Author:focus-on-transport
Innovative Staffing Solutions (ISS) has invested in two trucks dedicated to truck-driver training and has used them to train more than 2 000 drivers this year. “Advanced truck-driver training is conducted by certified trainers and each driver undergoes three to four hours of training. The trainers spend one-on-one time with drivers to test their driving skills and brush up on their knowledge of road regulations,” says ISS MD, Arnoux Maré. He points out that truck drivers have an enormous responsibility. He […]
Earlier this year, a juvenile Cape Gannet was found by an employee at Isuzu Motors South Africa’s Struandale manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth. The weak and disorientated bird was rescued by members of the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). After less than a month of treatment the bird was healthy enough to be released back to its habitat, and the whole event led to the company supporting SANCCOB by providing the organisation with an Isuzu […]
The Volvo Trucks “Stop, Look, Wave” initiative is now in its third year of activity in South Africa and, since regaining momentum this June, has reached 9 300 children nationally. On October 19, Volvo Group Southern Africa will head to the Levleesky school in Florida, Gauteng, with the goal of reaching 10 000 children by the end of the year. The training material has been specially developed to facilitate dialogues with the children in a fun and interactive manner, through […]
Hino South Africa has achieved new heights in the quarterly Scott Byers Comparative Customer Satisfaction Monitor (CCSM), achieving a 99,25-percent overall score with scores of 99,23 percent for sales, 99,36 percent for service and 99,17 percent for parts. These were the highest scores in all categories, taking Hino back to number one in the overall, sales and parts rankings, while it retained top spot in the service rating. Importantly, Hino did not get any feedback from fleet owners who said […]
The implementation of Integrated Public Transport Networks (IPTNs) in South Africa has proved difficult for most of the 13 cities that embarked on the process back in 2007. Mikhail Manuel and Roger Behrens from the Centre for Transport Studies, University of Cape Town, studied three systems to try find out why In their study: Success and delay in IPTN projects: case study analysis of three South African cities, the authors looked at the IPTN systems in the cities of George, […]
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: 13 956 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles South Africa 40 Ford Motor Company 2 587 GWM 182 Hyundai Automotive SA 338 Isuzu Motors South Africa 1 542 JMC 38 Kia South Africa 112 Mahindra 340 Mazda South Africa 21 Mitsubishi 42 Mercedes-Benz SA – […]
Volvo Trucks has presented a new transport solution that will contribute to a much more efficient, safer and cleaner future. “The full potential of the transport industry is yet to be seen. Everything suggests that the global need for transportation will continue to significantly increase in the coming decade. If we are to meet this demand in a sustainable and efficient way, we must find innovative solutions,” says Claes Nilsson, president of Volvo Trucks. “The transport system we are developing […]
Ctrack’s comprehensive fleet-management solution has been fitted to all trucks in the Time Link Cargo fleet. The telematics solution gives Time Link Cargo a full range of services, including visibility of who and what is being transported in the company’s trucks at any given time. Time Link Cargo’s immediate need was for complete security of its trucks and loads, primarily due to the value of cargo transported and the length of time spent on the road. The Ctrack solution also […]
Having entered the South African market during 2016 and launched its first vehicle 14 months ago, Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles (VECV) has seen higher levels of acceptance than expected – and entered a new market segment. According to Mark Diab, director: sales and marketing, VECV South Africa, the brand has seen good acceptance of its Pro 3000 Series, launched in August 2017. “Our stock allocation moved quite fast – we were all sold out by January. Our four-tonner has been […]
COLIN BARNETT, group technical editor, Commercial Motor magazine, ponders if air could soon power our vehicles. What would you say if you were offered an engine that runs on fresh air? You’d probably think it was a scam, a modern-day version of fraudulent alchemists offering to turn base metal into gold, but that’s exactly what Dearman Technology is doing. Granted, the engines being offered are more likely to run on nitrogen than air, simply because liquid nitrogen is a largely […]
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