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Copyright © 1999 FleetWatch magazine and FleetWatch On-Line. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior written permission from the publishers. Views published are not necessarily those of the publishers. |
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August 1999
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Rate War is Taking No Prisoners A crippling rate war raging throughout the truck rental industry is blamed by many players as contributing to the demise of this once vital segment. Stories of companies downsizing, balancing on the edge and even closing doors are aplenty as this sector faces its worst crunch yet. |
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The violence sweeping across South Africa has left many people mentally scarred by their horrific experiences. With its record of shootings and hijackings, the transport industry has not been unaffected. FleetWatch speaks to a special kind of psychologist who treats trauma victims and in the course of her work with the human mind, also helps police to solve cases. |
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A Total Approach to Filtration Despite the fact that all filters - air, fuel and oil - have a symbiotic relationship in maximising engine wear reduction, there are few operators who have in place a comprehensive filtration approach to filter selection and practices. FleetWatch highlights this neglected area of trucking operations. |
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Standardisation will open New Opportunities While the owner-driver concept has made significant inroads in South Africa, the modus operandi of the top-end of this new breed remains a far cry from the concept as practised in overseas countries. FleetWatch outlines the complexities of the issue and it all revolves around the semi-trailor and its compatibility with the truck-tractor. |
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Digicore Throws out a Life-Line Digicore Holdings has been doing some good things of late. It's latest move has been to throw a life-line to the former clients of Q Fleet which closed the door on its fleet management and tracking operations a few months ago. |
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The overall surge in bakkie sales would seem to indicate that no longer can the so-called workhorse bakkie still be only regarded as a workhorse. FleetWatch pulses the market and concludes that the popularity of the bakkie opens new opportunities for transport operators to rationalise their fleets. |
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A World Leader in South Africa Refreshing and inspirational. These two words sum up a panelbeating operation in Pinetown called Super Hermans. Refreshing because the ethics are all of the right type; inspirational because the standards are such that they serve as an example for the rest of the world to follow. |
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