African leaders have been advised to embrace new types of transportation in order to reduce the cost of doing business that is fuelled by the high cost of transporting commodities.Uganda’s High Commissioner to Tanzania, Mr Ibrahim Mukiibi, said use...
Since 2003 there has been a massive 40% increase in the number of tonnes of freight being transported on South Africa’s roads. The country’s roads have to be constantly maintained and upgraded to handle such load increases. Hans Ittmann, who spoke...
A successful South African educational programme which equips teenagers with maritime skills while they are still at school has been shortlisted for an international award. The Simon’s Town-based Lawhill Maritime Studies programme, which was...
Research by Stellenbosch University confirms that transport costs showed a drastic increase of 16.2 percent during 2010, compared to 2009, while inventory carrying costs decreased by 19.9 percent during the same period,” said Nadia Viljoen of...
