
Embracing change
South Africa’s trucking industry was rapidly being transformed by digitalisation and, from a business perspective, transport operators who chose to ignore the technology faced the prospect of losing competitiveness.
That was one of the key messages delivered at the fourth...
