Transport News
Trax and project44 Advise Leaders to Implement End-to-End Visibility for Supply Chain Control
Trax and project44 executives co-host webinar about creating resiliency to help supply chain leaders prepare for continued supply chain disruptions
College students all in on robot delivery
Survey shows six in 10 students place at least one order for robot delivery per week.
E-toll decision is imminent, says Mbalula
Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula said the final pronouncement on the funding model of e-tolls is imminent. Mbalula tabled his budget vote for the Department of Transport in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon. This comes amid uncertainty around South African National Roads Agency Limited electronic tolling system to pay for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, which has been met with public resistance. Mbalula said he was working with Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana to help Cabinet arrive at a final determination on the funding of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project. He said that a decision on the matter was "imminent", although it has taken a long time.
Grindrod and partners create new export route for Botswana coal
Grindrod’s Matola terminal at the Port of Maputo says it has welcomed its second coal train from Botswana. The terminal also managed to successfully discharge the 50 wagons using the terminal’s tipplers. The first train arrived at the port in April, marking a milestone for Grindrod’s Mozambican drybulk terminal.
Grindrod Shipping to sell tanker for $30m
JSE- and Nasdaq-listed global maritime transportation services company Grindrod Shipping has entered into a contract to sell its 2016-built medium-range product tanker Matuku for $30-million. Grindrod Shipping predominantly owns and operates a diversified fleet of owned and long-term and short-term chartered-in drybulk vessels. The drybulk business, which operates under the brand Island View Shipping (IVS) includes a core fleet of 15 handysize drybulk carriers and 16 supramax/ultramax drybulk carriers.
Drilling of Northam’s Zondereinde No 3 shaft completed Drilling of Northam’s Zondereinde No 3 shaft completed
Platinum group metals miner Northam last month completed the drilling and reaming of the first shaft of its Number 3 Shaft expansion project. The new shaft, at 1 380 metres deep and 4.8 metres wide, is designed to handle personnel and materials, while two additional shafts will handle rock-haulage and ventilation duties.
FourKites Adds New Customers, Improves Time to Value for Real-Time Ocean Visibility
Supply chain visibility leader adds industry veteran as adoption of its international shipping solution accelerates
Dray Alliance Empowers Contract Drivers with Tools to Combat ‘Forced Dispatch’
Dray Alliance’s self-dispatch capabilities allow truckers to avoid traditional broker dispatch
One-day program provides “immersive experience” in trucking
Canadian program targets women, youth, and newcomers in effort to attract more truck drivers to the field.
Sanral cancels R17.5bn in tenders, citing ‘material irregularities’
The board of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has cancelled tenders to the value of R17.47-billion, citing “material irregularities”. The tenders which the Sanral board did not approve are the Mtentu Bridge Wild Coast project, on the N2, valued at R3.4-billion; the rehabilitation of the R56 Matatiele, in the Eastern Cape, at R1-billion; the N3 Ashburton interchange, in KwaZulu-Natal, at R1.8-billion; and improvements to the EB Cloete interchange (N2 and N3 connection point in KwaZulu-Natal), at R4.3-billion.
Decision on e-tolls ‘imminent’; scrap metal exports must be banned – Mbalula
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has yet again promised that a decision on the future of e-tolls in Gauteng is imminent. Delivering his department’s budget vote on Wednesday, he noted that the matter was on Cabinet’s radar, and that a pronouncement would be made once the final decision had been taken.
PRASA starts rehabilitation work on three Gauteng corridors
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) says it will terminate rail services on three Gauteng corridors for the next few months to allow for the rehabilitation and restoration of the electrical cables and traction substations that were vandalised or stolen during the Covid-19 Level 5 hard lockdown. The revamp will also allow PRASA to “run more efficient train services and to introduce the electrical motor units which form part of the agency’s modernisation programme”.
RMB Ventures invests in Inhance supply chain technology business
Financial services firm Rand Merchant Bank private equity arm RMB Ventures has concluded an investment in supply chain technology and services business Inhance Supply Chain Solutions. RMB Ventures invested alongside black-owned investment firm New GX Capital Holding, which acquired a majority stake in Inhance in 2018, and the Inhance management team, which retains its significant shareholding in the business.
ShipBob Launches FreightBob, an End-to-End Managed Freight Transportation Solution
FreightBob Will Provide Transparent, More Seamless Inventory Distribution Options for Current and Future ShipBob Customers
Singapore Masterclass offers interactive project forwarding training
The PPG Project Cargo Forwarding Masterclass continues face-to-face as the best study experience to deliver the knowledge and skills necessary for 3PLs, clients and ECPMs seeking to engage with fellow professionals.
Cargo volume stays strong in April
Retail imports drive activity in Houston, Savannah, officials say.
Pick n Pay, Takealot partner to sell groceries, liquor on Mr D app
Retail chain Pick n Pay and online store Takealot have signed a commercial services agreement which will enable customers across South Africa to buy Pick n Pay food, groceries and liquor on a new platform on the food delivery services application (app) Mr D. In a statement issued on May 17, the companies said the new service would bring together their respective strengths.
Transnet increasing supply of jet fuel to ORTIA as railway line repairs start
State-owned Transnet says it is increasing the supply of jet fuel through the National Multi-Product Pipeline from Durban inland, while repairs to the railway line that is also used to transport fuel to Gauteng get under way following damage from the floods in KwaZulu-Natal in April. Currently, Transnet Pipelines (TPL) is transporting 14-million litres of jet fuel between the Natref refinery and the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) a week.
Port of Maputo unveils rehabilitated berths; new masterplan looks at further expansion
Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi last week inaugurated 1 058 m of rehabilitated berthing area – comprising berths 6, 7, 8 and 9 – at the Port of Maputo. The berths, rehabilitated, expanded and dredged to depths of up to –16 m, are now fully operational, allowing the port to receive and load an increasing number of bigger vessels (capesize).
Imaginnovate launches Logistics Studio
Software maker’s latest effort at automating transport and logistics