Regulars
Regulars
FOcus on transport and Logistics
Our regular columns and sections are all contributions from leading industry figures.
No longer a radical shift
Automated Manual Transmissions (AMTs) have proved to be reliable over a period of time
Take a seat
Ensuring children are securely strapped in is no longer optional (though it should never have been to begin with); one of the lesser-discussed recent...
Caterpillar to build its own trucks
In his monthly review of global news for local truckers, FRANK BEETON notes what appears to be the final act in the Navistar/Caterpillar cooperation,...
Year(s) of the vehicle
With one of the biggest populations on planet earth, China experienced huge economic growth over the last few years, and is considered one of...
The final countdown!
Regular FOCUS readers will know that I have been working towards achieving my EC (or code 14) driving licence. I am pleased to report...
No limit to ignoring mass limits
Truck and bus drivers ignoring National Road Traffic Mass Limit signs do so at their peril and endanger the lives of the general public.
Lessons from (and for) London!
A recent visit to Great Britain’s capital city revealed that even a country with such an illustrious public transport past can sometimes miss the...
More on London’s electric Buses
FRANK BEETON updates us on the rapidly developing electric-bus situation in London, England.
Insufficient funding and million-dollar vehicles
Generally, in South Africa, we think of massive delays, insufficient routes, cramped, uncomfortable seats and smoke pumping clunkers when the bus and coach industry...
Formatting the future
FOCUS, our Truck Test partners and industry stakeholders met at Engen HQ towards the end of October, to thrash out the details of Truck...
More from the N3
Last month I promised to give you the juicy details of my trip down the N3 with the N3TC. As you might imagine, poor...
Ford ramps up truck involvement
In his monthly review of global news for local truckers, FRANK BEETON discloses the most recent significant developments in Ford’s reawakening truck interest, reports...