Late last year the eThekwini Municipality unveiled the “Muvo” smartcard for cashless transit payments. TWA takes a look at this innovative commuter payment system. With the introduction of a large-scale cashless transit tariff system, the City of...
“The scheduled amalgamation of Bidvest-owned Safcor Panalpina and Rennies Distribution Services (RDS), to create Bidvest Panalpina Logistics, will create a combined entity with an impressive global service offering”, says managing director, James...
Like many South African road users I am not too fond of minibus taxi drivers, especially since one, in flagrant disobedience of our road traffic laws, drove into my rear end. Of course he was not insured, which is the case with as many as 60% of...
Although not quite as advanced as the Transformer ‘Megatron’, mechanised hydraulic systems are nonetheless just as strong. If they are effectively deployed and efficiently maintained, this physical strength translates into profit. With the world...
Federal Mogul is best positioned to implement truly innovative solutions in response to the global CO2 challenge. As world technology leaders in powertrain efficiency, Federal Mogul engineers have fine-tuned and developed new technologies that are...
Financially, following on from the crash of 2009, last year was a particularly frustrating year. But, it’s not how you fall but how you get up again that matters. In their closing report for 2011, IATA shows a year-on-year contraction of 0.8%...
Over and above assessing the direct carbon tax cost in South Africa once the verdict is published by National Treasury in February 2012, the country must count the indirect cost of the tax on the competitiveness of its logistics and supply chain...
A good driver is an asset, one who manages your assets and those of your customer. If you do not look after your assets then you will be throwing money to the wind, a financially insane policy. The value of a truck and trailer, and the goods that...
The passenger and commercial vehicle division of Eqstra Holdings, a JSE- listed company, has ‘adopted’ the Pretoria Technical School and Kempton Park’s Rhodesfield Technical School to ensure that South Africa’s much- needed technical skills are...
In a dynamic, growing economy where infrastructure development is a key driver, logistics plays a crucial role, and can be the differentiator between seizing and missing an opportunity. The importance of logistics, and an excellent case study,...
