Safety & Compliance
Safety & Compliance

It is important to change your engine oil on a regular basis?

Motor oil breaks down over time. When it breaks down, it loses its effectiveness and can no longer properly protect your engine. In addition to lubricating an engine’s moving parts, motor oil is designed to carry combustion by-products away from the pistons and cylinders. It is designed to deal with the small amounts of water […]

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Launch Safety & Compliance

Daimler tests world’s first self-driving truck

The world’s first truck with automated driving system was finally put to the test under real world scenario recently in Germany.  The truck was a standard Mercedes-Benz Actros equipped with the Highway Pilot system for this test of autonomous driving on public roads. According to Daimler, the truck was approved as a test vehicle in accordance […]

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Commercial Vehicles Safety & Compliance

Scania signs transparency and anti-corruption declaration with Colombia

Scania has signed a declaration of transparency and anti-corruption with the government of Colombia as part of a new Swedish Corporate Social Responsibility Network. The Swedish Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Network has been established by the Swedish Embassy in Colombia and developed with the South American country’s Secretariat of Transparency, part of the Presidency of […]

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Commercial Vehicles Safety & Compliance

Volvo Trucks’ study reveals how to reduce unplanned standstills

An unplanned standstill is one of the most problematic issues that can affect a haulage firm. Apart from the inconvenience for the driver, it creates extra costs for repairs, lost transport revenue and, in the worst-case scenario, a damage to customer reputation. “Since the transport industry already operates with very small margins, an unplanned standstill hits […]

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Safety & Compliance

Volvo Trucks Provides Platform for Truck Drivers to Raise Road Safety Issues

Concern over the rising number of road accidents in Malaysia, Volvo Trucks recently organised a safety forum for companies and truck drivers to discuss and raise road safety issues, which also served as a reminder to all on the importance of maintaining good driving behaviour. Part of Volvo’s Globe Truckers initiative, the safety forum also […]

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Safety & Compliance

Truck Basic Electrical Maintenance

Oxidation, can still bring a truck to its knees, even a large prime mover. Points you should note for your truck’s well being. Don’t ever use a test light with a piercing probe. Those poke holes in the wire that open up a gateway for moisture. Once wire is wet, corrosion sets in immediately. Don’t […]

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Commercial Vehicles Safety & Compliance

Magna’s seamless sliding window receives award

Magna International has been selected as a 2015 Automotive News PACE Award winner for its PureView seamless sliding window, which was created with pickup trucks and commercial vehicles in mind. PureView eliminates the vertical seams that mark the edges of conventional truck sliding rear windows, creating a smooth opening when viewed from outside. The first-to-market design made […]

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Commercial Vehicles Safety & Compliance

What Happens To Old Used Truck Tires

Tyres are, arguably, one of the most crucial components of any motor vehicle. A passenger vehicle’s safety depends on its tyres being in good condition, while tyres can have a direct impact on a commercial vehicle’s productivity. The mid-nineteenth century was the Genesis for the tyre as we know it today, when Charles Goodyear invented […]

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Commercial Vehicles Safety & Compliance

Used Truck Insurance Buying Guide

As with any kind of vehicle insurance, choosing the one most suitable for you is likely to involve lots of considerations about your needs and circumstances. When making your choice of lorry/truck/prime mover insurance, the following may help you select the most appropriate cover. The valuation Estimating as accurately as possible the value of the […]

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Safety & Compliance

Shell AdBlue, When Will It Come To Malaysia?

The world is changing for haulage operators. They now face stricter CO2 emissions legislation and a growing need to demonstrate their business’s environmental credentials. AdBlue from Shell will make fleet maintenance easier as the stricter limits on pollutant levels introduced with Euro 6 emissions standards in Europe has been beneficial to truck, fleet and logistic operators. […]

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