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FOcus on transport and Logistics
The articles, features, profiles and launches that deal exclusively with the local transport market place can be
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X-Ception to the rule?
GAVIN MYERS drives the entry model into the new Mercedes-Benz X-Class range β the X 220 d 4×2 Progressive. Around the time you read...
When it comes to innovation, think outside the Boxer!
We have entered a new era of the re-imagination of commercial vehicles, and Peugeot is at the forefront of this innovation. Todayβs passenger vehicles...
Building it with FAW Pinetown
Build It Pinetown mixes paint, cuts glass and boards, reads business plans and, most importantly, provides home deliveries for its customers. These deliveries are...
Safe MAN buses this festive season
As it did in 2017, MAN Automotive is once again offering free vehicle health checks for bus and coach operators. With just over 400...
What does the customer really want?
What is customer centricity? βIt is so much more than just great customer service,β says Bruce Thoresson, international logistics director for Bidvest Panalpina Logistics...
ZF scoops company of the year award
Independently measured against a list of criteria under the two key factors of βVisionary Innovation and Performanceβ and βCustomer Impactβ, ZF Aftermarket beat off...
Engen Learn programme proving a major success
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...
The operatorsβ view on the future of road transport
Interview data from 450 transport companies across Europe, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Asia, conducted by the International Road Transport Union (IRU), has...
BMW electrifies public transport
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...
Local UD drivers prove SAβs talent
Once again. South Africaβs contenders in the UD Trucks Extra Mile Challenge driver competition have done well at the finals in Ageo, Japan. Tatiya...
Update on e-tolls
Yesterday, FOCUS was at the Electronic Toll Collectionβs (ETCβs) central operations centre for a presentation by CEO Connie Vermaak. The ETC was established in...
Ivecoβs new bus is a gas
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,...