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Babcock’s Transport Solutions business recently scooped up the award for Best Sales Dealer Sales Operations for 2017 at the annual DAF Sales and Marketing conference held in Eindhoven, Netherlands in February this year. This accolade represented the highlight of...

Volkswagen Truck & Bus has launched a MAN-developed, cloud-based vehicle management system which the company claims will significantly change the transportation industry Volkswagen’s new cloud-based RIO operating system is said to bundle digital solutions for the transportation and logistics industry...

MiX Telematics, a leading global provider of fleet and asset management solutions, has announced an upgrade to its MiX Vision solution. MiX Vision integrates seamlessly with existing flagship products...

In less than 12 months, the Checkers Sixty60™ online shopping app has become a household name thanks to its unrivalled convenience and speed of delivery. This scalable solution, an app that accommodates hundreds of...

With many corporates and industries resuming operations following the festive season break, electricity utility Eskom has warned of a potential 4000MW shortfall in generation capacity in 2022. It places the spotlight firmly on the need for appropriate...

Serco has seen growing demand for its custom designed events vehicles with the latest initiative being a mobile bank to be used as a back-up or disaster relief unit in emergencies. The vehicle was ordered by a prominent bank for...

Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Sprinter range to include a new variant with a permissible gross vehicle weight of 5,5-tons, representing an increased payload of almost half a ton. Introduction of the model – which bridges the gap between van and...

Hijackers are facing a challenge which has the potential to make it more difficult for them to get away with their crimes. New technology has been introduced aimed at drastically reducing the amount of time during which an alert for...

The South African commercial vehicle market recorded a very marginal year-on-year increase of 0.1% at the end of July, to reach 14 853 new units sales so far in 2018.  The biggest growth occurred in the Extra Heavy Commercial Vehicle...

Messe Frankfurt, organisers of Automechanika events around the world, has engaged global transport consultancy Frost & Sullivan to help it devise a new mobility trade fair – Hypermotion. The agreement was signed last month. The consultants have been brought in...