Continental appoints brand ambassadors
Continental Tyre South Africa has appointed race car driver Clare Vale and safety advocate and journalist Vuyi Mpofu as brand ambassadors for its global Vision Zero campaign – an initiative that aims to reduce and ultimately eliminate vehicle accidents,...
Truck platooning: The next step for sustainable road transport
Truck platooning could save cost, congestion and carbon says the Freight Transport Association, members of which operate more than 200,000 trucks on Britain’s roads. The announcement recently of £8.1 million to fund a trial of platooning will do what is...
Global supply chain thought leader John Gattorna at SAPICS 2020
Based in Sydney, Australia, Gattorna has helped to shape
the thinking, understanding and practice of logistics and supply chain
management globally for more than 40 years. His belief that the supply chain is
“all about the people” has
influenced many of...
Enhanced Style, Productivity and Technology for Ford Transit Custom
Ford's new Transit Custom, the top-selling one-ton commercial van in Europe, is now available in South Africa, delivering a bold new design, interior enhancements and improved productivity for business.
Sporting a bold new front-end design with three-bar Transit grille, Ford's...
Fortress Income Fund launches R650-million Logistics Park
Fortress Income Fund has officially launched the Louwlardia Logistics Park, a R650-million, A-Grade logistics facility that is under development alongside the N1 in Centurion.
Speaking at the launch, executive director Andrew Teixeira said Louwlardia was part of Fortress’ plan to...
MAN Truck & Bus boosts business with engines and components
MAN Engines, the business area for engines and components at MAN Truck & Bus AG, has been an independent business unit within the company since 1 January 2018. With this step, MAN Engines is reacting to its considerable growth...
Log it, Load it, Deliver it!
Businesses are now able to effortlessly receive multiple quotations to road freight a load and then decide which one best suits their needs and budget – completely on-line.
With the introduction of Transbid, a web-based logistics user interface, companies in...
Taxi industry receives major boost with free Ses’fikile service plan
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) will increase its support to the taxi industry with the introduction of a complimentary 3-year / 60,000 km service plan for all new Ses’fikile taxis sold from 1 August 2017.
With the service plan, taxi...
All-electric vans for logistics company
Mercedes-Benz Vans will be producing 1 500 all-electric vans for Hermes, Germany’s largest independent logistics firm.
From next year, the company will begin using battery-electric vehicles in normal operations in a pilot phase in Stuttgart and Hamburg. The focus will...
Freightliner Inspiration hits the road
Daimler Trucks North America has produced the first road legal self-driving truck, making the truck the first large autonomous truck of its kind that can legally drive on various highways.
2015 saw the group’s Freightliner Inspiration being granted a license...
