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Newbies from
Tata...
India's industrial giant, Tata, a company with a history that stretches back to the mid 19th century, has, in no more than a decade, become a key player in South Africa's economy. |
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Rallying the Forces to Fight
Aids...
It has been estimated that 56% of SA's truck drivers are HIV positive.
Paul Collings encounters an initiative that clearly demonstrates the power a well-managed and committed partnership can wield in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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New Daily Dukes
Up...
Things are about to get really interesting in the three to five ton commercial vehicle sector, chiefly because the long-awaited taxi recapitalization programme looks set to roll out early next year. |
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DG's Ball of
Confusion...
The transportation by road of hazardous substances, known officially as Dangerous Goods (DG), is arguably the most comprehensively legislated component of South Africa's road freight industry.
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Who will carry the
Can?...
The present legislation governing vehicles used for transporting dangerous goods is chaotic and it is quite clear that Government has not shown the least bit of interest in regularising the present chaotic legislative situation writes Hentie van Jaarsveldt,
FleetWatch's correspondent on Dangerous Goods.
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Fuel and Fire...
Lobtrans
is one of SA's leading
fuel tanker transport operations with a fleet of 250 interlinks
operating within our borders and beyond. |
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Welcome to our new correspondent...
Hentie
van Jaarsveldt, known
to many in the road tanker arena, has joined the ranks of FleetWatch's
correspondents as our specialised correspondent on Dangerous
Goods. |
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Tipping the
Scales...
There is a simple rule to making a truck transport operation profitable - optimize payload and minimize running costs. On the face of it, this is an easy equation to grasp, but ask any professional transporter how reality wrestles with this principal and they will invariably cast a heavy-lidded and non-plussed stare in your
direction, writes Paul Collings.
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From Cell to
Cell...
With increased anti-overloading measures being implemented by traffic authorities around the country, operators are becoming increasingly compliant with required load mass restrictions. Reports from weighbridges confirm that the 2% 'grace' is still being used which suggests that loading techniques are improving. |
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The Anatomy of Road
Damage...
Roads may be compared to the blood circulation system in the body, says the Aluminium Federation of South Africa's Tony Paterson, an engineer who believes that solutions to problems caused by overloading lie with trailer designers, operators and traffic officials.
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Self Regulation
Unpacked...
The Minister of transport mentioned the introduction of self regulation standards for the road transport industry at the launch of the Donkerhoek Traffic Control Centre in June, citing the success achieved by the timber industry's Load Accreditation Programme. He also said that self regulation measures would be applied to the coal and paper and pulp industries. So what then is self regulation exactly? |
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Screening the
Super-Heavies...
While regular truck transporters face a day to day battle keeping their loads within the legal mass limits, abnormal load transporters face a different set of rules they have to comply with in order to carry plus-56 ton loads along SA's roadways, reports Paul Collings. |
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SANRAL's approach to overloading
control...
If you are involved in the construction, maintenance and operation of roads in any way, overloading will be of concern to you. If that's your only focus as it is for the South African National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral), then overloading takes a high position on your priority list, especially if you are being held accountable by toll road concessionaires for damage being incurred by overloaded trucks. With this in mind,
FleetWatch asked Sanral what its approach is to overloading. Here are Sanral's views. |
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A different angle on
logistics...
If we think our operational conditions are stressful and challenging, consider those in the Sudan where flash floods, a scarcity of modern vehicles and a volatile security situation calls for a steady mind in dealing with transport logistics. The South African scenario is like heaven compared to these conditions reckons John Brunton in this article written exclusively for
FleetWatch. The photographs are also taken by Brunton.
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How flat can you afford to
be?...
Changing a wheel- if you can and if you have a spare - means being stuck on the road and in SA today there are some places you just don't want to stop. In other words fleet managers, how flat can you afford to be? Writes Dave Scott.
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