Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller, longtime shipping magnate, dies at 98 Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller, an immensely rich and powerful Danish businessmen who transformed his family’s shipping company into the world’s largest, died on Monday in Copenhagen. He was...
Today, time is money. Reactivity is out and sustained productivity is in. Keeping equipment such as earthmoving machines, trucks, buses, light commercial vehicles and generators operational is vital to the profitability of a business. In the past,...
In planning forward, Transnet expects to double grain tonnages transported over the seven years of its expansion plan. Even so, this will still fall short of industry requirements, says Albert Swart, Transnet Freight Rail executive manager of sales...
The highway linking Plumtree and Mutare is now set for dualisation between Harare and Bulawayo as Government’s Infralink Project changes scope from rehabilitation only. Infralink is a joint venture between the Zimbabwe National Road...
The East Africa Community is finalising plans to develop a multi-million-dollar highway linking Arusha and Mombasa via Moshi and Voi, to enhance the growing intra-trade in the region. The existing road, from Moshi to Voi, is in a shambles. With the...
R1.8 billion is the going rate for the old Durban International Airport, which is being purchased in a deal between Transnet and the Airports Company of South Africa. Transnet have secured the deal to buy the airport which will be transformed into...
E-toll rate shock: R1.75 a kilometre! Drivers who don’t buy an e-tag for Gauteng’s new toll roads will face a punitive tariff of R1.75 a kilometre. An e-tag user will pay 30c a kilometre, while an “alternative user” is to be charged six times that...
It should spell boom times for airlines but as things now stand few are benefiting, says Comair CEO Erik Venter. “Comair would fly all over Africa if it were possible,” he says. “There is 20%- 30% under capacity on most routes.” But with few...
Road users who have registered for e-tolls will not have to do so again, the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said on Thursday. “They will be afforded an opportunity to review and accept the revised terms and conditions at that time...
The first ever Pirelli Suppliers Awards recognizes quality, innovation and competitiveness Inaugurating the Pirelli Suppliers’ Awards the company nominated its best suppliers for 2011. Chairman and CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera, along with Chief...
