SABOA calls on the Department of Transport to consider a more progressive National Transport...

At the 2018 SABOA Conference and Exhibition in July, Professor Jackie Walters, Strategic Advisor for the Southern African Bus Operators Association (SABOA), highlighted a number of important areas which needed to be covered in the Draft White Paper on...

GemCap acquires transport disruptor, Linebooker

African Rainbow Capital Investments subsidiary, GemCap has announced that it has acquired online transport management business, Linebooker from Oceana Group (Pty) Limited. The investment being made by GemCap will provide a springboard to expand and grow the existing business...

Towards sustainable Road Freight lecture

Professor David Cebon from Cambridge University will be presenting “Towards Sustainable Road Freight”. The lecture honours John Orr, a pioneering member of the SAIMechE and Wits University. Date: September 13th, 2018 (Thursday) at 17h15 for 18h00 Venue: Senate Room, 2nd Floor,...

Dachser South Africa to showcase innovative logistics at Electra Mining Africa 2018

Dachser South Africa will be exhibiting at Electra Mining Africa 2018, the key event for industry leaders in mining, industrial, engineering and related industries to showcase products, services, machinery and equipment. Dachser South Africa’s exhibition space will provide visitors with the...

Choose Ctrack for proactive cost management

Now more than ever it is important to know where the costs lie in your business. Luckily, in the road transport and vehicle fleet sectors, there are several areas in which costs can be identified, managed and reduced, says...

Your truck, your gym helps SA’s truck drivers stay fit and safe

Cartrack South Africa is one of several companies supporting an innovative new programme designed to help truck drivers improve their fitness and on-the-road performance... With truck drivers spending the majority of their working lives in a sedentary position, their mental...

Best UD drivers off to global finals in Japan

UD Trucks Southern Africa is proud to announce the winners of its Extra Mile Challenge driver competition.  Tatiya Sisilia from Clover SA in Johannesburg won the Quon category, while Chuttur Sunilduth from Serveng Ltd Mauritius walked away with top...

Sucessfully transporting liquified products

The transportation of various products maintained at different temperatures has become a critical part of the supply chain process. The need to have specified temperature parameters has significantly increased over the past few years. Containers that carry glucose, oils, bitumen...

Continental shines at TruckX Expo 2018

As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of commercial vehicle tyres, Continental had a strong presence at the recent TruckX Conference & Expo held at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand. As the transport, logistics and fleet industry’s annual...

Tale of two reliable Hino weight-movers

Two, 2005-model Hino 15-258 freight-carriers have moved more than 100 000 tons of steel scaffolding over the past 12 years. During this time one of them has covered nearly 900 000km and the other more than 500 000km. As a comparison, 100 000...

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