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WSP working on several major road upgrades in Gauteng
Consulting engineering company WSP is actively associated with numerous significant tactical highway jobs throughout Gauteng, working with designers, as well as the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, to perform massive provincial roadway projects that strategically targeted at unlocking the potential for socioeconomic growth and development in the area. "" We’ve managed to develop a durable relationship with the department, leveraging our … record and … consulting services to add to Gauteng’s infrastructure advancement,” WSP transportation and infrastructure principal partner Sameshan Naidoo states.
SA’s logistics chain in ‘desperate’ need of PPPs – SAAFF
Port and rail parastatal Transnet and government cannot “go it alone” to repair South Africa’s strained logistics network, says South African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) CEO Dr Juanita Maree. “Our current ports and rail model is, at best, archaic, compared to international standards, while it also fails the country’s socioeconomic growth and development goals.”
Transport sector has role to play in sustainable economies – Chikunga
The transportation sector is not unblemished by environment modification and also has considerably high unfavorable externalities, and this necessitates ingenious thinking around the opportunities to renavigate transportation systems towards greater durability and becoming a true enabler of sustainable economies. This was emphasised by Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga, delivering the keynote address on the first day of the forty-first South African Transport Conference, being kept in Pretoria this week.
Waterproofing roads using nano-modified emulsion could reduce potholes, expert says
University of Pretoria (UP) Department of Civil Engineering Professor Gerrit Jordaan has said the essential to resolving South Africa’s pothole issue is utilizing modified emulsion and nano-materials, which he noted was low-cost and already being produced in South Africa. Throughout a session of the Southern African Transport Conference, which is being held from July 10 to 13, in Pretoria, he explained that the main problem with pavement structure was water seepage and resultant cracking, worrying the need for avoiding pits by resurfacing roads with the right materials rather of needing to keep fixing potholes that come back.
Dept moves towards implementation of Green Transport Strategy
Department of Transport (DoT) research and development chief director Themba Tenza has confirmed that the department is moving towards implementation of its Green Transport Strategy (GTS), which commits the country to significantly reducing greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions in the economy. “Our emphasis now is on implementation, because the strategy has been present since 2018. We’ve made some moves towards implementation as a department, as well as a country," he told delegates attending the annual South African Transport Conference, which is being held from July 10 to 14 in Pretoria.
RTIA confirms work has started to roll out Aarto nationally
The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) is lastly all set to roll out the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act of 1998, as well as the Aarto Amendment Act 4 of 2019, after various hold-ups and a litigation process. A ruling by the Constitutional Court delivered on July 12 ultimately confirmed the legality and credibility of the 2 Acts, which now makes it possible for RTIA to continue with the implementation thereof on a nationwide scale.
Five more trucks set alight in Limpopo and KZN, raising the truck arson total to 16
The number of trucks that have been destroyed in arson attacks in the past three days has risen to 16 after five more were set alight in KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo on Monday. Eleven were torched over the weekend – six in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday and five in Mpumalanga on Sunday night.
Bleak picture painted of the state of South Africa’s traffic signals
The country’s traffic signals are currently in a dire state and various factors need to be considered to resolve this, Innovative Transport Solutions MD Jan Coetzee said during the South African Transport Conference, in Pretoria. He pointed out that the operation or lack thereof of traffic signals was an indicator of the broader state of transport infrastructure, which is "woeful" and deteriorating.
Government welcomes Aarto judgment but Outa says it will be difficult to implement
While the federal government has invited the judgment of the Constitutional Court on Wednesday which declared the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act (Aarto) constitutional and legitimate, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) says it will be difficult for the federal government to implement it. The Constitutional Court overturned an order of the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, which had actually stated it unconstitutional and invalid.
Professors suggest vital bridge assessment improvements to contain costs
With the expense of building a typical 100-m-long and 14-m-wide bridge having actually increased to R20 000 per square metre, it is very important that emerging nations such as South Africa considers how it can preserve the possession lives of bridges. To avoid the R28-milion replacement cost of a normal bridge, consultancy Zutari partner and Stellenbosch University Professor Pierre van der Spuy states a brand-new method of conducting bridge examination utilizing a reliability-based method can maintain possessions that would otherwise need to be strengthened or replaced.
New Transnet board named as the country faces logistics snarls
South Africa revamped the board of the state-owned ports and rail operator, appointing a former mining executive as its new chairman as it seeks to improve inefficient infrastructure that major exporters say constrains business. The government appointed Andile Sangqu, a former vice president of the Minerals Council South Africa and ex-executive head for Anglo American South Africa, as chairperson of Transnet, the Ministry of Public Enterprises said in a statement.
Agri SA wants Ramaphosa to deploy SANDF to stop truck violence
Agriculture advocacy organisation Agri SA has actually contacted President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently deploy the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to support the South African Police Service in safeguarding trucks on major transport paths in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. AgriSA stated on July 12 that it was “deeply concerned” about the violent criminal attacks on trucks in those provinces that have taken place over the previous few days, calling them a direct assault on the South African economy and a considerable risk to food security.
SA transport sector’s shift to zero emissions requires move to rail, banning new ICE vehicle …
For South Africa to cut greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the transport sector to absolutely no, in between 15% to 20% of roadway traffic need to transfer to rail. This shift is also type in attending to roadway congestion, and enhancing the efficiency of the general transportation system.
Kenya Airways reports another loss-making year, last year, but on recovery course
Kenya Airways (KQ), the East African nation’s national flag carrier, today released its outcomes for the complete year of 2022. (The airline company is currently a public private partnership, with the Government of Kenya as the biggest, however not bulk, shareholder.) It tape-recorded bottom lines, after tax, of 38.265-billion Kenya shillings (Kes), which was a 141% degeneration over the equivalent figure of Kes15.878-billion for 2021. The carrier’s operating loss last year was Kes5.616-billion which was, …
The Western Cape seeks to grow air cargo traffic through Cape Town International Airport
While Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) had 25% of South Africa’s air freight capability, it currently accounted for only 15% of the country’s air cargo traffic, explained Wesgro Cape Town Air Access task supervisor David King. “We need to work on that,” he affirmed. (He was resolving the First Western Cape Air Cargo Conference, in Durbanville, Cape Town, on Tuesday. Wesgro is the Western Cape’s tourism, trade and financial investment promotion firm.) Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, CTIA had actually managed 17% of South Africa’s air cargo, so the traffic through it had actually not quite accomplished complete healing. “The recovery curve is [however] pretty steep– it’s sitting at 83%,” he highlighted. And air cargo capacity development at CTIA this year was anticipated to be 44%, which would be the highest rate in Africa.
A.P. Moller Capital to acquire Vector Logistics
A.P. Moller Capital and South Africa’s RCL Foods have entered into an arrangement for the Danish firm to acquire Vector Logistics, a department of RCL Foods. Vector Logistics is a South Africa-based frozen logistics operator, offering multitemperature warehousing and circulation, supply-chain intelligence and sales and merchandising services..
Grindrod plans commodity portfolio expansion in hunt for growth
Logistics specialist Grindrod aims to “deconcentrate” its portfolio of commodities, says CEO Xolani Mbambo. Unveiling the company’s financial results for the year ended December 31 last week, he noted that Grindrod had been doing exceptionally well in handling large volumes of chrome, ferrochrome, magnetite, coal and iron-ore through its various ports, terminals and other logistical channels.
Transnet to implement contingency plans to mitigate against planned protest
Rail, port and pipeline business Transnet says it is dealing with stakeholders to execute contingency strategies, where necessary, to make sure company continuity in light of the Economic Freedom Fighters’ planned protest action on March 20. The plans will take into consideration functional demands and offered capacity.
Sanral to implement road maintenance on the R21 between airport, Pomona road
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) is cautioning roadway users to expect delays on the R21 between OR Tambo International Airport and Pomona roadway in the northern and southern instructions from March 17, to the anticipated completion date of May 13, owing to prepared regular road maintenance. The work, which will be carried out from 09:00 to 15:00 every day, will consist of patching of the existing roadway surface, sweeping and cleaning the roadway surface area, variance and control of traffic vehicles and the reinstatement of road markings.
Petregaz buys OneLogix’ LPG trucks, tankers to expand supply chain
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) circulation company Petregaz will obtain all 35 LPG trucks, tankers and truck horses from roadway logistics companies OneLogix, with effect from April 1. Through the acquisition of these properties, Petregaz will be able to expand its supply chain capabilities, supply primary logistics services to a larger customer base and work closer with its existing and prospective new crucial customers throughout the LPG market, the company stated.