FOCUS on Transport and Logistics

1 week 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.

1 month ago | focusontransport.co.za | Charleen Clarke

As the UK’s largest-ever class action against diesel car manufacturers heads to court, the question arises: could commercial vehicle manufacturers face a similar fate despite their substantial green investments? As the UK High Court reviews the largest-ever class action against car manufacturers for excessive emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), the implications for the commercial vehicle (CV) industry are worth considering.

1 month ago | 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.

1 month ago | 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.

1 month ago | 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.