Author:focus-on-transport
With ratings agencies Standard & Poorโs and Fitch having downgraded South Africaโs sovereign credit rating to โjunkโ status, warranties have become ever more important to fleet owners. ANLERIE DE WET finds out how they can benefit the local transport industry
Something needs to be done to decrease the number of injuries resulting from the increasing number of road transport accidents. ANLERIE DE WET investigates whether safety training could be a possible solution
Despite being a leader in transport and logistics among middle-income countries, South Africa needs to reduce its logistics costs โ especially in the agricultural sector, which sit at R189 billion. MARISKA MORRIS investigates
Itโs not a question of whether regulations for greenhouse gas emissions will come, but, rather, when. Two degrees of global warming are enough and the implementation has to start quickly. What impact does this have on the transport sector? Some answers already exist, writes FLORIAN ENGEL from 1Truck, Austriaโs leading commercial vehicle magazine
The results of every Truck Test are eagerly awaited, debated and sometimes criticised. MARTIN DAMMANN, director of TruckScience, explains this yearโs results and provides some behind-the-scenes commentary
Following a sabbatical in 2016, Truck Test was back with a bang during March 2017. GAVIN MYERS recounts all the action
Can you imagine climbing into a bus and noticing that it has no driver? This could soon become commonplace in Japan…
By their own overwhelming admission (88 percent), South African drivers believe compliance with the laws of the road has worsened over the past two years. And, according to a survey conducted by the Automobile Association (AA) in April, nearly 75 percent of people also believe the attitude of motorists towards one another has deteriorated over this period.
Uber, taxis, trains and bus companies will be the focus of a market enquiry into land-based public passenger transport being organised by the Competition Commission, which has been given the green light to commence on June 17.
General Motors (GM) and Isuzu Motors have announced their respective future plans for the Isuzu, Chevrolet and Opel brands in South Africa โ which includes the purchase by Isuzu Motors of GMโs light commercial-vehicle manufacturing operations to strengthen its presence in the market.
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