Large Investments
Traxtion has opened its new Rosslyn-based maintenance facility for business, allowing it to provide locomotive rebuild and overhaul services at scale. The industrialised area of Rosslyn, a suburb of Tshwane, is the manufacturing centre of Gauteng, best known for its automotive industry. “The opening of this facility signals a giant leap as we solidify our […]
Getting into the mining sector
VDM Plant Hire plans to expand its operation to supply construction equipment to the mining sector. “We are currently extending our fleet of excavators, road rollers, wheel loaders and TLBs to include machines that comply with mining specifications and standards,” explains Lindo van der Merwe, owner of VDM Plant Hire. “This expansion programme encompasses the […]
Improving lives
In celebration of last Month’s International Women’s Day, Engen showed off its efforts to achieve a balance across its business, including their female bulk truck drivers. One such example is Phindile Sithole, one of 16 female bulk truck operators employed by Engen. She says that while she fully supports Engen’s drive to secure a more […]
Demolishing with high-grade steel
For over three decades, steel company SSAB has delivered steel plates to England-based Kocurek Excavators, a company specialising in the manufacture of demolition equipment. SSAB helps family business, Kocurek Excavators in Ipwich, England to continually push the boundaries on behalf of their worldwide-customers. The extreme forces needed when tearing down buildings with demolition equipment up […]
Improving run time capacity
A total fuel-filtration solution has ensured that a haul-truck fleet at a large copper mine in Zambia has achieved utilisation rates of between 85% and 90%, after previously experiencing operational difficulties relating to substandard fuel qualities, which had reduced the fleet’s run-time capacity to 65%. The haul trucks were not achieving the targeted 350-hours service […]
Nitrogen Tyre Inflation
Less widely known is the significant cost-savings that commercial transport fleet owners can enjoy when they run their vehicle tyres on nitrogen inflation.Small and large fleets“The benefits of inflating your fleet tyres with nitrogen are really significant if you are a major commercial transportation company with dozens of vehicles on the road,” says NitraLife’s sales […]
International Truck of the Year
Amid stiff competition, DAF Trucks was awarded the prestigious International Truck of the Year 2018 accolade for its new XF and CF series. Named as making the greatest contribution to road transport efficiency, the DAF XF and CF trucks set new standards of driveline effectiveness and overall performance.Babcock is the sole distributor of DAF Trucks […]
Hydro-transportation Solutions
In addition, hydro-transportation, which is now being widely used throughout the world, is proving to be more cost-effective than other bulk transportation systems such as conveyor belts, long haul road or rail transportation. “An important factor here is that hydro-transportation pipelines require less maintenance than comparable bulk transportation systems,” says Aegion SA General Manager, Johann […]
Theft, Fraud, Corruption Up to Second Place
AGCS Africa CEO Thusang Mahlangu Theft, fraud, corruption with 32% of responses is in at no.2, up from no.3 in 2017. Cyber incidents (29%) and natural catastrophes (25%) are new emerging threats. Changes in legislation and regulation are at 24%(no.5) and have moved down from no.4 in 2017. The interruption of business operations by various […]
Operator Safety and Convenience
Three new articulated trucks have been extensively redesigned, enhancing the field-proven features and performance of their Cat C-Series predecessors (730C2, 730C2 EJ, and 735C) with new operator stations including innovative new controls, transmission-protection features, new hoist-assist system, advanced traction control system, new stability-assist system, and a fuel saving ECO operating mode.In addition, the design of […]
