GUIDELINE TO
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Innovation
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The ‘Green
Trailer’...
Barloworld Logistics has
developed a “Green Trailer” which through some practical innovation
achieves reduction in fuel used. Patrick O’Leary applauds
them for new trends set. |
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The Consumer Protection Act ...
Automotive component
and lubricant suppliers dumping poor quality products into
the South African market face a real threat from a
reinvigorated Consumer Protection Act. Dave Scott
reports. |
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Cleaner fuels for the future...
Over the last few years there have
widespread calls from the road freight industry and truck makers for
cleaner, world class diesel. Andrew Parker reports on the state of
play. |
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Operators open to fuel theft...
Fuel management specialist Hein
Crocker say, many fleet operators are simply not with the programme
when it comes to managing their in-house fuel stocks or on road
usage. |
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Speed
up the process...
Truck engine
makers say oil companies
must accelerate the process towards producing cleaner fuels as soon as
possible as the current low-quality fuels are blocking efforts to bring
the latest technology, low-emission engines into the country. |
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Filtering through the puffery...
Not many vehicle fleet
operators give due attention to the filtration aspects of their
trucks, which is a serious indictment in the light of new technology
engines coming into the South African market. |
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Huge challenges for
filter makers...
In a paper delivered at the ninth international filtration conference, Phillip Johnson of the Donaldson Company in the USA says while current filter designs address contaminants such as dirt and water, the filters of the future will have to deal with newer impurities such as gas entrainment, fuel oxidation and the products of degradation, a range of different fuels, additives and lubricity agents. The list goes on.
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Government intervention needed...
Government intervention is
the only way to secure future supplies of
refined products (petrol, diesel and jet fuel) from Durban to the inland
region beyond 2011 when the new multi-products pipeline (NMPP) comes on
stream.
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New refinery on track...
Much hope is being pinned on a
proposed new refinery to be built in the Eastern Cape to provide
clean fuels in the quantities required when Euro 4 emission
standards come into force writes Andrew Parker. |
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Filtering off highway dirt...
Although common
in
on-highway applications, truck engines armed with High-Pressure
Common-Rail (HPCR) fuel systems designed to meet the latest emissions
standards are a new facet in harsh, unsympathetic, off-highway operating
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Tank cleaner upgrade...
Algae-X
International has expanded its tank cleaning equipment line
with the MTC-HC50 high capacity mobile tank cleaning and fuel restoration
system.
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BrakeWatch...
The FleetWatch Brake
&TyreWatch team visited the North West Province to check out the
state of trucks. Not much good news here. Patrick O’Leary
Reports. |
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Tyre Woes...
As in past Brake & Tyre Watch projects, tyre faults
were many – not all dangerous but certainly costly to the
operators. Our tyre expert, Marcus Haw, explains some
of the causes. Please take note as tyres are critical safety
items.
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Training day... 82 cops...
One of the great achievements of
Brake
& Tyre Watch
is that hundreds of
traffic officials around the country have been trained through
this project in identifying signs of unroadworthy trucks. In
North West Province, we added another 82 cops to this
expanding pool of knowledge. |
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Avoiding Diesel Freeze...
Harsh winter temperatures have caught
truck operators struggling with cold start problems. In an effort to
ensure operators do not get frozen out, FleetWatch technical
correspondent Dave Scott looks at cold starting and diesel freeze.
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The climes have changed...
Commercial vehicle fleet operators should brace themselves as government
prepares a range of new environmental legislation that will irrevocably
change the way they do business in the future writes
Andrew Parker. |
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Green transport on horizon...
While a great
many South Africans have only been able to think and talk about
football over the last couple of months, the South African National Energy
Research Institute (SANERI) has been hard at work preparing for a national
roll out of the “Green Transport Programme” which showcases green
transport technology options.
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Big role for
small bugs...
Micro organisms are
playing a big role in the development of sustainable biofuel that could
help reduce society’s dependence on fossil fuels. |
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Big business joins the green revolution...
A growing demand for business
to “go green” is encouraging companies around the world to reduce
their carbon footprints, or the quantity of greenhouse gases emitted
in the course of their daily operations.
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