Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck enables fully electric transport for the first time ever with an admissible total weight of 26 tonnes Ranges of up to 200 kilometres, load capacity comparable with diesel drive Series production for urban short-radius distribution conceivable at the beginning of the next decade Fuso Canter E-Cell: fully […]
Nomad Africa Adventure Tours, one of the leading operators providing this service in sub-Saharan Africa, has bought 25 Hino 500-Series 1626 trucks as replacements for 20 trucks in its fleet of 47 vehicles. These are the first Hino trucks bought by Nomad with the decision to switch to the leading […]
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has amended the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS). The convention seeks to promote safety when transporting goods at sea. The amendments which came into effect on 1 July 2016 apply globally. The new regulation applies to all packed containers to which the International […]
Hino South Africa, driven by its very successful global Total Support programme, has recently achieved excellent results in two, recent competitive surveys. Importantly Hino has retained its No. 1 position in the combined Scott Byers Competitive Customer Satisfaction Monitor for the sixth successive quarter. Hino also placed top in the […]
ENABLING OPPORTUNITY: Barloworld Transport has taken on thirty learners with disabilities to join their business administration NQF Level 3 Learnership Programme, starting this month. The learners are taking part in training provided by Barloworld Transport, which will enable them to perform administrative duties when they have completed their training. They […]
‘Technological innovations in the transport industry presents the opportunity to challenge the status quo of risk management and operational efficiencies,’ says Neil Henderson, Barloworld Transport chief executive. While the transport industry has seen some necessary change over the past two decades, road transport remains the dominant way to move large […]
Stuttgart / Amsterdam – The world’s biggest bus manufacturer, Daimler Buses, is systematically extending its technological leadership. The Mercedes-Benz Future Bus with CityPilot has driven autonomously for the first time on a route of approximately 20 kilometers in Amsterdam. On a section of the longest bus rapid transit (BRT) line […]
RUSTENBURG – Less than six months after inaugurating the Regional Centre Southern Africa, Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) has demonstrated its dominance through its Daimler Trucks & Buses and Mercedes-Benz Vans division by officially opening a new state-of-the-art commercial vehicles dealership in Rustenburg. The dealership, Maemo Motors, offers a comprehensive sales […]
Truck hijackings remain a great cause of concern for the transport industry. Criminals have become so sophisticated that they are using signal jammers, diversion tactics, infiltration teams and even planted employees to reach the truck’s assets. They have also become more professional in terms of the tactics they employ to […]
June 15, 2016: Thousands of suffering animals in the drought-stricken town of Pomfret in the Kalahari region have been rescued from their desperate plight by a joint mission spearheaded by Barloworld Transport and Meadow Feeds. The two companies joined forces to help the National Council of SPCAs (NCSPA), which appealed […]
