Offseting the higher VAT rate
Efficient and innovative fleet management can save businesses the costs of the recent VAT and fuel levy increases.
Executive Head for Standard Bank Fleet Management, Derick de Vries, says the increase in VAT to 15% from 14% is seen as...
Customercentric partner relationships: the heart of successful logistics in South Africa
Entrepreneurial Bidvest Panalpina Logistics explains why customercentric businesses are leading the pack
Leading customercentric businesses could see their projected profit growth rates increase from 5.3% this year to 7.4% in 2020, according to a 2018 survey by KPMG Canada, while...
TruckX shifts up a gear
Interactive events, conferences, workshops, networking opportunities and a vast array of blue chip exhibitors are expected to turn this year’s two-day TruckX extravaganza – to be held at Kyalami on July 11 and 12 – into an event to...
Orlens Transport succeed with DAF
Sastri Rapiti, owner of Kwa-Zulu Natal-based Orlens Transport, credits DAF Trucks and Babcock for playing a fundamental role in their highly successful logistics operation, one that has experienced an intensive increase in turnover in just over five years.
Orlens started...
The world’s largest service market competition opens – VISTA
Registration has opened for the world´s largest service market competition Volvo International Service Training Awards (VISTA)*. More than 18 000 technicians, from the Volvo Trucks and Volvo Buses global dealer network, are estimated to participate. Through teamwork and competence...
KZN Hino Truck dealer modest about his achievement
Pretesh Singh, the dealer principal of Hino Pietermaritzburg, a member of the Bidvest McCarthy Group, may be quietly spoken and modest, but he is nevertheless justifiably proud of the achievement of his dealership in coming out top in the...
Peering into the fleet crystal ball
The freight and transport industries are in a state of evolution, with the key marker being the need to develop means to offer greater efficiency and cleaner transport solutions. As such, third party suppliers such as Shell, are collaborating...
Toyota launches zero-emission truck project
Toyota Motor Corporation, in conjunction with Toyota Motor North America, has revealed its Project Portal – a hydrogen fuel cell system to power zero-emission electric trucks.
Engineers have installed a prototype of the system in a modified Kenworth that will...
The silent driving danger
Driving under the influence of alcohol is a well-publicised challenge which South Africans are continually encouraged to avoid. There is, however, another more difficult to detect challenge to reducing road accidents which is just as dangerous. Driving after using...
Nip/Tuck for Isuzu KB
The locally-engineered and built Isuzu KB has received subtle cosmetic updates, following feedback from Isuzu customers.
Isuzu’s Brand Manager at General Motors South Africa (GMSA), Mlungisi Nonkonyana said, “We constantly strive to improve our products and with the added advantage...
