Don’t miss TruckX 2018
Now in its fifth year, TruckX is one of South Africa’s all-encompassing, premier events for the commercial transport industry. Designed to inform as well as entertain through focused exhibitions, product activations and conferences, TruckX 2018 covers myriad aspects of...
First Citaro hybrid buses leave the factory
On 22 December, the first new Citaro hybrid buses left the factory and will gradually go into service with Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG (SSB). They will be used to carry passengers on inner-city routes in Stuttgart. Based on the hybrid technology recently...
Serco supplies 22 lightweight bodies for e-commerce retailer
Serco worked closely with Takealot.com - one of South Africa’s largest e-commerce retailers - in that company’s move to own and operate its own fleet of dry body vehicles.
Takealot.com has large warehouses in Johannesburg and Cape Town from where...
Toyota Gazoo racing SA announces three-car line-up for Dakar 2018
Gazoo Racing SA have announced their team destined for Dakar 2018. The Japanese manufacturer has been a force to be reckoned with in the Dakar Rally since first fielding a Toyota Hilux in 2012, and their latest all-new Toyota Hilux...
Hino achieves best Dakar rally position in 11 years
Hino, the leading Japanese truck manufacturer, scored its best finishing position in the Dakar Rally in the last 11 years when Teruhito Sugawara and his navigator, Mitsugu Takahashi, finishing sixth overall out of only 19 finishers from 44 starters...
Serco Johannesburg adds new service facility
Leading South African truck body and trailer manufacturer Serco has upgraded and expanded its Boksburg repair facility to further improve service delivery to customers.
Managing Director Clinton Holcroft says the investment in infrastructure and facilities, which significantly increases the factory’s...
Eqstra launches tyre mobility solution to assist customers
Eqstra Fleet Management and Logistics (Eqstra) has invested R4.3 million in a tyre mobility solution for its customers, while at the same time creating significant business opportunities for black owned and black women owned SMME’s.
“With tyre spend of more...
Vanguard tackles Nojoli wind turbines
Locally-based international heavy-lift, specialised transport and plant installation company, Vanguard has been awarded the transport and crane erection contract for the Nojoli Wind Farm near Cookhouse in the Eastern Cape.
The Nojoli project comprises 44 Vestas V100 2 MW wind...
FAW South Africa puts pedal to the medal
A 12-member FAW Trucks cycling team, sponsored by FAW South Africa, successfully completed the gruelling 25th Coronation Double Century (CDC) cycle race on 25 November this year.
Owned by the Pedal Power Association, the annual CDC is the grand-daddy of...
Ford’s world vision
Ford SA is looking to make healthcare more accessible to South Africans, thanks to its recent sponsorship of two new Ford Rangers to work as mobile healthcare centres in the Eastern Cape
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) is...
