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1 month ago | 
focusontransport.co.za | Jaco de Klerk
The pandemic highlighted the paramount importance of resilience in effective supply chains. We explore how artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies can offer support, while also examining couriers and the world of “snail mail”. In March this year, one country’s state-run postal service announced it would cease all letter deliveries by the end of 2025, after letter volumes plummeted by 90% since the turn of the century.
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1 month ago | 
sheqmanagement.com | Jaco de Klerk
This just puts a smile on my face: Dr Alphonsus Obayuwana, a contributor for Psychology Today and a renowned expert on happiness, has created a formula to measure happiness in numbers! Obayuwana says that happy employees are more productive, more engaged, less likely to be absent, make fewer mistakes, and tend to be more creative — all of which contribute to a more stable and more profitable workplace.
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2 months ago | 
focusontransport.co.za | Jaco de Klerk
Cargo theft is on the rise, but hope isn’t lost. We delve into various solutions that cargo carriers can use to fight back. Verisk CargoNet, a business unit of global data analytics and technology provider Verisk, reports that cargo theft activity across the US and Canada reached record-breaking heights in 2024. The 3,625 reported incidents represent a stark 27% increase from the previous year, while the estimated average value per theft also rose to US$202,364 – up from US$187,895 in 2023.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
focusontransport.co.za | Jaco de Klerk
With a predicted global market value of US$108.9 billion by 2032 and a push towards electrified drivetrains, medium commercial vehicles (MCVs) could offer a perfect solution for the energy conundrum…Fortune Business Insights, a UK and US-based company that offers market studies and consulting services to global businesses, expects the global MCV market to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3% between 2023 and 2032.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
focusontransport.co.za | Jaco de Klerk
The global AdBlue business is booming. Grand View Research predicts that the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) market will reach US$61.56 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.1% from 2025 to the end of this decade. AdBlue, also known as DEF, is a solution of urea and deionised water used in SCR systems to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from diesel engines.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
focusontransport.co.za | Jaco de Klerk
One of JACO DE KLERK’S favourite childhood movies perfectly summarises current developments in the tyre industry. I still get giddy every time that I see Maria, played by Julie Andrews, twirl in that sweeping view of the Austrian Alps as she sings “The hills are alive with the sound of music,” in the screen adaption of The Sound of Music. The same sense of joy was sparked when I read “Reinventing the wheel: Tech drives tyre innovation” in this year’s TRANSPORT MANAGER’S HANDBOOK.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
sheqmanagement.com | Jaco de Klerk
To be honest, many books on health and safety are just drab and textbook-like. Real Meeting – the latest offering from Aneta and Brian Darlington – is the complete opposite, however …“We both believe that leadership is like any other skill – practicable and learnable. Upon practising anything, we become better at it. Therefore, the book is full of practical knowledge that will hopefully give the readers the opportunity to learn from it.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
focusontransport.co.za | Jaco de Klerk
Cybersecurity has become a top priority in all industries, and the maritime sector is no exception. Unfortunately, it’s still seen as an “easy target” for cyberattacks. But there’s good news on the horizon – a new way to measure cybersecurity risks has been developed, which could change the game. The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a maritime classification society founded back in 1862, has introduced a new methodology to assess cybersecurity risks related to operational technology.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
focusontransport.co.za | Jaco de Klerk
Haldane Dodd, executive director of the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), says it best: “Aviation helps drive the development of the modern world.” However, this does come at a cost… According to ATAG – a coalition of aviation industry experts focusing on sustainable development issues – if aviation was a country, it would be the 17th largest economy in the world – contributing nearly US$3.5 trillion in economic impact.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
focusontransport.co.za | Jaco de Klerk
Global market studies and consulting services provider Fortune Business Insights projects that the global automotive aftermarket will grow from US$430.51 billion in 2024 to US$568.19 billion in 2032. This equates to a compound annual growth rate of 3.5% during the forecast period; what is driving these gains? The automotive aftermarket industry is propelled by ageing vehicles.
