South Africa has some of the most dangerous roads in the world and the estimated cost of road accidents a year is about R164-billion, or about 3.4% of the country's GDP. However, the disruption of... 

South Africa’s transport and logistics systems are under strain, owing to factors including years of underinvestment, institutional inefficiency and policy misalignment; however, there are... 

AGL Terminals, part of Africa Global Logistics (AGL), and its partner, BALSA, have announced that they have started operations at A-Berth, Duncan Docks, at the Port of Cape Town, following the... 

Logistics company Rangel Logistics Solutions, which entered the South African market in 2020, has made an additional investment of €6-million, or R125.6-million, in a warehouse in South Africa. The... 

Zone 1 of the Atlantis Special Economic Zone (ASEZ), in the Western Cape, was officially launched on April 7 with the sod turning ceremony for the Quantum V3 facility, which will support South... 

Through diversifying its operations and pursuing innovation, integrated supply chain and transport logistics provider Cargo Carriers continues to facilitate growth and efficiency in Eswatini’s... 

A panel of transport experts examined the profound implications of emerging technologies such as AI and machine learning (ML) in a dynamic webinar hosted by Creamer Media Webinars on April 1 for... 

South Africa must build trade relationships more widely owing to the risks to the economy from the tariffs imposed by the US administration under President Donald Trump, says business lobby... 

The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) welcomes the announcement by the Border Management Authority (BMA) that operations have resumed at the Grobler’s Bridge and Stockpoort ports of... 

Western Cape premier Alan Winde says he welcomes the announcement on the weekend by Transport Minister Barbara Creecy to initiate a request for information (RFI) process for private-sector... 

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has launched an online request for information (RFI) process to test market appetite for potential private sector participation (PSP) investments in selected rail... 

Grindrod will roll out an R8-billion multiyear programme to scale up its business in South Africa and Mozambique. This comes amid a softening in the global commodity cycle, as well as social... 

The newly established Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) has confirmed that it received 98 applications for slots being made available across the network to private train operating... 

While Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said that additional guarantees will be considered to refinance Transnet’s maturing debt and its capital investment programme, no equity support was... 

The Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (Ctrack TFI) declined for eight consecutive months to reach an index level of 112.8 in January, the lowest level since December 2022. This decline resembles... 

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) CEO Jabu Mdaki believes the steady flow of new equipment, together with improved relations with key original equipment and part suppliers as well as shipping lines,... 

The multijurisdictional nature the Lobito Corridor project – which comprises a 1 300-km railway linking Angola’s Port of Lobito to the mineral-rich regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)... 

Professional body for inland ports Multimodal Inland Port Association (MIPA) has embraced State-owned freight company Transnet’s Network Statement, which it describes as a “landmark development”... 

State-owned freight company Transnet’s Network Statement offers private-sector players the opportunity to take the leading role in recovering the national rail sector and infrastructure, thereby... 

Boosting local rail infrastructure through government and private-sector collaboration – in the form of public–private partnerships (PPPs) – while harnessing complementary assistance from... 

Grindrod will roll out an R8-billion multiyear programme to scale up its business in South Africa and Mozambique. This comes amid a softening in the global commodity cycle, as well as social... 

JSE-listed Bidvest Group says its achieved “decent” result for the six months ended December 31, with most of its businesses having generated consistent profits. Bidvest is a business to business... 

The Border Management Authority (BMA) has temporarily suspended operations at five ports of entry, namely Stockpoort, Makgobistad, Bray, Groblersbridge and Pontdrift, owing to severe flooding... 

The Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) declined slightly by 0.6 points to 44.7 points in February, remaining in contractionary terrain. This is the fourth consecutive contraction, as activity... 

A new World Bank report argues that South Africa can raise growth and employment by pursuing four priorities aimed primarily at stimulating market competition and bolstering the efficiency of... 

The rapid growth of e-commerce is reshaping the last-mile delivery industry in South Africa, and the past year has shown just how quickly the sector is evolving, says Fastway Couriers FD Damian... 

South African mobility management platform GoMetro continues its international expansion, this time to Malaysia. Malaysia-based telematics service provider Active Telematics has teamed up with... 

Private equity fund manager Clearwater Capital has acquired Etlin International’s temperature-controlled storage and logistics arm through a business rescue deal. This division, SnoLink Logistics,... 

Retailer Clicks Group and its pharmaceutical wholesaler United Pharmaceutical Distributors (UPD) have partnered with electric vehicles (EVs) lessor Everlectric and sustainable finance solutions... 

Having integrated a strategic environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) transformation framework into its overarching strategy and business processes, logistics company Grindrod has... 

As Parliament debates President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address (SoNA) this week, the Citrus Growers' Association of Southern Africa (CGA) says it welcomes the President's commitment... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses some of the key themes of President Cyril Ramaphosa's first State of the Nation Address since the establishment of the Government of National...