Category:Featured March 2015
The thrills and spills of Dakar 2015
GIANENRICO GRIFFINI brings us an exclusive interview with Ayrat Mardeev of the Kamaz Master Team, winners of Dakar 2015.
Back on the rails?
It’s said that South Africa’s rail industry is but a shadow of its former glory; volumes have remained flat over the past 20 years...
Wanted: more skilled personnel
Skills shortages continue to bedevil the logistics and supply chain industry. MARIO LANDMAN, head of the Institute of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, elaborates.
To reuse or recycle, that is the question
What is being done to counteract the negative effect that used tyres have on the environment? With different entities sharing one goal, there might...
Triumphing over tough times?
Some say that the world is overcoming the effects of the recent recession, while others warn that we shouldn’t jump the gun … One...
Not disastrous, but could be better
On February 25, Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, delivered South Africa’s annual budget speech to Parliament in Cape Town. Azar Jammine, director and chief...
Burning borders?
Road transport within Africa is no doubt a risky business. With wasted time, incidents of corruption and lost loads and vehicles, it’s expensive, too....
It’s the final countdown
With Truck Test 2015 little more than a month away, the excitement is palpable. CLAIRE RENCKEN talks to some of the participants and suppliers...
Minimum energy, maximum production
The MAN Pinetown assembly plant produces variants of the company’s low, medium and heavy range truck and bus chassis to global standards. It now...