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FOcus on transport and Logistics
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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....
What a bright idea! Trailers powered by sunlight!
Worldwide logistics company DHL is partnering with semi-trailer manufacturer, Don-Bur, to launch a system that draws solar energy from trailer roofs and converts it...
Drones to the fore in distribution!
Crusade Logistics, a new black-owned logistics company, is setting new standards within the fuel-distribution industry thanks to the use of drones. This innovative transport...
Serco lifts the service bar
Following the extensions to its Durban factory premises and the introduction of injected polyurethane (PUR) foam panel manufacturing technology, truck body and trailer manufacturer...
H1 smarter than ever
Hyundai’s H1 panel van and nine-seater bus have received a bold new face with projection-style headlamps, bringing its modern look in line with the...
Promoting good driver and fleet-manager relationships
Long-haul driving is not an easy job. Long hours of negotiating traffic, roadworks and bad roads, as well as fending off fatigue and boredom,...
Setting new standards of RoadEfficiency
The all-new Mercedes-Benz Actros, launched locally at the end of May, comes with the promise of setting new standards as “the most efficient truck”....
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