Features
Features
FOcus on transport and Logistics
Our monthly features are designed to cover the core areas of interest within the commercial transport industry.
Fleet manager or bean counter?
While some economists feel that the South African economy has reached the lowest point of its contraction, the remaining question is: at what point...
Don’t tire of tyres
As the second-highest variable cost factor in a long-distance trucking operation, truck owners and fleet managers cannot afford to ignore the management and control...
Electric is everything!
E-mobility was the overriding theme at this year’s IAA in Hannover, in Germany; virtually all the major manufacturers wowed the crowds with vehicles boasting...
New kid on the cement block shakes up the industry
A new name to the Truck Test game, Sephaku Cement has partnered as a load supplier for 2017. ASTRID DE LA REY finds out...
Trailers and tracking for Truck Test
Two long-standing Truck Test partners – trailer manufacturer, Afrit, and fleet-management services provider, Ctrack – are once again throwing their weight behind the event
A world debut right here in SA!
The brand new Futuroad Expo will make its global debut in South Africa in September next year. CHARLEEN CLARKE finds out what it’s all...
Do you need to tip your tipper?
End-tipping truck bodies are very often overloaded, used in the incorrect application and not properly maintained, explains VIC OLIVER
CLA: a decade on
The MAN Cargo Line A range – or CLA as it’s better known – turns ten this year. We find out what has contributed...
Truck Test 2017 goes extra heavy
Truck Test is back in 2017 and will, once again, place extra-heavy truck tractors under the microscope. Here are the initial details…
Mining possibilities
The recent Electra Mining Africa event gave us the opportunity to meet the new man at the helm of Scania, and find out about...
MAN pushing European comeback
Jarlath Sweeney, from Fleet Transport, reports that MAN Truck & Bus had a good story to tell at the IAA CV Show in Hannover,...
Banishing a bumpy ride
A vehicle’s shock absorbers are essential, safety-critical components that should always be in top working order – and genuine…
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