https://www.engineeringnews.co.za
Africa|Botswana|Testing|transport|Trucks|Operations
Africa|Botswana|Testing|transport|Trucks|Operations
africa|botswana|testing|transport|trucks|operations

FAW receives order for 150 trucks, set to launch long-haul model in 2021 

The JH6, currently being tested.

The JH6, currently being tested.

23rd November 2020

By: Irma Venter

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

Font size: - +

Transport group BHL has placed an order for 150 J5N 28.2380FT 6 X 4 trucks with FAW Vehicle Manufacturers South Africa (FAW SA).

The order is made up of 140 trucks with a flatdeck superlink combination, and ten units with a tautliner superlink combination. 

BHL specialises in the transportation of various commodities.

The group’s operations extend into Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and South Africa, with major routes that include the Copperbelt, from Solwezi, Zambia, to Walvis Bay, in Namibia, and from Solwezi to Kolwezi, in the DRC, and Likasi, also in the DRC.

BHL says it selected FAW SA for the large-scale acquisition owing to its long-standing relationship with the manufacturer, which started in 2012, the group’s competitive pricing, as well as the fact that the local arm of the Chinese truck maker has its own assembly operations in South Africa. 

FAW SA notes that the BHL order will add to its sales tally in a year during which it has managed to increase its market share in South Africa, growing from 4.6% in 2019 (including medium, heavy and extra-heavy trucks, and exports), to 7.4% at the end of September – this in a market that was down by 20% for the nine months of the year.

FAW SA says the domestic truck market is negatively affected by Covid-19, with conditions further aggravated by restrictions on the movement of vehicles owing to border closures and the resultant delays in deliveries, impacting on vehicle sales in general.

The FAW Group has four assembly facilities in Africa – South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya and Nigeria.

Each assembly facility is granted the right to assemble and distribute vehicles, with the corresponding duty to ensure sufficient parts supply in its respective region. 

FAW SA has distribution rights for the Southern African Development Community and distributes directly to Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.

FAW SA is likely to add another truck model to its portfolio in the region, as from next year.

The company is currently conducting nationwide testing in South Africa on its new flagship model, the JH6 500 6 X 4 truck tractor, directly targeting the long-haul segment for the first time in the brand’s history. 

Current planning is for the vehicle to go on sale early next year.

 

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

Comments

Latest News

Magazine video image
Magazine round up | 29 March 2024
29th March 2024

Showroom

Showroom image
Alcohol Breathalysers

Supplier & Distributor of the Widest Range of Accurate & Easy-to-Use Alcohol Breathalysers

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Alco-Safe
Alco-Safe

An unmanned breathalyser that is made to be tough and simple to use. Can be used in any environment for operator-free breathalyser testing.

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.102 0.169s - 162pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now