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FOcus on transport and Logistics
Giant achievement
When two giants of industry meet they make a product to be reckoned with. Thatโs what happened when the Volvo B12R MKll bus chassis...
Water force be with you
Back in 2002 Voith Turbo, of Heidenheim, introduced a primary water retarder for heavy commercial vehicles. Named the Aquatarder, this device โ fitted to...
Pure Design
We see many specialised vehicles on our roads that have been built for a specific purpose. DANIELLE DU TOIT looks at such vehicles and...
Ebb and flow
On the back of a particularly vibrant 2010, last year proved an ongoing challenge for South Africaโs bus and coach industry. Will that trend...
Transporting the future
Specialised vehicles are manufactured to be exactly that โ specialised. JACO DE KLERK takes a look at Makoyaโs โspecialisedโ operations and what its vehicles...
Leading (S)pringbok (A)tlas
Craig Drysdale, chief executive officer of the Coach Charter Transport Division at Springbok Atlas, refers to the company as a limb of his body...
Waste not, want not
Hino South Africa compactor manufacturer TFM and local Allison automatic transmission distributor D & A Power Products intend to tackle the growing waste management...
Exploring (S)pringbok (A)tlas
Springbok Atlas Charter Transport Division has grown form strength to strength and become one of the largest and most experienced luxury coach operators in...
Buscorโs bonkers bi-articulated buses
Parked head-to-tail, the line would snake for more than a kilometre. But as GAVIN MYERS discovers, that doesnโt worry the folks at Buscor, which...
Good, and set to get better
As it does every year, UD Trucks presented us with its review of 2011 and visions for 2012. GAVIN MYERS gives you the numbers.
Oiling those troubles
Fuel is one of a transport operatorโs greatest expenses. JACO DE KLERK investigates what impact this important issue has and looks for possible remediesโฆ
Opening doors
Crossroads has entered the manganese sector with a contract to transport fuel to a Northern Cape mine.
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