Features
Features
FOcus on transport and Logistics
Our monthly features are designed to cover the core areas of interest within the commercial transport industry.
Behind the fleet-management scenes
Fleet management is often punted along the lines of advanced tracking and reporting equipment and what these can do for a business. What does...
Connectivity; the new buzzword in transport and logistics
With the launch of Highway Pilot Connect, Daimler Trucks has taken the next step in the quest for truly autonomous driving – allowing numerous...
Farmers to have a field day
Grain SA’s Nampo Harvest Day is one of the largest agricultural exhibitions under private ownership in the southern hemisphere. CLAIRE RENCKEN finds out what...
“2015 was a good year”
Harrie Schippers, DAF Trucks president, tells GIANENRICO GRIFFINI that the company is optimistic about its prospects for 2016.
Today … South Africa, tomorrow … the region
In its drive to get closer to the customer and provide a full suite of solutions, Daimler Trucks & Buses has launched its Regional...
What’s in store in 2016 and beyond?
According to an article by Sigi Osagie on the Supply Chain Management Review website, globalisation, risk management and the quest for talent are just...
Price hikes on cards as currency depreciates
The declining economy has had a knock-on effect on many industries – and the tyre industry is no different. LIANA SHAW looks at the...
The cost of cutting costs
With many financial experts predicting a stagnant economy in 2016, we ask what fleet managers should look out for when buying and insuring vehicles,...
“The proof will be in the pudding”
Much was expected of this year’s budget speech, but did Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan deliver? AIMEE SHAW reports
Taming Dakar
In the wake of his Dakar 2016 win, an elated Gerard De Rooy, of Petronas Team De Rooy Iveco, tells GIANENRICO GRIFFINI that it...
Iveco – the darling of Dakar 2016
Without doubt, Iveco was the dominant player in the 2016 edition of the gruelling 9 000-km, 13-stage Dakar rally. As would be expected, the...
Stop on sight!
Since November 2015, new European trucks with a gross vehicle mass (GVM) above eight tonnes have been required to be fitted with an Autonomous...
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