Regulars
Regulars
FOcus on transport and Logistics
Our regular columns and sections are all contributions from leading industry figures.
A pride of lions
With emphasis on “going green” growing across the globe, the bus industry has a few tricks up its sleeve. MAN Nutzfahrzeuge (the commercial vehicle...
Crisis looms
Last month, I sounded a warning that we were facing a skills crisis. A similar fear has now been expressed in the United Kingdom....
Keeping your head
Most South African drivers don’t understand the difference between being a good driver and merely “using tools”. I’ve driven with tens of thousands of...
Another great depression
The United States (US) economy has been hit particularly hard by the global economic downturn, but it seems as if it might finally be...
US backs green vehicle research
The land of gas guzzlers and muscle cars is changing rapidly. American vehicle manufacturers are investing heavily in alternative fuel technologies, and the United...
Truck manufacturers become self-reliant
For some time, Global FOCUS has been commenting on the emergence of the new truck manufacturing “culture” in the United States, where the leading...
Market focus – Second Quarter best forgotten
With cumulative market sales down by 48.2% for the first half of 2009 when compared to the sales reported during the equivalent period last...
Electric solutions for social problems
With the advent of bus rapid transport (BRT) upon us, FRANK BEETON suggests that the trolleybus is the natural way forward.
Loyalty alive and well
The first results in the WesBank-sponsored Focus on Excellence Awards programme prove beyond a doubt that the concept of loyalty is alive and well....
Transport: a murderous business
I only started becoming scared of driving about two or three years ago. Before then, I was confident that my lifetime of training and...
How the west was won
Few civilisations have changed as fundamentally and irreversibly as Japan did during the 20th century. GG VAN ROOYEN examines how this isolated, feudal nation...
Trucking On
With General Motors feeling the pinch, other major manufacturers such as Tata Motors and Mercedes-Benz continue to roll out new models and engines.
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