Features
Features
FOcus on transport and Logistics
Our monthly features are designed to cover the core areas of interest within the commercial transport industry.
Logistics South Africa: Point of a new world trade corridor
New trends in the logistics industry, including new trade corridors, new industry participants, many takeovers and the swing to greener materials handling processes, are...
R800 billion for infrastructure, but who will ensure its execution?
Government plans to spend R800 billion on infrastructure over the next three years, but is said to be lacking the capacity to put projects...
The banks are back – with caution
Vehicle financing criteria for cars and light commercial vehicles appear to be more relaxed again, but credit applications for heavier commercial vehicles will still...
Continental on the offensive!
Imagine a range of truck tyres that offers higher mileage, lower fuel consumption, reduced rolling resistance, improved retreadability and a considerable increase in safety....
Is this really the golden year?
Africa is seen as one of the top three most important emerging markets in the global transport and logistics industry for 2011, according to...
When the bell tolls for city distributors
With new and widened freeways to be tolled in Gauteng and general toll fees almost certainly to be increased throughout South Africa next year,...
The inside man
As is common with many high-action movie plots, fraud most often occurs when there is someone “on the inside” who is orchestrating it all....
High fuel prices spark demand for alternatives
The quest for alternative fuels and vehicles that offer better fuel consumption is intensifying. High oil prices are making it increasingly profitable for farmers...
South Africa is on par with the rest of the world
When it comes to designing and manufacturing specialised trucks and trailers, South African manufacturers are on par with those in the rest of the...
Component sales down, but parts sales are up
Component manufacturing for exports has taken a hammering due to the stronger rand, but parts sales entering the domestic market are doing well as...
Transport industry still fighting fit
The past year has been an eventful one for all South Africans. There was the unanimously successful Soccer World Cup, and the unanimously disastrous...
Border or barrier?
Beitbridge Border Post is reportedly the busiest inland port of entry in sub-Saharan Africa. The fact that this border has, owing to an increased...
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