04 20 One, two, three, four, many more: Noël Essers operates a fleet size surpassing 1,400 trucks. 2 / 2017 International 06 CONTENT 04 Genuine heavyweight Juggernauts navigate the roads of Germany. 06 Sandbox gearing Construction vehicles built by MAN brave the dunes of Morocco. 08 Freshman in the city The new Lion’s City introduces itself. 10 Wagons for the Wiesn MAN-made beer trucks have a long tradition of supplying Munich’s Oktoberfest. 12 News Reports from the world of MAN 14 Reporting for service The MAN TGE is already on its irst deployment. 20 King of the lions Visiting Belgium’s exceptional forwarder Noël Essers and his enormous leet 26 A clean solution MAN’s new consulting service Transport Solutions provides assistance for leet modernisation projects. 30 From cutter to trucker Customised vehicles transport live king crabs for a Norwegian company. 36 Find the fault The inale of the MAN Service Quality Award contest 42 Life. Inside. A look at the newly designed TGX cab 46 Decidedly the drivers At the South African transport company Manline, drivers take centre stage. 50 The silent revolution MAN’s eTruck is ready to commence trial operations. 50 MASTHEAD MANmagazine is published twice a year in 16 languages. PUBLISHER MAN Truck & Bus, Stefan Klatt (resp.), Dachauer Straße 667, 80995 Munich, Germany EDITOR IN CHIEF & PROJECT MANAGER Joachim Kelz, Tel.: +49. 89. 1580-1175, magazin@man.eu, www.man.eu PUBLISHER C3 Creative Code and Content GmbH, Heiligegeistkirchplatz 1, 10178 Berlin, www.c3.co CONTENT DIRECTOR Klaus-Peter Hilger EDITORS & AUTHORS Matthias Oden (resp.), Cedric Arnaud, Uli John-Ertle; freelance authors: Isabelle Buckow, Richard Kienberger, Ben Krischke, Klaus Mergel EDITORS, INTERNATIONAL EDITION Patricia Preston (resp., freelance), Caroline Evans, Asa C. Tomash PROJECT MANAGEMENT Daniel Fink GRAPHICS Christian Kühn, Ravi Satpute IMAGE EDITORS Elke Maria Latinovic, Samantha Taruvinga COVER IMAGE Hauke Dressler PRODUCTION C3 Creative Code and Content GmbH PRODUCTION Gotteswinter und Aumaier GmbH, Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 22, 80807 Munich, Germany REPRODUCTION permitted with reference. Any changes must be coordinated with the editors. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE Thomas Mahler GmbH, Postfach 50 04 65, 80974 Munich, Germany, Tel.: +49. 89. 1580-3724, thomas.mahler-gmbh@t-online.de ADVERTISING SALES Zeitzeichen Vertriebs GmbH, Radka Neumann, Tel.: +49. 8323. 9984630, radkaneumann@zeitzeichen.de COPYRIGHT ©2017 MAN and C3 Creative Code and Content GmbH 03