Posted on 23 November 2012. Tags: durban, gauteng, Gibb, prasa, signalling contract
Engineering company Gibb has been awarded a four year contract by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to provide technical support and supervision services for the signalling project […]
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Posted in News, Parts & maintenance, Rail freight
Posted on 23 November 2012. Tags: joe du plooy, punctures, south africa, tiger wheel & tyre
The holidays are so close and undoubtedly you’re already planning your holiday road trip. Unless you’re travelling by sleigh with a team of reindeer though, you’d do well to heed […]
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Posted in Articles, Parts & maintenance
Posted on 19 November 2012. Tags: accident, featured, flat tyre, HI-Q, holiday, lize hayward, safety, vehicle
In the spirit of a safe and carefree festive season, the best way to prevent on-road hassles like a flat tyre or even a traumatic accident is to take your […]
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Posted in Articles, Commercial vehicles, Parts & maintenance
Posted on 16 November 2012. Tags: airports company of south africa, fuel pipeline, or tambo international airport, Solomon Makgale
The fuel pipeline to the OR Tambo International Airport has been contaminated and cannot currently be used to fuel airlines, the Airports Company SA (Acsa), said on Thursday. ACSA spokesperson, […]
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Posted in Air freight, News, Parts & maintenance
Posted on 02 November 2012. Tags: anthony king, bus, ghana, metro mass transit, voith
In February 2012, Voith (Pty) Ltd, together with VDL, supplied the 150th DIWA 854.5 automatic transmission to the bus operator, Metro Mass Transit LTD, based in Ghana. “We supplied the […]
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Posted in Articles, Commercial vehicles, News, Parts & maintenance
Posted on 31 October 2012. Tags: motorists, roads, spare-check, tyre, valve-check
Motoring costs are rocketing from month to month with rising fuel and tyre costs, yet many motorists still ride around with underinflated tyres which contribute both to tyre wear and […]
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Posted on 18 October 2012. Tags: drivers training institute, featured, heavy commerical vehicle, kenya transporters association, truck
On the steady path…… Plans for the official launch of the first Heavy Commercial Vehicle (HCV) drivers’ training institute are in top gear after the Kenya Transporters Association (KTA) completed […]
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Posted in Articles, News, Parts & maintenance, Road freight, Transport engineering
Posted on 17 October 2012. Tags: featured, freightliner argosy, imperial cargo, mercedes-benz, south africa
Imperial cargo has taken delivery of six new Freightliner Argosy trucks from Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA). These new generation vehicles are around 800kg lighter than the average comparable trucks from […]
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Posted in Articles, Commercial vehicles, News, Parts & maintenance, Road freight