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Thousands of drivers and trucks are either being quarantined or queuing at borders in southern Africa. The situation is utterly chaotic β and could well see the spread of the virus. According to Mike Fitzmaurice, CEO of the Federation of East and Southern Africa Road Transport Associations (Fesarta), all drivers are being quarantined for 14 days on the Zambian side of the Livingstone border. βThis is irrespective of whether they test positive or not. The trucks are being forced into […]
FOCUS Issue 4 2020 is available to view as an Ebook or to download in pdf format. Click here to download in pdf format.
Just when you thought you had seen it all, we can bring news of a new fragrance β that smells like a new car No, we are not kidding. AutoTrader United Kingdom has launched a fragrance that epitomises that new car (or truck) smell. The company tells us that Eau de New Car βhas been expertly crafted toΒ replicate the alluring and inspiring smell of a new vehicleβ. The scent blends notes of fine leathers and hard wax from the most […]
Carlos Tavares, CEO of Groupe PSA, has been named the 2020 World Car Person of the Year The Person of the Year is chosen by 86 World Car Awards (WCA) jurors from 24 countries β including South Africaβs Charleen Clarke, who is also editorial director of FOCUS. Tavaresβ many significant accomplishments over the past year made him the jurorsβ choice over several other hugely impressive auto industry executives, engineers, designers and entrepreneurs from all around the globe. Among those accomplishments, […]
The coronavirus is here in South Africa β and it can obviously be spread via public transport. Now a company based in the United Kingdom has come up with an innovative way of curtailing the spread of the disease in buses According to Roger Brereton, head of sales at bus and coach at Pailton Engineering, a bus can be a perilous place when it comes to germs. βFrom dirty windscreens and sticky steering wheels to polystyrene cups strewn all over […]
These are the words too often heard by truckers when theyβre held at gunpoint during a truck hijacking. We discover who the perpetrators are, how hijacking occurs, what it costs the South African economy, what anti-hijacking technology is available and what advice experts can offer There are no exclusions when it comes to choosing a victim in the complex business of truck hijacking. All trucks are potential targets.Β This is because the objective of most hijackers is to take the cargo. […]
While having liability insurance is essential in todayβs uncertain economic climate, the issues around when to give notice of a claim can be confusing “Typically, an insurance policy stipulates that notice of a claim must be given as soon as possible, or within the time limit stipulated by the policy,β notes Garth Rowe, principal claims officer at Aon South Africa β a provider of insurance and reinsurance broking, risk consulting and employee benefit solutions. βWhile this may seem simple enough […]
A companyβs bottom line is a stellar way of measuring efficiency β the name of the transport game. JACO DE KLERK discovers how nuclear fusion can make reefers more efficient Okay, so the heading and intro could be seen as some crafty βclickbaitβ … but itβs true, nonetheless. Chris Jones (creator of the website Space Facts β space-facts.com) notes (on his page Sun Facts) that energy is generated from the sun when hydrogen converts to helium. This process takes place […]
Global warming and environmental pollution have intensified our need to recycle our limited natural resources and to extend the use of our manufactured products. The lubricant industry is no exception, and currently in South Africa most of the used oil collected is recycled only into heating fuel. Internationally, however, especially in the European Union, there is a significant trend in the larger refineries towards re-refining used oil back to base oil. The European Unionβs Waste Directive strongly favours re-refining over […]
What if we could perform an intricate study of the make-up of rubber vehicle tyres in order to engineer the tyre manufacturing process to produce tyres with superior performance? This kind of detailed study has not been possible β¦ until now Sumitomo Rubber industries, in collaboration with Ibaraki University, has discovered a technique to study individual materials within tyre rubber, utilising a new particle beam microscope to observe, for the first time ever, the sulphur cross-link density. This ground-breaking technique […]
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