Regulars
Regulars
FOcus on transport and Logistics
Our regular columns and sections are all contributions from leading industry figures.
It gets in your blood … or does it?
Often in life, people say something to which your reaction is “Well, we’ll see” – then somewhere down the line, you hit that watershed...
Long-distance gas-fuelled trucking
In his monthly review of global news for local truckers, FRANK BEETON discusses Volvo’s gas-engine developments, reveals the second piece in the Mercedes-Benz heavy...
Trucks: demons or darlings?
The World Health Organisation has damned trucks and diesel engines, saying they cause cancer. At the same time, truck and bus manufacturers are polishing...
Tough times and tougher markets?
Interesting and challenging times lie ahead for new commercial vehicle manufacturers and road transport operators, says VIC OLIVER.
What happens when you kill a road?
Roads are the veins and arteries of our economy. When there is no road, no-one can get anywhere or do anything – communities suffer,...
Isuzu’s Africa-beating buses
What do you get if you add an Isuzu chassis to a Busmark 2000 bus body? A bus that’s rough, tough and ready to...
BRT – Be Right There?
Government implemented Bus Rapid Transit systems for various reasons, one being alleviation of the ever-increasing traffic congestion on South African roads. JACO DE KLERK...
China’s school bus crisis
Reacting to a high number of school bus accidents, the Chinese central government recently instituted a fast-track review of the regulations relating to these...
Tough temperatures require tough buses
Veolia Transport Finland – one of the county’s largest public transport companies – offers sustainable transport and mobility solutions for cities, towns, local authorities...
We shall never surrender
“We shall not flag or fail. We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength … we shall fight in the fields and in...
To be or not to be; that is the Argosy
In his monthly review of global news for local truckers, FRANK BEETON looks at important differences between the local and Australian versions of the...
The future looks … um …?
I attended the opening address of the Road Freight Association (RFA) Convention hoping to find out if the future looks rosy or bleak –...