Author:focus-on-transport

With the political about-turn of recent months taking hold of the country, renewed confidence in business is beginning to show. This is certainly true for trailer and bodies manufacturer Serco, which has seen an encouraging uptick in orders this year so far.

The news in Gauteng earlier this week was abuzz with the specialist road transport of a Boeing 737 from Jet Park to Fourways – but that’s not the only big thing to have been moved recently.

Two shining stars from the Engen Maths and Science Schools (EMSS) class of 2017 are on course to reach their dreams. Makyle Naidoo and Nokwenama Gumede (both 17 and from KwaZulu-Natal) proved the success of the Engen initiative, which aims to help address the key national skills shortages in engineering and other technical fields.

Hyundai Automotive South Africa today launched its new heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) contender; the Mighty EX8.

The South African minibus-taxi industry is heading into a new era with the launch this week of the AftaRobot transport-management technology platform.

Most things are pretty standard in the road-freight industry … long-haul, fast-moving consumer goods and local distribution all come to mind. However, we don’t often give much thought to some of the things our transport counterparts in the skies sometimes have to move – like horses, for instance.

A public transporter could not possibly create a more impressive spectacle than showing its fleet of new vehicles, all in a line… In the case of Keolis Nederland – the company that manages all public bus services in the Dutch city of Almere – that was a line of 100 new vehicles stretching for more than 1,5 km!

Halfway Ford, of Kuils River, in the Western Cape, has made major strides in providing its own electricity as well as using minimal amounts of water from the municipal supply.

The African construction and mining industries are set to receive a comprehensive overview of the technologies of the future at the third Bauma Conexpo Africa, which will be held between March 13 and 16.

MB Truck City has launched a new dealership as part of the ongoing Iveco MB Truck City partnership.