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Note: For the time being, Mercedes-Benz SA (MBSA) will only report aggregated sales data. The MBSA commercial vehicle market split volumes are estimates based on historical trends and forecasting techniques. Light Commercial Vehicles < 3 501 kg Total: 11 218 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles South Africa 31 Ford Motor Company 1 980 GWM 96 Hyundai Automotive SA 222 Isuzu Motors South Africa 1 013 JMC 21 Kia South Africa 68 Mahindra 180 Mazda South Africa 23 Mitsubishi 23 Mercedes-Benz SA – […]
No stranger to pushing the boundaries of customer satisfaction, Hino South Africa has notched up a full-house of category-leading results in the Data Track Comparative Customer Satisfaction Monitor (CCSM). Hino came out top in the 2018 fourth-quarter results in terms of overall ranking (99,35 percent), as well as topping the categories for sales (99,80 percent), service (99,40 percent), and parts (98,86 percent). The national average combined score was 94,18 percent. “This latest achievement was the cherry on the top for […]
The United States (US) Postal Service is on fire, quite literally! More and more of the US Postal Service fleet of aluminum-bodied Grumman Long Life Vehicles (referred to as LLVs) are spontaneously catching alight and burning to the ground. At least six LLVs have burned up so far this year, according to the Postal Times. In 2018, 17 burned, while 42 caught fire in 2016. Trucks.com reports that the LLVs were built from 1987 to 1994 and lack many modern […]
When an automotive battery needs to be recharged, one can usually budget for an overnight wait. Entertec has changed this though; its CTEK CT5 “Time to Go” battery charger indicates exactly how long it will take until important charge thresholds have been reached. A series of lights indicate when the battery is sufficiently charged to disconnect and start the engine, but it also has a “Try” function for when time is limited – it lets you know when you can […]
Mercedes-Benz has made its attractive V-Class even more appealing for 2019 – with driveline, safety and styling components being top of the agenda. The OM 654 four-cylinder diesel engine makes its debut in the V-Class, with the V 250 d and V 300 d models. These produce 140 kW/440 Nm and 176 kW/500 Nm respectively. The new engine generation is said to be more efficient (Mercedes-Benz claims the V 250 d is 13-percent more efficient than its predecessor), while noise […]
It was only two years ago that Hyundai last gave the H1 a mild sprucing up. In fact, since its original launch in 2009, the H1 has received periodic updates in various forms. During 2018 it received its most dramatic to date – a bold new face. Gone is the gawky façade more than 17 500 local buyers have since come to love, and in its place is a handsome, bold, truly modern face with a dominating chrome grille and […]
Transport Manager’s Handbook 2019 is available to view as an Ebook or to download in pdf format. Click here to download in pdf format.
Each year the International Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Association (FIATA) hosts the Young Freight Forwarder Award competition. In 2018, 27-year-old Tjaka Segooa, a freight forwarder at Bidvest Panalpina Logistics (BPL), made it to the FIATA World Congress in New Delhi as one of four regional finalists, where she was up against entrants from the Americas, Europe and the Pacific regions. The first part of the competition entails an extensively researched 6 000-word paper outlining an import and export shipment from the […]
It was in 1919 when Clessie Cummins and business partner William G. Irwin built a company that was one of the first to take advantage of the ground-breaking technology developed by German engineer Rudolf Diesel in the late 1800s – the diesel engine. This year, Cummins Inc. celebrates its 100th year, boasts 60 000 employees worldwide (1 600 across Africa and the Middle East). It is one of a few independent engine manufacturers that still exist. While diesel engines remain […]
The Transport Sector Retirement Fund (TSRF), a non-aligned, standalone fund whose shareholders are its members, has been awarded top honours at the Institute of Retirement Funds Africa (IRFA) annual Best Practice Industry Awards, which took place on January 23. The TSRF received the overall Gold Standard Award for meeting all the criteria in eight areas of excellence. The fund also won the Investment Practices category and received a Best Practice certificate in the Transformation category. The fund has about 70 […]
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