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Road-transport industry being ‘penalised’

By: khalid patel 25th August 2006 The South African Road Freight Association (RFA), the representative bodyof the road-freight industrybelieves that road transportersare being penalised for theirability to fulfil the demand for cargo movement at competitive prices and efficient service andreliability. According to RFA CEO... →

R1,3m supply contract completed

By: khalid patel 25th August 2006 Olifantfontein-based, TFM Industries (TFM) has finished the construction of specialised curtainsiders for Unitrans, which will use them to transport oil drums for a well known petroleum company in South Africa. →

Safety truck incorporates new braking technology

By: khalid patel 25th August 2006 The Mercedes Benz safety truck, a vehicle that employs the latest driver support and safety systems, has been supplemented by the development of a new safety feature referred to as the Active Brake Assist system. →

Demand grows for moving-floor system

25th August 2006 A growing number of South African companies involved in the transportation of bulk products are utilising trailers equipped with the Hyva moving floor, an efficient alternative to conventional end-tipping semi-trailers used to transport these products. →

US buses supplied to Joburg school service

25th August 2006 Transport provider Allied School Bus Service, of Rivonia, Johannesburg, has taken delivery of ten All American front-engine buses from Blue Bird Corporation, of the US, with Caterpillar C7 ACERT 7,2 l engines. ? →

Forklift improves delivery times for concrete supplier

25th August 2006 Concrete-product supplier Deranco, based in the Eastern Cape, recently took delivery of a Manitou TMT 2520 rough-terrain forklift to help reduce delivery times to its paving clients in the Nelson Mandela Metro area. →

Aluminium hydraulic cylinders offer strong, light weight solution

25th August 2006 Truck tipper-body manufacturer Alutip continues its successful relationship with Jost Transport Equipment, which supplies Alutip with Hyva hydraulic cylinders, the company reports. →

New high-speed reborer improves accuracy

25th August 2006 Remanufacturer Metric Automotive Engineering has further enhanced is diesel engine component remanufacturing capability by investing in the latest technology. →

Gautrain route changes approved by province, public invited to comment

By: Matthew Hill 22nd August 2006 The Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment has approved route changes in three areas of the Gautrain's route that were proposed by the preferred bidder, the Bombela Consortium, and the Gauteng Department of Public Transport, Roads and Works (GDPTRW). Bombela recommended a... →

Although Spoornet's general freight business continues to struggle, Transnet wants to maintain diversity

By: Terence Creamer 18th August 2006 State-owned freight logistics group Transnet was determined not to see Spoornet reduced to a two-commodity transport business and was considering new ways to recapture general-freight volumes from road, CEO Maria Ramos stressed recently. →

Moral hazard is a real threat

By: Terence Creamer 18th August 2006 Officially, South Africa is still pursuing a policy of vertically separating harbour and railways infrastructure from operations. However, progress on this key issue, which would facilitate greater competition in both sectors, has been painfully slow. →

New flag-emblazoned taxi fleet to make debut in September

By: Terence Creamer 18th August 2006 The final specifications for South Africa's new generation of mini- and midi-bus taxis will be gazetted in a matter of days, opening the way for the roll-out of a new white-painted, South African-flag branded, taxi fleet from September. Speaking during a post transport-Lekgolta media briefing in... →

SA and Ethiopia commit to open-skies push

By: Terence Creamer 18th August 2006 A transport-related memorandum of understanding signed between South Africa and Ethiopia on Friday was hailed as a precursor to an increasingly concerted effort by South Africa to ensure a further opening of the skies over the continent. →

Transnet likely to scale up capex beyond budgeted R64,5bn

By: Terence Creamer 17th August 2006 State-owned freight logistics group Transnet was considering project plans that could see it materially enlarging its already ambitious capital-expenditure programme, currently pegged at R64,5-billion for the next five years, CEO Maria Ramos has confirmed. Speaking at an editor's briefing in... →

Rosslyn plant records assembly milestone, renews quality push

By: Irma Venter 11th August 2006 Truck company Nissan Diesel South Africa (NDSA) last month produced its 1 000th UD 440 unit at its Rosslyn plant, in Tshwane. →

New KZN airport to be operational by 2010 - Radebe

By: Bloomberg 10th August 2006 South Africa will build a new airport at La Mercy, near the port of Durban, at a cost of at least R2.5-billion. →

Namibia to build $119,7m road near Angola border

By: Bloomberg 10th August 2006 Namibia will build an 809 million Namibian dollar ($119.7 million) road near its border with Angola, said Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila. →

New-generation Mitsubishi Fuso Canter truck into SA

By: Irma Venter 28th July 2006 DaimlerChrysler South Africa (DCSA) has introduced the new-generation Mitsubishi Fuso Canter truck into South Africa. →

Government wants State-owned enterprises to go extra mile in developing 'competitive' local suppliers

By: Terence Creamer 28th July 2006 The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) and South Africa’s State-owned enterprises (SoEs) are finalising various supplier-development programmes in a bid to raise the level of local content in the multibillion-rand public infrastructure drive, involving large-scale power, transport and... →

Dedicated freighter fleet emerging at national carrier

By: Terence Creamer 21st July 2006 National carrier South African Airways (SAA) has started to establish a dedicated freighter fleet in a bid to expand SAA Cargo’s capacity as well as to deal with rising competitive pressures. →

No sign of truck market cooling

By: Irma Venter 14th July 2006 While the growth rate of passenger-vehicle sales is cooling down somewhat, the truck market is continuing to make rapid gains over last year’s sales figures. →

Transnet sets up structures to manage R64,5bn capex roll out

By: Terence Creamer 14th July 2006 State-owned freight-logistics group Transnet has set up a specialist division to manage its big-ticket capital projects, which form part of a R64,5-billion, five-year capital-expenditure plan for its railways, harbour and pipeline businesses. →

World Cup work spurs multimillion rand truck deal

By: Irma Venter 7th July 2006 Durban plant-hire and civil-engineering specialist Aqua Transport has bought 23 new trucks in a multimillion rand deal, citing a surge in business as South Africa starts preparations for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. →

Sapo introduces a manufacturing element to its procurement strategy

By: Terence Creamer 7th July 2006 State-owned harbour operator South African Port Operations (Sapo) claims to be taking a manufacturing view of its procurement processes and is encouraging foreign equipment suppliers, with which it places contracts, to integrate South African manufacturers into their global supply chains. →

SAA pins growth ambition on low-cost carrier, freight business

By: Terence Creamer 6th July 2006 National carrier South African Airways (SAA) is pinning its expansionary ambitions on the introduction of a low-cost operator as well as a substantially-expanded cargo offering. The group, which emerged gingerly from a strike-affected operational and financial period, reported only modest... →

Transnet sets up structures to manage R64,5bn capex roll out

By: Terence Creamer 4th July 2006 State-owned freight-logistics group Transnet has set up a specialist division to manage its big-ticket capital projects, which form part of a R64,5-billion, five-year capital-expenditure plan for its railways, harbour and pipeline businesses. At present, the division, headed by project-management... →

US government supports American firm and BEE partner in their bid for SA peaking-power project

By: Terence Creamer 30th June 2006 A US government agency has approved a $550 900 technical-assistance grant for a black economic-empowered (BEE) company partnering the giant US energy group, AES, in its bid to build one of the private peaking-power plants currently out to tender from the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME). →

Influence of interest- and exchange-rates being monitored closely by truck manufacturers

By: Irma Venter 23rd June 2006 It seems as if the heavyweights are finally securing a bigger share of the buoyant growth in the truck market. →

R11bn SA ports spend emphasises container capacity

By: Terence Creamer 22nd June 2006 State-owned harbour operator South African Port Operations (Sapo) is prioritising infrastructure and superstructure investment at its six commercial ports and has confirmed a five-year capital budget of R11-billion starting this financial year. It has also confirmed a material skills-development... →

US government backs AES bid for SA peaking-power project

By: Terence Creamer 14th June 2006 A US government agency has approved a $550 900 technical-assistance grant for a black economic-empowered (BEE) company partnering the giant US energy group, AES, in its bid to build one of the private peaking-power plants currently out to tender from the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME).... →

Disposal of top tourist destination just the beginning for Transnet

By: Terence Creamer 9th June 2006 State transport company Transnet last week set in motion its much-contested and long-awaited noncore asset-disposal programme, placing the high-profile Victoria & Alfred (V&A) Waterfront property development on to the auction block. →

Gautrain not a 'white elephant' - transport MEC

By: Mariaan Webb 6th June 2006 The Gauteng transport MEC Ignatius Jacobs reiterated in his 2006/7 budget speech that the Gautrain would not become a “white elephant” and that the department had allocated the bulk of its record R6,2-billion budget for the year to the implementation of this project. →

Investment in technology key to competitiveness

2nd June 2006 South African companies involved in today’s many and varied design and manufacturing industries face the challenge of having continually to respond to the ever-increasing pressures of global competition. →

R400m set aside for transport empowerment

By: Keith Campbell 5th May 2006 The recently-announced alliance between the State-owned Industrial Develop-ment Corporation (IDC) and private-sector bank Absa (now part of the UK Barclays group), to provide financing totalling R400-million for black economic-empowerment (BEE) small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the transport... →

Benoni assembly facility set for scale-up

By: Irma Venter 14th April 2006 Assembly of three of the variants of Renault Trucks’ Kerax range started in Tyco trucks’ Apex facility, in Benoni, towards the end of last year, with another three to be added after the Easter period, says Tyco trucks production and logistics director Alnick van Zyl. →

New extra-heavies for busy market

By: Irma Venter 7th April 2006 Vehicle manufacturer DaimlerChrysler South Africa’s (DCSA’s) Mitsubishi Fuso division has added extra-heavy commercial vehicles to its fold. →

Planned R63-billion road investment 'just in time'

By: Helene Le Roux 3rd April 2006 Roads are the largest single sectoral target of the government's ambitious infrastructure rollout plan of R372-billion in the next three years. The R63-billion committed to roads is more than double the allocation of the last three years. A leading economist of the University of Alabama, in the... →

Over 30 000 set to be sold this year as demand continues to rise

By: Irma Venter 31st March 2006 The South African truck market is far from saturated. The expectation is that more than 30 000 medium-heavy, heavy and extra-heavy commercial (MCVs, HCVs and XHCVs) will be sold locally in 2006, says Isuzu truck manager Craig Uren. →

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