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GE Appliances Opens Distribution Center to Better Serve West Coast Customers
GE Appliances, a Haier company, today announced the opening of its newest West Coast area distribution center in Dixon, CA near Sacramento to reduce delivery times by half for customers in northern California, southern Oregon and western Nevada.
Sanral to restart, wrap up adjudication process on cancelled tenders by end September Sanral chairperson Themba Mhambi talks about the issues identified with the agency’s construction bid evaluation process. Video and editing: Kutlwano Matlala
The board of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has instructed Sanral management to readvertise and award the R17.47-billion in tenders the board cancelled earlier in May, citing “material irregularities”, within the next four months. Speaking at a media conference in Centurion on Monday, Sanral board chairperson Themba Mhambi added that the board would recruit an independent public institution with infrastructure expertise to assist with the process to advertise and adjudicate the tenders, and to make a recommendation to the board on the winning bidders.
Labour migration policy nearing completion, says Nxesi as truckers intensify action over …
The Employment and Labour Department is finalising policy that will help to regulate the extends to which foreign nationals can be employed in South Africa, Minister Thulas Nxesi said on Friday. His comments come as trucker drivers this week intensified their national strike against the employment of foreign nationals, blocking the N3 in both directions on Van Reenen’s Pass and at the Tugela Plaza, in KwaZulu-Natal, disrupting supply chains and freight logistics between Gauteng and the main port. Similar blockades took place on several national routes last year, prompting President Cyril Ramaphosa to order an InterMinisterial Committee, led by Nxesi, to address the concerns raised by truck drivers and small truck operators.
Southern African airlines in Catch-22 as costs rise amid fragile demand
To all practical intents and purposes, the Covid-19 pandemic hit Southern Africa just over two years ago. The pandemic and the measures adopted by the region’s governments to try and counter it have had a severe impact on the Southern African airline industry (and indeed on all sectors associated with it, including airports and tourism). Although Covid-19 did not, on its own, drive any of the region’s airlines out of business, it proved the last straw for a number of carriers that were already …
Faced with government ineptitude, Cape Town is going it alone
As South Africa’s government struggles to provide sufficient electricity, public transport and other basic services, the country’s main tourist hub is increasingly going it alone. Cape Town, which has been led by the opposition Democratic Alliance since 2006, is forging ahead with plans to secure its own energy supply. It’s also investigating the feasibility of taking over the city’s commuter rail network — currently operated by a State-owned company — and playing a role in getting the harbor to run more efficiently. And it’s hired more than 1 000 of its own security officers to complement the work of the police force, which it accuses of doing a dismal job of fighting gang violence and other crime.
N3 protest: Supply chain under attack, cost to economy more than R300m
The Road Freight Association wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday to ask him to to urgently intervene in an ongoing blockade of key cargo routes across the country. In an open letter, Road Freight Association CEO Gavin Kelly told Ramaphosa road freight companies were being targeted and that the entire supply chain was under attack.
Optym Expands Axele’s TMS Marketing and Sales Teams to Further Growth
Focus on Serving Core Customers, Expanding Footprint, and Building the Brand
Circle Logistics Partners with Transport Pro to Streamline Carrier-Shipper Load Capacity Matching
Latest integration helps employees actively match carrier capacity with available loads
MODIFI unveils free shipment tracking tool for cross-border commerce
MODIFI rolled out a new open-for-all free shipment tracking tool for businesses to track and manage shipments seamlessly in one glance, on one platform.
Sanral to restart, wrap up adjudication process on cancelled tenders by end September Sanral chairperson Themba Mhambi talks about the issues identified with the agency’s construction bid evaluation process. Video and editing: Kutlwano Matlala
The board of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has instructed Sanral management to readvertise and award the R17.47-billion in tenders the board cancelled earlier in May, citing “material irregularities”, within the next four months. Speaking at a media conference in Centurion on Monday, Sanral board chairperson Themba Mhambi added that the board would recruit an independent public institution with infrastructure expertise to assist with the process to advertise and adjudicate the tenders, and to make a recommendation to the board on the winning bidders.
May marks a good month for automotive exports, says terminal
The East London Terminal recorded a 67% increase in container volumes at the end of May. The terminal originally budgeted for the handling of 3 058 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) but ended up moving 5 131 TEUs.
Iata wants more information on skills situation in aviation worldwide, including South Africa
The representative body of the worldwide airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (Iata), has announced that it has extended the deadline of its Global Skills Survey until June 24. So far, more than 400 air transport industry professionals had participated in the survey. Iata sees the survey as being vitally important for the future of the sector. For example, discussions at the recent Iata Ground Handling Conference (concerned with the handling of commercial aircraft at airports) had revealed (in the words of Iata Flight and Technical Operations director Stuart Fox) an “alarming shortage of talent” in that sector.
North American Rail Shippers: Elections, Honors and Awards
The North American Rail Shippers Association (NARS) elected new officers at its recent annual meeting in May. The association also honored members with two major awards and chose its 2022 scholarship recipients.
Stargo’s Keren Eyal-Kotlizky to Share Pricing and Shipment Advice at WCAworld in Dublin
WCAworld is the largest network of independent freight forwarders in the world.
Cubework opens new Houston and San Antonio warehouses in Texas
Cubework has acquired and opened three new Texas warehouse facilities: a 180,000 s.f. warehouse in San Antonio, and 102,000 s.f. and 200,000 s.f. buildings in Houston.
Sanral to restart, wrap up adjudication process on cancelled tenders by end September Sanral chairperson Themba Mhambi talks about the issues identified with the agency’s construction bid evaluation process. Video and editing: Kutlwano Matlala
The board of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has instructed Sanral management to readvertise and award the R17.47-billion in tenders the board cancelled earlier in May, citing “material irregularities”, within the next four months. Speaking at a media conference in Centurion on Monday, Sanral board chairperson Themba Mhambi added that the board would recruit an independent public institution with infrastructure expertise to assist with the process to advertise and adjudicate the tenders, and to make a recommendation to the board on the winning bidders.
SEKO Logistics Taps MyFBAPrep to be Preferred Amazon FBA Partner
SEKO Logistics announced a partnership today with ecommerce logistics company MyFBAPrep as their preferred Amazon FBA partner.
ContainerPort Group adds to Senior Leadership Team
Jason Schmelmer joins as VP, Driver Experience; TJ Frye is promoted to VP, Business Innovation
Kinaxis and Blume Global to Empower Better Responses to Supply Chain Transportation Disruptions
Partnership enables the agility needed to better orchestrate unified supply chain planning and transportation execution
Sanral to restart, wrap up adjudication process on cancelled tenders by end September Sanral chairperson Themba Mhambi talks about the issues identified with the agency’s construction bid evaluation process. Video and editing: Kutlwano Matlala
The board of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has instructed Sanral management to readvertise and award the R17.47-billion in tenders the board cancelled earlier in May, citing “material irregularities”, within the next four months. Speaking at a media conference in Centurion on Monday, Sanral board chairperson Themba Mhambi added that the board would recruit an independent public institution with infrastructure expertise to assist with the process to advertise and adjudicate the tenders, and to make a recommendation to the board on the winning bidders.