Africa’s first refrigerated test chamber for the refrigerated transport sector would not only reduce greenhouse gases, but also lower the fuel consumption of refrigerated units, learns Tristan Wiggill. Michael Schuster, […]
Archive | Trailers
Sweeping changes
Dr Paul Nordengen describes the shortcomings in car carrier trailer design. The challenge with designing and operating trucks and trailers is that the objective is to maximise productivity. While truck […]
Trailing behind
Tristan Wiggill speaks to Jim Campbell about a topic that is often overlooked in South Africa – trailer servicing. Trailer servicing is a job often disregarded in South Africa. Why […]
SA’s transport refrigeration project
A presentation by Mr Michael Schuster (Advisor: GIZ German Development Agency), at the Transport Forum SIG: “Sustainable Transport” on 6 August 2024 hosted by University of Johannesburg’s Institute of Transport […]
Leaf spring suspension unbeatable
Leaf spring suspension has been around for almost as long as the truck itself and remains, by some way, the most widely used truck trailer suspension type in use today. […]
Custom trailers come to life
The one-design-fits-all trailer is dead and buried. Rather than mass produce, the trend nowadays is to design and build tailor-made trailers for the specific needs of customers. “Although our basic […]
Cold case
Transport World Africa learns about the technologies used in the refrigerated semi-trailers recently provided by Serco to a leading logistics operator. The bulk of the operator’s 35 vehicles will be […]
JIMS 2015 announced
The 2015 Johannesburg International Motor Show is taking place from 14-25 October 2015 at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec. The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) states […]
FAW makes history in South Africa
Building the FAW plant in South Africa is very significant from a global perspective, as it is one of the most important and largest investments made by a Chinese entity […]
Serco upbeat about trailer and truck body growth prospects
Positive about its growth prospects in 2014, leading South African trailer and truck body manufacturer, Serco, are moving into new premises in Johannesburg, early in the new year while simultaneously […]