Author:focus-on-transport

IFOY winners are announced July 6, 2021 The winners of the 2021 International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award have been announced! This week, representatives of arculus, Cargotec, idealworks, Interroll Group, STILL and Volume Lagersysteme received the “Oscar of intralogistics” at an awards ceremony at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. Now in its ninth year, the IFOY Award is the most important intralogistics award in the world. In 2021, 14 international companies entered 17 products and […]

Revealed: how transporters can survive Covid July 6, 2021 E-commerce and transport and logistics (T&L) players have experienced a complete upheaval since the start of the pandemic. This sector, although buoyant, has not only become very volatile, with freight costs going through the roof worldwide, but inflation has also affected the cost of products locally. The business rules have changed completely and – as the economy restarted after shutdown conditions and restrictions lifted – T&L operations are requiring very specific and […]

eActros breaks cover! July 6, 2021 The incredible eActros has been launched to the world’s media – and we were there! The eActros from Mercedes-Benz Trucks is the first fully electric series-production truck bearing the three-pointed star – and it will roll out onto the roads of Europe in October this year. Testing of the eActros began back in 2018 – and customers appear to love the truck. Take Wim Roks, fleet manager at Simon Loos in the Netherlands, for […]

Launched: a container ideal for Covid vaccines June 23, 2021 Qatar Airways Cargo has announced the approval of Envirotainer’s latest innovation, the Releye RLP container. Ideal for the transportation of Covid vaccinations, the Releye RLP is designed to meet the strictest requirements in pharmaceutical air freight. With its unsurpassed 170 hours of autonomy (more than one week), it will maintain the temperature and protect the cargo longer than any other available solution, without recharging. With the newest addition to its range […]

EAV delivers vehicles to famous Oxford Market June 23, 2021 Electric Assisted Vehicles Limited, the Oxfordshire-based, world-leading micro-mobility manufacturer, has delivered two new EAV2Cubed vehicles to the famous Oxford Covered Market as part of a £200 000 (about R4 million) government-funded trial investigating new zero-emissions delivery methods in the city. Nicknamed “Aria” and “Atlas” by the Oxford City Council, the two EAV2Cubed vehicles will be used by the various businesses of the market. As one of the rear cargo bays is […]

Courier vans under fire from hijackers June 23, 2021 While the South African lockdown has resulted in a boom in online shopping, with an estimated 1,8 billion active e-commerce shoppers’ packages being delivered across all of Africa, it has also caused a surge in courier-van robberies, with crime syndicates targeting high-value goods such as mobile devices. To help combat this, VaultGroup, local experts in providing bespoke high-tech electronic lockers and innovative storage solutions, is collaborating with various companies across industry […]

Revealed: the deplorable state of SA’s roads June 23, 2021 Recent research has revealed the treacherous state of the roads in South Africa – and the Road Freight Association (RFA) is alarmed at these findings. In a recently released report titled “South Africa’s Road Construction Industry – A Regional Look” by consulting company Frost & Sullivan, it was stated that more than half (54%) of the country’s unpaved road network is in poor to very poor condition, while about a […]