The machinery and capital equipment industry is “very quiet” and many businesses are reluctant to spend on marketing or new procurement, owing to challenges such as power failures, water cuts,... 

South Africa’s mining companies, losing out on billions of dollars in sales due to logistics bottlenecks, could soon have a quicker route to ports in neighboring Mozambique. The Logistics Co... 

The increase in fuel prices for September will force transporters to increase their pricing to cover the higher diesel costs, member organisation the Road Freight Association (RFA) CEO Gavin Kelly... 

JSE-listed services, trading and distribution company Bidvest Group has reported double-digit trading profit growth from each of its seven divisions for the financial year ended June 30. The... 

The Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (Ctrack TFI) retreated further in July to an index level of 120.8, the lowest level this year since March (120.5).  This represents a decrease of 1.2% during... 

New Transnet chairperson Andile Sangqu has indicated that the troubled State-owned freight logistics group, which has hitherto prided itself on being financially self-sufficient, may require and... 

JSE-listed logistics and mobility solutions company Super Group’s deliberate diversification strategy has helped to bolster its performance in what is a turbulent trading environment. The group... 

A new ‘Freight Logistics Roadmap’ is currently undergoing an internal government consultative process for publication before the end of the year, the latest Operation Vulindlela progress update... 

The Port of Maputo is reaping the results of an $800-million investment that has taken the port from handling five-million tons overall in 2007, to a record 27-million tons last year, says Grindrod... 

African economies can become major participants in global supply chains by harnessing vast resources of materials needed by high-technology sectors and their own growing consumer markets, trade and... 

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) CEO Jabu Mdaki is optimistic that the joint venture (JV) with International Container Terminal Services Incorporated (ICTSI) will be implemented from the start of the... 

The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has released details of the companies participating in the three consortia shortlisted to participate in an upcoming bidding process to design, fund and... 

State-owned Transnet has approached the market for the provision of an automated end-to-end procurement system. This comes as the organisation moves to optimise its procurement of goods and... 

A hundred newly trained electric bike (e-bike) riders from the communities of Joe Slovo and Phoenix, in Cape Town, have graduated from the Green Riders Academy. Green Riders is a turnkey mobility... 

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has introduced an additional feature on its PotholeFixGP app to also report faulty traffic signals. Launched in 2022, the app was designed to enable... 

California-based mobility and urban services platform inDrive has launched a name-your-price freight service in South Africa, targeting small businesses and individuals. InDrive is already active... 

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso says the concerted effort that business, government and many within State-owned freight utility Transnet have made to fix the outlook of... 

Construction of the soon-to-be completed R216-million Montrose Interchange, on the N4, has already “changed the lives of local small businesses and residents by providing much-needed jobs”, the... 

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has embarked on provincial outreach and awareness workshops in collaboration with provincial governments, wherein it hopes to have engaged... 

California-based mobility and urban services platform inDrive has launched a name-your-price freight service in South Africa, targeting small businesses and individuals. InDrive is already active... 

State-owned Transnet has selected International Container Terminal Services Incorporated (ICTSI), of the Philippines, as the preferred bidder for the 25-year joint venture with Transnet Port... 

Recently launched industry association the SaferStops Association CEO Nicci Scott-Anderson has stressed the importance of government, the private sector and industry stakeholders supporting the... 

Agriculture advocacy organisation Agri SA has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently deploy the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to support the South African Police Service in... 

Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga expressed grave concern about the torching of trucks on South Africa's roads in recent days and said criminals are committing an act of economic sabotage.... 

Four trucks were burnt in Mpumalanga on Wednesday morning while two others caught fire in separate accidents in the Free State and Gauteng. Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala... 

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... 

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... 

The transport sector is not untouched by climate change and also has considerably high negative externalities, and this necessitates innovative thinking around the opportunities to renavigate... 

Armed gangs this weekend created havoc on the N3 and N4 highways by settings several trucks alight. The first attack occurred on Saturday night on the N3 highway at Van Reenen’s Pass, when armed... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expecting an intelligence report on attacks on trucks in South Africa after he expressed concern about the impact of the incidents on the economy. He commented after... 

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... 

Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an $11-million equity investment in BluePeak Private Capital Fund toward its $155-million target for final close.... 

Industry body the Road Freight Association and industry collaboration platform the Transport Forum of South Africa have announced that the first small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) Road Freight... 

Specialist supply chain services company CHEP has appointed Alisdair Sinclair as the new CHEP sub-Saharan Africa VP from June 1. He takes over the reins from retiring VP Hermann Haupt. 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer talks about the National Logistics Crisis Committee and why it was established; the involvement of business in the committee; how the committee will approach... 

The National Logistics Crisis Committee (NLCC) will adopt a two-pronged approach to addressing the rail, port and road crises currently undermining growth and job creation in South Africa, whereby... 

Climate change is having real-world impacts on demand for healthcare products and on the supply chains for these products, US-based global public health consultancy JSI Health Logistics director Ed... 

The South African government’s Operation Vulindlela (“opening up”) is intended to result in major reforms to key sectors of the economy, Presidency Project Management Office head Rudi Dicks assured...