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September
2006 |
Competition
Anyone
that operates, owns, manages or uses any form of transport can
greatly benefit from this prize...
Load
securement - A new standard for road transport users...
The recent publication of the nine parts of SANS 10187 -
Load securement on vehicles - is important news for all
operators of road transport as, according to Jim
Campbell, Chairman of the technical committee
responsible for the standard series, law enforcement
authorities are likely to use these standards to assist
in determining what constitutes an "insecure
load" in terms of Regulation 246 of the Road
Traffic Act. |
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Industry committed to help
Government...
The South African automotive industry is committed to enhancing the capacity, reliability and cost competitiveness of South Africa's overall infrastructural and logistical support facilities says top motor man Dr Hansgeorg Niefer.
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KZN puts Volvo
together...
After a decade of Volvo truck and bus CKD assembly in Botswana, the world's largest producer of commercial vehicle engines has moved its African assembly plant south to an industrial park just outside Durban. |
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Play Hard, Work
Hard...
The saying "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy' is true and it is the fear of FleetWatch that this industry has fallen into a continuous 'all work' mode. The importance of 'play' was highlighted on a weekend outing with some mad-hatters transporters.
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Cover story
Special Interest Report - Trailers
Getting Hitched...
To achieve the best returns on their capital outlay, transporters need to match the right truck with the right trailer for the particular job at hand. Successful transporter means being a good matchmaker writes Paul Collings in this Special Report on trailers |
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The Buddy System Forestry
Style...
The challenges timber transport operators face are extreme but there are teams of timber transport men out there whose singular mission is to improve operational efficiency 'in-field'. One such team has just introduced South Africa's first 'piggyback' timber truck writes Paul Collings. |
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Safer
lugging...
Eddie Kearney, managing director of the Payloader Group
of Companies (a.k.a. Kearney's Truck and Trailer), has a
passion for innovative load protection technologies and
some nine years ago, produced a Load Protection System
(LPS) for the steel coil transport industry. |
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Beyond the
Pale...
While innovation inspires, it can sometimes mask critical weaknesses that only come to light when it's too late. |
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Well Oil be
Dammed...
Unitrans put out a tender for a specialized trailer that not only meets the safety requirements necessitated by DG regulations, but also enhances operational efficiency. Olifantsfontein-based trailer manufacturer, TFM won the contract. Here's why.
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Hitched at the
Ball...
When it comes to trailer couplings, kingpins and fifth wheels invariably steal the limelight but what of the other form of coupling, the ball hitch? Les Austin, managing director of Avmark, spells out the history and benefits of this type of coupling.
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| Armadillo
rolls stateside...
We all love a success
story and when it's a home-brewed one, all the better.
Armadillo Concepts, South Africa's leading manufacturer
of aluminium 'roll top covers' for light delivery
vehicles, is busy showing the world how best to secure
loads on pickup trucks. |
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Chaining
Stone...
FleetWatch invited Doug Poole of McKinnon Chain/Scaw Metals to present a few guidelines that transporters should follow when it comes to buying and using chain lashings on heavy loads.
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Innovation vs.
Imitation...
Rob da Silva of KZN-based Trailord sheds some light on the impact increased demand for trailers is having on the industry. |
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| Technical Watch
Diesel engines - Nm is the heart of it
all...
Dave Scott takes a look at the diesel engine with a view to imparting a better understanding of the characteristics of today's modern diesel engine so as to assist operators with planning vehicle performance and establishing some of the reasons
why operational costs are incurred.
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INDUSTRY
OBSERVATION
Sticking
to your competencies...
I
read a great article the other day where countries around
the world were matched to their core competencies.
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POSTER
INNOVATION
Through Teamwork
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Made in
partnership with New Zealand company, Evans Trailers,
the piggyback system has the potential to reduce
maintenance costs by up to 48%
more...
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Learn
how to cope with change in
a tough business environment to
beat competition ...
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