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FOcus on transport and Logistics
Our regular columns and sections are all contributions from leading industry figures.
The standard contract
Part of risk management for a logistics company is to understand its contractual obligations and the allocation of risks and liabilities between it and...
A new future, brick by BRIC(s)
Last month at the BRICS summit I was fortunate enough to attend a Russia-South Africa breakfast on future investment opportunities for both countries The...
Going nowhere quickly
Is South Africa the โGateway to Africaโ or the โGateway to Nowhereโ? Way back in the 1990s I attended a business seminar hosted by...
Trucks and traffic-light tragedies
A possible solution to reducing accidents involving heavy-duty trucks at traffic lights Serious and fatal collisions that occur at traffic-light intersections in South Africa...
MAN at IAA: feast of trucking technology!
MAN has a treat of trucking innovations in store for visitors to the IAA this month. These are in addition to the bus, coach...
Driverless trucks ready to hit the highway!
Highway maintenance personnel take their lives into their own hands โ quite literally โ when working on German highways. As we all know, many...
Coolest bakkie ever?
My dear friend, Jarlath Sweeney, editor-in-chief of Irelandโs Fleet Transportย magazine, brought this incredible vehicle to our attention. Sadly, itโs just a concept โ but...
Snap on target
Regular readers of this column will recall that I visited ZF, in Friedrichshafen, Germany, last month in order to attend the companyโs Technology Day....
Engineering road safety
How do we create safer roads? The road safety workshop at the 2018 Southern African Transport Conference tried to find some answers by looking...
Can South Africa get smart?
The world is becoming โsmarterโ, and the mobility of people in cities is a key aspect in this future development, but South Africa seems...
Of batteries, buses and boardroom buddies
Have electric buses gone backwards? A recent controversy involving a potential MyCiTi supplier might suggest so In January the City of Cape Town suspended...
Transport pricing: private sector safe for nowย
Road hauliers have apparently ignored the governmentโs invitation to comment on the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill 2018, probably because it does not seem...
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