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The Allianz Risk Barometer 2018 has revealed that business interruption is a top concern for the transportation industry. This was indicated by 37 percent of responses from a record number of 1 911 risk experts from 80 countries. Theft, fraud and corruption is listed as the number two concern (up from number three in 2017) with 32 percent of responses – while cyber incidents (number 3, with 29 percent) and natural catastrophes (four with 25 percent) are emerging threats. Changes […]
When one considers that 77,5 percent of all long-haul road collisions are caused by poor driver behaviour – with 35 percent attributed to driver fatigue and 20 percent caused by the distraction of mobile devices – its clear that something needs to change. Since 1999, Soltrack, a leading vehicle bureau and tracking company, has achieved extraordinary results in terms of the management of driver behaviour. Clifford Solarsh, founder and CEO of Soltrack Vehicle Bureau, suggests that the company’s new, revolutionary, […]
Chinese electric bus manufacturer BYD (which, you may have read in the last issue, is supplying a fleet of new electric buses to the City of Cape Town) will reduce raw material costs and help to address battery waste when it opens a battery recycling plant in Shanghai, in the second quarter of the year. Rising costs of EV battery materials, such as lithium and cobalt, are part of the reason for BYD’s move into recycling. “The most important driving […]
American-based engine maker Cummins plans to hire a team of engineers in India to modify its existing electric powertrain technology and make it more relevant for emerging markets, reports Busworld. “Cummins, which will initially be developing electric powertrains for buses, is also planning to set up a testing facility in India,” Busworld quotes Julie Furber, Cummins executive director for electrification. The move by Cummins comes when India has set an ambitious target to electrify all new vehicles in the country […]
How do the working conditions and behaviour of minibus-taxi drivers in Johannesburg affect the lives of their passengers? We look at the ongoing study by Lee Randall, at the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics and Health Law, at the University of the Witwatersrand, for answers The most prominent mode of public transport in Johannesburg, and South Africa as a whole, is minibus taxis. This is primarily because of the fairly low cost and convenience that the minibus taxis provide to […]
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: 13 212 Fiat Group 99 Ford Motor Company 2 386 GWM 178 Hyundai Automotive SA 267 Isuzu Motors South Africa 1 216 JMC 37 Kia South Africa 140 Mahindra 299 Mazda South Africa 83 Mitsubishi 32 Mercedes-Benz SA – estimate 11 Nissan […]
Imperial Logistics has implemented a standardised transport management system for all its road-transport operations in Africa and Europe. The new software solution covers all aspects of transport management including planning and controlling, tracking and telematics, quoting, order management, invoicing and accounting. Michael Lütjann, CIO at Imperial Logistics, explains that the CarLo Transport Management System from Soloplan has been chosen. “Clients will also have better access to information through real-time tracking. Client service will be enhanced by extended reporting and augmented […]
Transgroup Logistics recently added four FAW 16.240FT truck tractors and one FAW 15.180FL to its mixed fleet … and the purchase of a further eight FAWs is on the cards. All the new trucks have been acquired through FAW Pinetown, a full FAW sales and service branch. Owner and director of Transgroup Logistics, Kerwin Naidoo, explains that the company will run the FAW trucks in and around the province and from the Port of Durban to Gauteng. “We are doing […]
New Zealand puts out a safety alert for almost 3 000 truck trailers, builds new roads and edges towards an electric future, while Australia lags behind its peers. FOCUS reports on the transport industry in Australasia. The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) put out a safety warning for about 3 000 truck trailers in February, following multiple incidents of trailers dislocating from the truck body. Radio New Zealand (RNZ) reported on its website that the warning included refrigerated semi-trailers, of which 1 800 […]
Jarlath Sweeney, from Fleet Transport, drives Scania’s new “Xtra Tough” range of construction-oriented vehicles. It was inevitable that Scania would introduce its own construction-orientated range of trucks, just like Volvo (FMX) and Mercedes-Benz (Arocs) have done in recent years. Actually, Iveco was the forerunner in this arena, with the Eurotrakker… In fairness to Scania, however, the new XT range extends across all of its cab types: from R to G to P-series, and covers many different configurations catering for a […]
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