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& 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
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you need to face present and future challenges with
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Vehicle
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Competition
The art of driving. . .
Calling all drivers! Is there a potential
Picasso or another Gerard Sekoto
sitting behind the wheel of a line
haul truck? If there is, we’d like to
find him.
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VW’s commercial vehicle world. . .
In South Africa, the emblem VW stands in the
minds of most as the label for the ‘People’s Car’.
However, there is so much more to the name as
FleetWatch correspondent Dave Scott found out
on a recent visit to the 62nd IAA Truck Show in
Hannover.
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Face-to-Face
A Man for all seasons. . .
FleetWatch publisher Patrick O’Leary interviews Jo
Grove, CEO of transport giant Unitrans Holdings
on a wide range of topics.
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Special Report –
Black Gold
Ministerial Fire. . .
The need for an improved truck-based coal supply
chain has been recognised by government and by
Eskom. Here’s what the top brass have to say
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Grid Iron Visions. . .
Paul Collings speaks to Rotrans’ Gerhard Marais to
get a better understanding of how trucks will help
South Africa sort out its power grid problems...
plus more.
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Tipping
Right. . .
The increase in demand for coal by road over the last 15 years
spawned a proliferation of tippers on our roads, many of which
were owned and driven by people who knew very little about
trucking but who met the BEE requirements stipulated in the Eskom
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Town
criers. . .
That old chestnut, ‘you
can’t please all of the people all of the time’ really rings
true when you look at the Mpumalanga towns of Ermelo and Bethal
that see thousands of coal trucks passing through their streets on
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Refrigeration
Special Report
Trailer and body builders keeping up. . .
Most of the established body and trailer builders in
the refrigerated transport arena have secured
sufficient orders to maintain their staff levels
and pay their bills. However, few have managed
to turn a profit.
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No quick fix to training challenge. . .
Learnerships, initially punted as the answer
to the skills shortage, have been more than
disappointing. Apart from being an administrative
nightmare, support has also been lacking.
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Emerging innovations.
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With refrigeration per se at the forefront of the worldwide
emissions debate, we can expect a number of emerging innovations
currently being developed to improve the use of energy and reduce
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New Models
A change of perception. . .
Close your eyes – free your mind. The Isuzu
Gigamax 70-460 will change your perception of
Japanese trucks forever writes Andrew Parker.
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Holistic Enforcers. . .
When Joe Citizen thinks of traffic officials, it is
normally in negative terms. However, there are
many positive projects underway most notably in
KwaZulu-Natal writes Paul Collings.
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A new tanker giant is born.
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GRW Engineering,
South Africa’s leading liquid tanker manufacturer, and Transport
and Equipment Engineering Company (TEE), South Africa’s leading
manufacturer of dry bulk aluminium tankers, are now a combined
force under the ownership of GRW Holdings through the outright
purchase of TEE. |
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Moving earth with MAN. . .
A Gauteng-based earthmoving and plant-hire
company has taken ownership of two MAN CLA
tippers, the first consignment of an order of twenty.
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DAF breaks from silent cover. . .
DAF has renewed its pledge to stay in South
Africa, provide reliable products and develop their
support infrastructure writes Dave Scott.
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COMMENT. . .
Our Scania-partnered quarterly update of fuel trends and advice designed
to better manage and conserve fuel.
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