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Engen, in collaboration with FUEL Online Training, is celebrating a record 3,5-million training interventions to Engen forecourt attendants around the country since 2013. The training focuses on job skills and competencies related to customer service, as well as critical life skills, which can be accessed via an iPad training app. Community support material created for Engen staff includes basic first aid, drug and alcohol abuse prevention and understanding money management. The programme has also offered 640 000 education interventions concerning […]
Interview data from 450 transport companies across Europe, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Asia, conducted by the International Road Transport Union (IRU), has provided global snapshot survey of the future of road transport. Published by the IRU, the report states that, in the face of geopolitical and economic uncertainty, technology-driven innovation will be key to meeting the challenges of tomorrow in the road-transport sector. This topic has topped the agenda of the IRU World Congress, a new global event […]
The BMW i brand, which produces the i3 electric city car and i8 electric-hybrid sports car, is well known. However, BMW i is now moving in a different emission-free direction and promoting sustainability in public transport. For the first time, the electric motors and high-voltage batteries developed for the BMW i3 will be used to power a city bus, which is designed and made by Turkish manufacturer Karsan specifically for use in inner-city traffic. “Collaboration with the BMW Group enables us […]
Once again. South Africa’s contenders in the UD Trucks Extra Mile Challenge driver competition have done well at the finals in Ageo, Japan. Tatiya Sisilia, from Clover SA in Johannesburg, was awarded Best Green Band driver in the Quon category, while Chuttur Sunilduth, from Mauritius, walked away with the accolade for the Best Safety Mindset in the Quester category. The local drivers were two of the nine finalists, selected from 300 initial participants who underwent local qualifying rounds held in […]
Tata Group didn’t start out as a vehicle-manufacturing company. However, this is perhaps what it’s best known for in South Africa. It has also done some fantastic things for trucking in its native country, India, learns GAVIN MYERS. Iron and steel, hotels, hydroelectric power, locomotives, trucks, cars, aviation, information technology, insurance, chemicals, beverages, and telecoms are just some of the industries the Tata Group has entered into since its inception by Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata in 1868. A 29-year-old entrepreneur and […]
Yesterday, FOCUS was at the Electronic Toll Collection’s (ETC’s) central operations centre for a presentation by CEO Connie Vermaak. The ETC was established in 2010 and contracted to provide the technology and toll-collection services needed on Gauteng’s improved freeways. Vermaak said: “We have given up trying to convince people to pay their e-toll bills; instead we are trying to tell them part of the story that hasn’t been heard. We understand that, although Sanral complied with legislation, the need to […]
Iveco Bus has unveiled the next step in its alternative-drive programme for buses, having launched its Crossway Natural Power at Autocar Expo, in Lyon, France. Completing the European Crossway range, the Crossway Natural Power is powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), but conserves the features that have ensured the diesel version’s success – autonomy, passenger capacity and hold volume. Importantly, it also maintains the same height and an equivalent operating cost. Equipped with the latest-generation, 265 kW Iveco Cursor-9 NP […]
In issue 9 of FOCUS we detailed the eThekwini Municipality’s Moja Cruise minibus-taxi incentive programme – which, on Monday October 29, went live with a parade of 150 branded minibus taxis through the city centre. Since 2009, the municipality has been engaging with the leadership of the minibus-taxi and bus industries in an endeavour to bring these public-transport operators into a cohesive operation to provide safe, efficient and reliable transport. The aim has been to ensure that they continue to […]
Having garnered legions of loyal fans over 40 years and six generations, the Isuzu bakkie has undergone some revisions and updates – the most significant of which may well be the simplest… That would be a change of name, from KB to D-Max; as the model is known in international markets. According to Isuzu, the name D-Max originated in Thailand, with the “D” originally referring to the 2000 model year Isuzu bakkie, which boasted the flush “Dragon Eyes” headlamp […]
According to Container Intermodal Trading (CIT), public awareness about the benefits of renting a container for various uses, for both businesses and individuals, has increased recently. However, there are some things to be aware of prior to contacting a reputable container company, suggests Kashief Schroeder, co-founder and director of CIT. He notes the following: Specify the intent for the container(s) First, provide a comprehensive specification to the container company regarding the use for which it is intended. “A container is […]
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