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5,
6 and 7 August
2008,
Johannesburg
FleetWatch
Training & Development Academy presents its
revitalised course, “Getting to Grips with Owning
& Operating Truck Costs”. This 3-day workshop
provides a unique opportunity to step back from the
day-to-day running of a transport operation and review
innovative management techniques for evaluating
fast-changing road freight transport operations, beat
competition and earn an acceptable return on investment.
The course will prepare you to deal with the rapidly
changing environment and empower you with the knowledge
you need to face present and future challenges with
renewed vigour and confidence. Avoid disappointment –
seats are limited to ensure personal attention.
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Operators at work
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Win-win
is the name of this game . . .
Every now and again we
come across a transport operation or application that really stands
out in terms of innovation and pure ingenuity. Here’s one that not
only encompasses these qualities but is also an industry first
writes Patrick O’Leary
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‘Trakking’
off-road in Spain . . .
According to Iveco
records, their 2007 retail unit volumes increased by 27% to the
Middle East and African markets and naturally they seek more growth
through focused marketing. Dave
Scott went to Madrid to
view how the company intends doing this.
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Special
Report - Overloading
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The
beast in the burden . . .
In this
special report, Paul Collings explores not only how
the control/compliance mindset has changed towards
overloading but also how law enforcement infrastructures
have ramped up capacity to battle head-on the hazards of
overloaded vehicles.
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Critical
Mass . . .
The 2007 KZN
overloading report reveals a marked shift in compliance with
operators doing their best to remain within the 2% tolerance.
This has led John Schnell, head of KZN Traffic Inspectorate,
to declare that the war on overloading has generally been won
in KZN.
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Weighty
Issues . . .
FleetWatch asks
Hannes van Wyk, Services Manager for Trans African Concessions
(TRAC), for his thoughts on the overload control issues of the
day given that the N4 is experiencing increasing truck traffic
on this route.
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Better
Quality Sugar transport . . .
The sugar industry
is said to have led the way for a self-regulation approach to
overloading. Andrew
Crickmay of Crickmay and
Associates explains how it was done. |
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| Over
the Bridge. . .
Here’s a question regarding
the application of the bridge formula from Otto Wood,
Applications Engineer at Hulamin Extrusions: |
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| Why
Tare Matters. . .
While the 2007 KZN Overload
Annual Report shows a marked decline in gross overloading in the
province, other parts of the country do not have the levels of
overload control and reporting and it can be surmised that
overloading to varying degrees does go unchecked by law
enforcement all too often. |
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| Loading Precision Pays.
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Technology is an integral
component of the modern commercial truck fleet. Whether it is
‘under the hood’ of the truck as OEM innovation or
aftermarket application, engineering better ways to move loads
is the essence of commercial road transport. |
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Special Report – Dangerous Goods
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Hazards
and watersheds . . .
DG legislation is
constantly being fine-tuned to make the industry safer which
presents DG hauliers with a number of challenges. And then there’s
the issue of theft reports Paul Collings. |
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| Caustic ignorance.
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When a tanker carrying
Dangerous Goods falls over, it is invariably the transporter who
is blamed and left to carry the cost of cleanup operations and
pay for damage done to private property and the environment. |
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IMPORTANT
NOTICE
Application
for PrDP
(category ‘D’)
Introduction of
interim procedures with immediate effect |
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Food
for thought . . .
Major players
involved in the transportation of Dangerous Goods – including
the NDoT and others - need to ponder the answers put forward by
our Dangerous Goods correspondent Hentie
van Jaarsveldt to three
pertinent questions. |
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Special Section
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FuelWatch
. . .
This is the
second of our quarterly reports focussing on the all-important
question of liquid fuels used by the road freight industry.
The on-going diesel price hikes, the threat of supply
shortages and the associated environmental issues provided the
impetus for this project. Max
Braun reports. |
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Transport
and fuel efficiency. . .
Considering the many
different factors that work against efficient transport, it is
reasonable to assume that there are numerous opportunities to
improve fuelefficiency significantly. How many fleet managers can
say they have implemented a well-considered fuel efficiency
programme that takes into account all, or at least most of the “on
road” factors? |
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Fuel
quality. . .
FUEL QUALITY IS top
of mind at Maintenance Technologies (MainTech), a company dedicated
to a pro-active approach to good housekeeping when it comes to
optimum fuel quality. |
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| Preventing Diesel Theft.
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As the diesel price races to
R10 a litre and more, simple but positive steps must be taken
to prevent fuel theft from vehicles. |
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UPDATE Biofuels.
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In his new book, A
Cool Look at Global Warming, Nigel Lawson, former British
chancellor of the exchequer, says the most likely next bubble to
burst is a green bubble. |
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