Transport News
Iata reports improved commercial aviation safety last year
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has announced that the safety performance of the world’s commercial airline industry had improved strongly in several areas last year, in comparison to 2020. Iata is the representative body for the global airline industry and it released the its aviation safety statistics for 2021 on Wednesday. The total number of accidents, the all-accident rate and the number of fatalities last year were all lower than in 2020. Iata-member airlines, who must be Iata Operational Safety Audit- (Iosa-)certified, and non-Iata airlines that had undergone Iosa certification, did not suffer a single fatal accident last year. There are now 403 airlines on the Iosa registry, of which 115 are not members of Iata. And, for the first time in 15 years, there were no runway or taxiway excursion accidents.
Piece of Cake Moving & Storage Ranked #8 on Inc.‘s Fastest-Growing Companies in the Northeast
Piece of Cake Moving & Storage, New York’s fastest growing and highest rated moving company, ranked 8th on Inc. magazine’s third annual Inc. 5000 Regionals: Northeast list, making it the fastest growing logistics & transportation company in the U.S.
ORBIS Brings the Latest in Automated and Sustainable Packaging Solutions to MODEX 2022
Drive supply chain efficiency with reusable packaging while meeting sustainability goals
Hubtek’s TABi Connect integrates with Greenscreens.ai rate engine to automate real time accurate quoting
Greenscreens.ai, a dynamic pricing infrastructure for the truckload spot market that combines the power of AI and machine learning with aggregated real-time market data, along with the customer’s own historical rates and up to the minute tender accep
Mbalula hopes to launch digital driving licence renewal system in February
The government says it intends to fix the controversial and unreliable driver’s licence system by going digital. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has assured motorists that his department will soon launch a new digital licence renewal system. The department faces a huge backlog of drivers waiting for their new driving licences. The department faces a huge backlog of drivers waiting for their new driving licences. The department can’t issue any new licences until the machine is fixed.
Road rehabilitation between Kameeldrift, Ga-Rankuwa to start this week
Road management company Bakwena N1/N4 Platinum Highway will undertake major rehabilitation of the base layers in the left-hand lane on portions of the N4 between Kameeldrift and Ga-Rankuwa Interchanges as part of its 2022 planned maintenance programme. The detailed design for this work was completed and an 18-month contract was awarded to G4 Civils last year. Work is scheduled to start on January 18, with an expected completion date of June 2023.
RFA studying AARTO judgment, says amendments not focused on changing driver behaviour
Industry association the Road Freight Association (RFA) says the North Gauteng High Court’s judgment that the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Act (Act 4 of 2019) is unconstitutional is unsurprising because there had been many significant changes made to the original Act (46 of 1998), which had passed Constitutional scrutiny. "The RFA has been very clear and outspoken about the flaws that the association identified in AARTO that, in our view, were predicated on revenue generation and not on changing driver behaviour and vehicle maintenance to ensure safer roads," says RFA CEO Gavin Kelly.
Vodacom Business and Toyota extend WiFi, telematics solution to SMEs
The Web-based tool MyToyota Fleet Lite has been added to the Toyota Connect hub as part of a tripartite agreement involving Vodacom Business, Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) and Netstar. “Keeping businesses connected is critical in today’s environment and Fleet Lite, being an innovative WiFi solution, meets this need,” says Vodacom Business Internet of Things managing executive Pavesh Govender.
Airbus avails previous generation Beluga’s for private oversized air cargo charter
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is making its fleet of iconic whale-shaped Beluga Super Transporter (ST) aircraft available to private clients for abnormal air freight transportation requirements. Airbus’ five-strong BelugaST aircraft fleet, which has been the backbone of the company’s inter-site transportation of large aircraft sections, is progressing from in-house duties as of January 25.
Logistics companies ally to enlarge African healthcare network
Logistics companies Imperial and UbiPharm have joined forces to create an expansive healthcare distribution network across Africa. This strategic alliance is aimed at providing complementary continental route-to-market solutions to healthcare principals and clients, enabling both companies to leverage each other’s operations and commercial services.
Vietnam river plastic pollution tackled head-on
Environmental organisation The Ocean Cleanup recently launched its Interceptor Original trash collection system for testing in the Can Tho river in Vietnam. This is one of 15 major rivers where the solar-powered solution will be deployed as part of a global partnership with beverage multinational The Coca-Cola Company.
Intergovernmental dispute reinstituted to aid Delta Air Lines’ application, says Maynier
Western Cape Finance and Economic Opportunities Minister David Maynier says he will continue to apply the necessary pressure to secure a triangular route for US airline Delta Air Lines between Atlanta, Georgia, in the US, and Johannesburg and Cape Town. Delta had applied to operate a triangular route between Atlanta, Johannesburg and Cape Town in May 2021. The application has yet to be processed, despite "being urgent precisely because tourism is a significant contributor to job creation and economic growth in the Western Cape," Maynier points out.
Moove raises $105m to take its African financing model global
Mobility fintech group Moove has raised $105-million in a Series A2 funding round, consisting of equity and debt. This newest round of funding was led by existing investors, Speedinvest, Left Lane Capital and thelatest.ventures, with participation from new investors, including AfricInvest, MUFG Innovation Partners, Latitude and Kreos Capital.
Roadie named AJC Top Workplace for third year in a row
List is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey
Roadrunner Increases Driver Pay and Incentives
The company increases rates for the second time this year, including a significant team pay increase and owner operator bonus.
RoadSync Announces New Broker and Carrier Payment Platform, RoadSync Advance
Innovative digital financial platform expands product suite with solutions tailored to the broker and carrier markets
South African tourism scuppered by extreme licensing delays
The South African Tourism Services Association (Satsa) has sent a letter of demand to Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula calling for urgent action to resolve the “unlawful” delays in issuing National Public Transport Regulator (NPTR) licences, as it was hampering wheels businesses in the tourism sector from operating. Tourism transport services are required to have operating licences and, in some cases, accreditation in terms of the National Land Transport Act. However, many of the applications remain pending despite being lodged years ago.
Busa asks Mbalula to review regulations preventing road transport of high-cube containers
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) is requesting Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to urgently review applicable regulations that make it illegal to transport high-cube shipping containers on South African roads. High-cube containers are the same length (12.19 m) and width (2.44 m) as a standard shipping container, but are 30 cm taller (at 2.89 m), adding 9.7 m3 of internal space when compared to a 66.5 m3 standard container.
Africa needs to beef up and integrate infrastructure for AfCFTA to have desired impact
African nations need to establish and/or reinforce their infrastructure to meet the looming implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), a panel of speakers participating in the UK-Africa Investment Conference, on January 20, have said. “For the African free trade area to function effectively, the goal would be [to have] effective infrastructure, transport, energy and digitalisation,” said Africa Union infrastructure, energy and information and communications technology commissioner Amani Abou-Zeid.
OneLogix records satisfactory performance in a difficult interim period
JSE-listed OneLogix Group recorded a satisfactory set of results for the six months ended November 30, 2021, despite challenges outside of management’s control, including a freak hail storm and the civil unrest in July 2021, CEO Ian Lourens says. He explains that OneLogix VDS and OneLogix Trucklogix, which form part of the largest segment contributor to the group, continue to be hamstrung by depressed storage volumes owing to global supply chain disruptions impacting on the supply and delivery of passenger and commercial vehicles.