Tom Halliwell provides an eye-opening assessment of driver fatigue in the transport industry today. We all know driver fatigue is a problem. When there is an accident out there, the drivers always shift the blame; someone else pushed them off the...
International ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has affirmed its rating for Transnet’s long-term foreign currency at ‘BBB-‘ and ‘BBB+’ for local currency. S&P said it was optimistic that Transnet’s financial...
The economic slowdown in China, the declining demand for mining commodities, dwindling consumer spending power and the drought have all negatively impacted container trade in South Africa, with both import and export markets declining year-on-year...
Bidvest McCarthy (BM) has invested in an Isuzu Trucks dealership strategically sited just off the N4 at Gateway Industrial Park in Pretoria East. BM is extensively involved in freight management, logistics services, terminal operations, and marine...
Walvis Bay is developing rapidly due to its increasing logistics activities. This growth can be attributed to the plan envisaged to develop Namibia as a Logistics Hub for Southern Africa, with the Port of Walvis Bay as its gateway. It is vital that...
The Spatial Development Initiative (SDI), under the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG), is a project concerned with the development of projects along the Walvis Bay corridors. These projects focus on manufacturing and are explored in partnership with...
Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has announced Mano River Union (MRU) as recipients of the 2016 ATNS Albert Taylor Award. The Sierra Leonean Minister of Transport and Aviation, Mr Leonard Balogun Koroma received the Award from ATNS...
As part of ongoing efforts to support nationwide road safety activities, a road user behaviour colloquium has been convened in Pretoria. The colloquium, hosted by the Department of Transport and the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited...
Investigators have begun analysing the two severely damaged black boxes from EgyptAir flight MS804 as they seek to explain why the plane plunged into the sea, killing all 66 people on board. It would require “lots of time and effort” to...
