Scania to test autonomous dump trucks in mine application
Scania – in partnership with researchers of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm – are investigating the manner in which self-driving dump trucks collaborate to safely manoeuvre around obstacles on the road, as well as carry out various...
Serco’s 40-year history
If you are driving on main roads anywhere in South Africa, it won’t be long before you see a Made by Serco sign on a vehicle.
Serco, one of the country’s leading insulated and...
Shell’s 2019 Distributor Driver of the Year competition
As a company that strongly
believes in the importance of Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) education,
Shell Commercial Fuels held its annual Distributor Driver of the Year
competition at the Umdloti Testing Grounds in Durban on 15 and 16...
Beyond industry standards
Sebokeng Fuels has recently been awarded prestigious Shell RT Pillar certification
It is not very often that one company is accredited across two different industries and can profess to be completely competent in both, but it does happen. In the...
MAN promises sweet dreams on double-decker
MAN’s Bus Modification Centre (BMC), in conjunction with the company’s subsidiary, NEOPLAN, has modified a touring bus for a German transport firm.
Though from the outside the vehicle appears to be a standard double-decker NEOPLAN Skyliner, the interior has been...
Slump in commercial vehicle sales for month of April
The South African commercial vehicle market recorded a decline in sales during April, lagging 7.5% behind the year-to-date results of 2017. A total of 7 674 new trucks and buses have so far been sold in 2018.
This is according to...
De Rooy Team Aims to Win the 2017 Dakar Rally on Goodyear Truck Tyres
The De Rooy team, winners of the 2016 Dakar rally truck class, are going for gold again in the world’s toughest race, driving on standard Goodyear Offroad ORD tyres.
Gerard De Rooy and his team have chosen Goodyear Offroad ORD...
More than 2,3-million kilometres and still going strong!
"Two Bar" is the fitting nickname for Namlog's Hino 500-Series 1324 freight carrier that has covered more than 2.3-million kilometres since it was purchased new in 2009. It certainly carries its age well and does not look like a...
Keep Truckin’- GWM rewards loyal customers
When GWM – Great Wall Motors – first hit the South African market back in 2007 with a range of hardy, no-nonsense, unbelievably well-priced bakkies, not even the wildest optimists could have predicted just how well this Chinese brand...
Strong demand for Hino trucks with automatic transmission
The fully automatic transmissions available as an option on Hino trucks in South Africa are proving very popular with customers. Launched first in the 300 range, in 2015, it is now available on most models in the new, Hino...
