South Africa is a key market for Scania. During his visit to the country, which coincided with the Johannesburg International Motor Show (JIMS), Scania’s Henrik Fagrenius, executive regional director sales […]
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New Volvo models launched
Volvo Trucks Southern Africa has launched 15 new truck models into the market place.Simon Foulds attended the launch at Gerotek outside Pretoria. Torbjörn Christensson, managing director of Volvo Trucks Southern […]
Being BBBEE compliant
The freight industry still has a large number of businesses that are not BEE compliant and, as a result, are losing business. Simon Foulds speaks to Keith Levenstein, CEO of […]
Transport infrastructure projects in central and northern Mozambique
A study on the transport and infrastructure in northern Mozambique was recently undertaken and is soon to be published by the South Africa Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). Simon Foulds […]
From operational to strategic
Supply chain management is changing from strategically decoupled, price driven to being strategically coupled, value driven. This is the view of Steven Melnyk PhD (a professor of operations and supply […]
Value in moving goods on time
Transport World Africa toured Value Logistics Tunney warehouse in Johannesburg and Simon Foulds walked away with the knowledge of how the company is able to move 80 000 parcels per day […]
Transportation - management outsourcing
Global trends and best practices in what to outsource and what to ‘insource’ in the transportation management process, have shown that it’s not a simple on-off choice. Simon Foulds speaks […]
Saving costs by partnering with trailer experts
Trailer manufacturers can assist customers in saving on fuel costs and also offer transport operators sage advice on how to get the ultimate optimisation out of their trailers during the […]
Fuel saving
The correct fuel and lubricants are essential to ensure trucks operate efficiently and operators save on their overall fuel bill. Simon Foulds speaks to TOTAL South Africa, Shell and Engen […]
RTMS in the timber industry
How smart are truck operators for using smart trucks? Very smart, says Brian Hunt, MD of Timber Logistics Services, who explains to Simon Foulds why the company implemented the smart […]