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Trucks
cause chaos
The little Karoo
town of Colesberg which lies halfway between Cape Town and
Johannesburg on the N1 is under threat reports Patrick O’Leary. |
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‘B’
for Budget starts with ‘A’ for Application
Politicians
proclaim a R400 billion capital expenditure to promote a ‘better
life for all’ but where are the engineers and experienced
project managers to implement the promise, asks Dave
Scott. |
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Western
Star wins its niche
‘Western’
represents tailor-made grunt, spec’d to handle the toughest
trucking jobs in the world, writes Dave Scott.
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Environmental
Special Report
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Of
Toxins and Excess
Earth is coming to
terms with a new and potentially catastrophic threat commonly known
as ‘global warming’, caused solely by humans in their quest for
progress. Truck transport has an important role to play in helping
prevent climatic disaster, writes Paul
Collings.
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Importation
Blues
Truck OEMs
in this country are obliged to homologate vehicles
according to local specifications as prescribed by the
Road Traffic Act and the South African National Standards.
On paper, all seems well, but in reality, there are gaping
holes within the ‘compliance infrastructure’ as far as
truck emissions testing is concerned. Paul Collings reports.
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Providing
Proof of Green
Future business
survival will be underpinned by carbon efficiency, more
specifically, how little carbon any given enterprise emits.
Truck fleets have a new tool to measure exhaust emissions
writes Paul Collings.
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The
Dynamics of Disaster Management
Whether it’s a
tanker truck carrying sulphuric acid or cyanide, or a rigid
dropside hauling liquid petroleum gas, these trucks are as
susceptible to accidents as any other road going vehicle and
as such pose a very real threat to the environment, writes Paul
Collings.
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Cool
Rigs Cut Global Warming
By equipping its fleet
of 300 horses and as many refrigerated trailers with diesel
decontamination technology, HFR Transport aims to reduce its carbon
dioxide emissions while cutting its fuel bill by at least 5 percent
using a magnetic diesel anti-contamination device called
Algae-X.
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| Extending
Green beyond the rig
EMBRACING ECO-TRUCKING
means more than simply cutting exhaust emissions and
extends to the way workshops and waste are managed says Mark
Erasmus, Area Manager Aftersales at Volvo Southern Africa. |
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Ceramics
to the Rescue
A new diesel
filter offers comprehensive protection against fuel
contamination, helping truck engines burn cleaner. |
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Detox
your Truck
South Africa has a
relatively old truck parc but there is a way to transform your ‘old
grunter’ into an ‘eco-chariot’, discovers Paul Collings. |
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BioDiesel
-"Panacea or Pipedream?"
FleetWatch correspondent
Max Braun weighs up the views and opinions of bio-fuel
producers, vehicle and engine manufacturers, oil companies, fuel
experts and the all important transporters and fleet managers on
the issue of introducing biodiesel as an extender to
conventional diesel. |
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