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FOcus on transport and Logistics
Monitoring, maintaining and maximising fleet operations
November 8, 2017

Monitoring, maintaining and maximising fleet operations

Optimising operations and reducing costs is the only way to survive in the competitive transport industry. MARISKA MORRIS looks at technology that could assist...

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Daimler KAMAZ Rus and KAMAZ enjoyed pride of place at Comtrans.
November 8, 2017

Comtrans echoes a market on the boil!

The Russian market is on the boil and this was reflected in the number of launches and Russian premieres at Comtrans 2017

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Russia rising!
November 8, 2017

Russia rising!

Russia is undoubtedly one of the most interesting – and challenging – commercial vehicle markets in the world. Home to over eight-million commercial vehicles,...

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Getting hyper over future transportation
November 8, 2017

Getting hyper over future transportation, Small vans, big impact and Aiming for no black marks

The Hyperloop has been mooted as the future of mobility; it will allow people and goods to be moved safely, efficiently and sustainably at...

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Scania goes soot free
November 7, 2017

Scania goes soot free

Scania has joined the Global Industry Partnership on Soot-Free Clean Bus Fleets! CHARLEEN CLARKE asked Alan Hugo, general manager bus and coach at Scania...

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Maritime casualties and the risks of uninsured cargo
October 27, 2017

Maritime casualties and the risks of uninsured cargo

If a vessel experiences a maritime casualty, cargo owners may have to contribute to the expenses incurred by ship owners, in addition to any...

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Waiting for the other shoe to drop
October 27, 2017

Waiting for the other shoe to drop

Both the government and the public breathed a sigh of relief when the second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) results showed an exit from the...

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Delays and death at SADC borders
October 27, 2017

Delays and death at SADC borders

Hundreds of vehicles carrying fuel and fertilizer – which are among those in a ten-kilometre-long queue of vehicles – make the Forbes-Machipanda border post...

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Show the passion
October 27, 2017

Show the passion

When business is tough, is attending an expo a superfluous waste of time, or exactly what one should be doing?

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There are only pros to regular maintenance
October 24, 2017

There are only pros to regular maintenance

Regular vehicle maintenance and the use of genuine or approved parts will lower operating costs and improve profits

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Rail set to save the day in Brazil
October 20, 2017

Rail set to save the day in Brazil

Cargo thefts cost Brazil around R2,6 billion in 2016 and have left transporters exasperated. However, the country hopes to turn its infrastructure crisis around...

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When the board takes a summer escape
October 20, 2017

When the board takes a summer escape

FLORIAN ENGEL, from Austria’s 1TRUCK magazine, heads to the Austrian Alps with two distant cousins for a very different comparative test – the Scania...

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