Bettaway Beverage Distributors Earns Carrier of the Year Recognition from Schneider Transportation
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – AUGUST 3, 2022 – Bettaway Beverage Distributors, a privately owned company which provides integrated logistics and just-in-time trucking services, has been recognized by Schneider Transportation Management for exemplary service performance supporting Schneider’s truckload brokerage operations.
Schneider Transportation Management is the freight brokerage division of Green Bay, WI- based Schneider, a premier provider of nationwide truckload freight transportation and logistics services. The company operates one of the trucking industry’s largest and most sophisticated freight brokerage operations, working with hundreds of third-party carriers, arranging and managing truckload moves among thousands of customers and carriers daily across N ....
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Opinion: Correcting the structural imbalance in South Africa’s primary trade, transport and …
In this short article, Port of Gauteng’s Francois Nortjé composes that South Africa’s essential economic transport passage from Durban to Gauteng need to work for both freight and passenger travel and that investment in rail infrastructure along this route is essential to restoring balance on this trade route.
N2 bridge projects delayed by struggling local steel sector, construction challenges – Sanral
Construction work on the multibillion-rand Mtentu and Msikaba bridge projects in the Eastern Cape are both dealing with restored hold-ups, says the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral). The mega-bridges type part of Sanral’s N2 Wild Coast road project, which requires the building of a 410 km stretch of road from East London to the Mtamvuna river on the border of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces.
JRA to temporarily close M1 Smit street offramps for road testing, investigations
The north- and south-bound Smit street interchange on- and offramps on the M1 will be closed from 09:00 to 15:00 on March 7, 8 and 9 to allow the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) to undertake important road screening and examinations. All ramps will be completely resumed during early morning and afternoon peak hour traffic to ease traffic flow, the JRA says.
Agri SA, Agbiz partner with ISA to undertake targeted agri road corridor development
Industry bodies Agri SA and the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) have formalised a strategic collaboration with Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) to prioritise critical agricultural road passages in the Free State. Having signed a memorandum of cooperation, the organisations have made an essential action towards lining up facilities planning with the logistics requirements of the farming economy.
Sanral advises of 3.12% toll tariff increase
South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has revealed that toll tariffs will increase by 3.12% with effect from March 1. This compares to the annual boost of 4.85% in 2015.
Despite poor Q4, air, rail and sea freight subsectors on the mend as road freight loses ground …
After gains in 7 of the 9 months to September in 2015, the Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (Ctrack TFI) lost momentum in the 4th quarter (Q4), ending the year at an index level of 117.1, with quarterly contractions recorded throughout all sectors other than rail and air freight. When considering the full year, it appears that the subsectors which were under pressure in 2024 remained in a tight spot in 2025– road freight, pipeline flows and storage– while the subsectors that moved into healing mode in 2024 handled to construct on their progress and clock another development year– rail, sea and air freight.
Tau Pele receives cold, in-situ recycling road rehabilitation train from Wirtgen for N4 upgrade
A cold recycling road rehab train, which can mill, mix and pave old asphalt in a single pass, has actually been released on the Schoemanskloof stretch of the N4 roadway by construction specialist Tau Pele Construction, which is updating the stretch of road. The train, sourced from construction equipment maker Wirtgen, is now tough at work upgrading the 68 km Schoemanskloof stretch of the N4 highway, in Mpumalanga. The upgrade entails the construction of 50 km of extra lanes, in addition to the rehabilitation of the existing road and overlaying the entire task, states Tau Pele MD Frans Bouwer.
Despite poor Q4, air, rail and sea freight on the mend as road freight loses ground – Ctrack …
After gains in seven of the 9 months to September in 2015, the Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (Ctrack TFI) lost momentum in the fourth quarter (Q4), ending the year at an index level of 117.1, with quarterly contractions recorded for all sectors, with the exception of rail and air freight. When thinking about the full year, it appears that the subsectors which were under pressure in 2024 remained in a tight area in 2025– roadway freight, pipeline circulations and storage– while the subsectors that moved into recovery mode in 2024 handled to develop on their development and clock another development year– rail, sea and air freight.
K148 road construction halted as court interdict sparks appeal over enviro approvals
Construction of the proposed K148 road, in Gauteng, has actually been halted after NT55 Investments founder Francois Nortjé protected a High Court interdict, with the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport (GDRT) now appealing the judgment amid a continuous legal obstacle over the lawfulness of environmental approvals for the task. The appeal against the interdict, which avoids construction from proceeding, is set up to be heard in the Gauteng High Court on February 17.
UD Trucks unveils upgraded 2026 Quester for South Africa
Japanese car producer UD Trucks will present a new truck design to the South African market this year. The 2026 durable Quester is anticipated to be commercially readily available through the business’s domestic dealership network by midyear and will feature the company’s exclusive electronically moved controlled transmission (Escot) system.