By David Malingha Doya The European Union, Tanzania’s biggest trading partner, may increase energy and transport investment in East Africa’s second-biggest economy as it prepares to ramp up offshore natural-gas output. “Tanzania needs a sequence of...
Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland has supplied 100 Falcon buses to Ghana in an order worth USD 7.6 million. These vehicles were inducted into the fleet of Metro Mass Transit, a transport company, in which Ghana’s government holds 45%...
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele will lead a delegation of South African officials to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) council meeting next week, his office said on Sunday. The meeting will be held in London between Monday and...
A new bus system, set to launch in 2013, will hopefully increase tourism in Johannesburg. This was revealed by the Gauteng government. The “hop-on hop-off bus”, which will work in conjunction with the Gautrain and the BRT System, will give people...
With South African importers and exporters handling millions of tonnes of cargo via sea every month, amounting to a value of billions of Rands, it is crucial that these businesses fully understand the major risk factors involved in the transport of...
Switching to more environment-friendly vehicle fuel would cost South Africa’s oil refiners tens of billions, MPs heard on Thursday. “It will cost R41 billion to change our refineries to refine to the level of E5,” transport ministry special...
Logistics firm, Cargo Carriers, has purchased a majority stake of Zambian transport company, BHL. The cost of the purchase is US$2.2million (R18.4 million) with an upfront payment of US$1.5 million and 2 annual payments of US$352000. Cargo Carriers...
Now that the Gautrain officially links Joburg and Pretoria thanks to yesterday’s opening of the Park Station link, is it quicker to travel the route by car or train? Yesterday The Star pitted the two modes of transport against each other,...
Is the Port of Walvis Bay a viable alternative for South African manufacturers? After the initial AIDC study ten years ago, we revisit this strategic decision – and conclude that it is. Ten years ago the Automotive Industry Development...
As the invited keynote speaker for the Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) presidential visit in Gauteng on the night of 6 June, Nazir Alli laid down some ground rules about his stance in terms of project delivery. The recently reinstated CEO...
