Truck platooning could save cost, congestion and carbon says the Freight Transport Association, members of which operate more than 200,000 trucks on Britain’s roads. The announcement recently of £8.1 million to fund a trial of platooning will do what is...

The Chemical and Allied Industries’ Association (CAIA) has received a number of exciting entries for its 2017 Responsible Care Initiative of the Year Award. The annual competition has drawn excellent entries over the years and CAIA looks forward to receiving...

Isuzu Motors South Africa have announced a number of key leadership appointments in support of the purchase of the Isuzu related assets from General Motors South Africa, effective January 2018 and subject to various regulatory approvals: Haruyasu Tanishige, in addition...

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) will increase its support to the taxi industry with the introduction of a complimentary 3-year / 60,000 km service plan for all new Ses’fikile taxis sold from 1 August 2017. With the service plan, taxi...

When the CEO of the South African Express Parcel Association (SAEPA), Garry Marshall, was deciding on whether to participate in TruckX 2017, he knew he wanted to something which was different and exciting. Thus the ‘Speed in Suits’ challenge...

The reigning World Rallycross Champion and DTM driver Mattias Ekström is relying on a new MAN TGX D38 for the race logistics of his RX team, EKS. Ekström personally picked up the fully-equipped 18.580 at the MAN Truck Forum...

Fresh fruit and vegetable distributors Fresh Trading – a long-standing customer of Serco’s - had a problem! They wanted bigger bodies and better payloads on delivery vehicles their drivers could operate with standard Code 8 driving licenses. But Code 10...

The market for commercial vehicles in African markets is set to increase, according to a study by automotive analysists Frost & Sullivan. Rising urbanisation is encouraging unprecedented infrastructural developments in Africa –especially across the construction and oil and gas sectors...

At this year's World Expo in Astana, Kazakhstan, MAN Truck & Bus will be presenting the first low-floor city bus with CNG drive for Central Asia. Gas engines are playing an important role across the globe on the road to...

Kamogelo Mmutlana, CEO of Barloworld Logistics, assesses how the advent of blockchain technology is likely to transform global supply chains and logistics As part of its 2017 supplychainforesight study, Barloworld Logistics is actively exploring and identifying key technology trends that...