This week about 7 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from a desalination facility at the severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant but did not reach the sea. Workers accidentally disconnected a pipe to the facility and caused...
Plans to build a new desalination plant on the Gulf of Aqaba are moving forward. While critics argue that the US$1billion project, which aims to address a chronic water shortage and save the shrinking Dead Sea, is expensive and potentially...
The Barloworld Logistics’ 2014 supply chain foresight survey has gone live and hundreds of business executives in South Africa are expected to participate. Kate Stubbs Executive Head of Marketing at Barloworld Logistics says this is our eleventh...
Driver training is critical for every transport operator and Scania South Africa’s Dirk Kokemoer joined his colleague in Botswana to train six drivers from the Petrologistics Botswana and Choppies companies. Kokemoer has been working with Scania...
A stakeholder workshop in Komatipoort hosted by the Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative (MCLI), discussed the issues being experienced by users on the corridor with the introduction of the new customs procedures for goods in transit through...
Technology has empowered customers in such a way that they are now in charge of the business relationship – a fact that’s left many businesses playing catch-up. Companies and supply chains that fail to realise this risk losing customers if they...
The annual heavy commercial driver’s competition in the North West province saw 66 male and female drivers from governmental, public and commercial transport operators compete in a driver skills enhancement programme held in Brits. Nono Maloyi,...
Alexandra township, established in 1912, in Johannesburg is home to more than 100,000 people. Almost two decades into democracy, Alex has seen many changes, but the pace of development has left many residents disgruntled. Source: eNCA News Source...
9.6% AWBs are electronic With 152’000 electronic air waybills (e-AWB) in September 2013, the global e-AWB penetration reached 9.6%. This represents an additional 1% compared to the previous month and an increase of 4.3% in the past twelve months....
