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Road-to-rail debate continues
Speaking at the recent SAPICS Conference, Transnet’s chief customer officer, Mike Fanucchi, acknowledged that trust and predictability were the big issues to be overcome...
Max-out with Titan Cargo Maxx
Fuchs Lubricants Premium Maxx Performance engine oil now includes Fuchs XTL-Technology, specially developed for vehicles with modern exhaust after-treatment systems and turbochargers. It provides...
Cargo Carriers continues to jump-start skills development
Supply-chain solutions specialist Cargo Carriers has of late invested heavily into skills development and training. In the 2018 financial year, the company’s apprenticeship programme...
Mercedes-Benz Trucks welcomes Maretha Gerber to the head of the table
On July 1, Daimler Trucks & Buses (DT&B) Southern Africa welcomed Maretha Gerber as the new head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks for Southern Africa. Gerber...
SATC lines up significant speakers
Now in its 37th year, the 2018 South African Transport Conference (SATC) looks set to attract nearly 700 delegates from the public and private...
ZF back on board at Saboa
ZF will return to the South African Bus Operators Association (Saboa) Conference in 2018 with its range of specialist transmissions and axles in tow....
Hino rewards SA dealer staff with visit to Japan
Japan’s Hino Motors recently rewarded four dealer staff members from South Africa for their excellence in the annual Hino Skills Contest by taking them...
Portland and FAW strengthen ties
Recently, Portland became the first company in Cape Town to take delivery of a FAW 33.420 FT. The company bought its first batch of...
SATC begins on Monday!
The 37th Southern African Transport Conference (SATC) will be taking place from Monday, July 9, to Thursday, July 12, at the Centre for Scientific...
Who needs a steering wheel?
FOCUS has just returned from Friedrichshafen, Germany, where we have seen the future of trucking … and it looks utterly fascinating! We were invited...
South Africans are trucking heroin!
South African truckers are playing a key role in the distribution of heroin. This has emerged in a report by ENACT* The report –...
Return of the bull
GRW Trailers launched the next generation of its tautliner trailer series, the Inkabi 2.0, at a packed-out function at its Boksburg premises last night....