Ford sets LCV Trends with launch of new 2.2 TDCi Automatic Models
The New Ford Ranger continues to set trends in the highly competitive light commercial vehicle (LCV) market in South Africa, and is now bolstered with the addition of nine 2.2 Duratorq TDCi models equipped with a smooth-shifting six-speed automatic...
DHL Supply Chain awarded 3 year contract for Pick n Pay GMD Business
DHL Supply Chain South Africa recently secured a major retail contract after Pick n Pay awarded their General Merchandise Distribution (GMD) business to DHL Supply Chain. The contract involves receiving locally procured products at the DHL Plumbago Distribution Centre(DC),...
Brink Towing Systems reaches record volumes
Towbar manufacturer, Brink Towing Systems South Africa, has ramped up its production capacity and recently commissioned two new robotic welding stations as part of an R3.5-million investment in their Pietermaritzburg facility.
This comes on the back of record volumes in...
The silent driving danger
Driving under the influence of alcohol is a well-publicised challenge which South Africans are continually encouraged to avoid. There is, however, another more difficult to detect challenge to reducing road accidents which is just as dangerous. Driving after using...
Bidvest McCarthy invests in Isuzu Trucks
Two companies with a 100-year history meet on the stage of a brand-new, Pretoria-based Isuzu Trucks franchise. Bidvest McCarthy has now invested in an Isuzu Trucks dealership strategically sited just off the N4 at Gateway Industrial Park in Pretoria...
AARTO and its effect on fleet owners and operators
For the last 18 years, the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (AARTO) points demerit system has been delayed due to various reasons, including a pending feasibility study and assessment of technological requirements. In April 2016, Chief...
Babcock goes for green with Sennebogen
Babcock, the exclusive southern African distributor of leading construction brands including Volvo, Terex Trucks, Tadano, SDLG and Winget, concluded a deal with Sennebogen at this year’s Bauma trade fair which will see the German construction equipment company’s range of...
New production manager at Serco in Cape Town
Arnold Loois (45) has joined Serco in the position of production manager at the truck and trailer body building company’s Cape Town branch.
Arnold, who grew up in Kroonstad in the Free State, attended the Marais Viljoen Technical High School...
Black is the new ‘in’ colour for Tata Evolve bakkie
The Tata Evolve limited edition, which is based on the Xenon XT model, has found favour with many buyers looking for higher specification double cab pick-ups at a reasonable price, so an additional limited exterior colour choice has been...
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...
