Premier recently implemented the Road Transport Management System (RTMS) in its operations. Andre Pretorius, regional transport manager at Premier, tells Transport World Africa how this decision is impacting business performance. […]
Archive | Road freight
101 Mercedes-Benz trucks for Bakers SA
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has handed over 101 Actros trucks to Bakers SA Limited. The Pietermaritzburg based company has operated with 99% Mercedes-Benz trucks since its inception in the 1970s. “This is […]
Transport company shows views from the road
Barloworld Transport is showcasing South Africa’s roads by collaborating with some of South Africa’s top Instagram gurus. The account, @barloworldtransport, publishes images of South Africa and beyond its borders, as […]
The cost of road safety in Africa
Transportation expands access to jobs, education and healthcare; it connects goods and services to markets and is a key driver of growth in African countries where 90 per cent of […]
Driver competition welcomes foreign nationals
The 2016 Regent Insurance Highway Heroes (HH) campaign launch was held at the Urban Tree in Sandton last week. A decade ago the company’s management team identified professional driver training […]
Lady driver a rose among the thorns
Lady truck driver Khonelaphi Khangwayini Ngubane’s childhood can be described as unconventional. The mother of four first began driving buses and trucks in 2002 when she was 36 years old. […]
Truck ban lunacy spreads to the UK
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) in the UK has challenged London Mayoral candidates to reject calls for a ban on rush hour truck deliveries and is asking them to work […]
Land transport survey shows freight decrease
Data released by Statistics South Africa shows that the volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 6,9% in February 2016 compared with February 2015. The corresponding income decreased by 4,4% […]
Trucker Nduna Chari leads by example
Nduna Chari is the epitome of the ideal truck driver - and has the trophies to prove it. The 42-year old father of two who has steadily climbed the career […]
Insurer seeks SA’s best truck drivers
Regent Insurance has launched its 2016 Highway Heroes campaign. Prize money has been increased to R135 000, which will be awarded to South Africa’s top three truck drivers and to […]