Author:focus-on-transport

The Professional Movers’ Association (PMA) hosts an annual congress once a year for all its members and sponsors to get together and discuss growth and strategy within the South African professional removals industry. This year’s Congress is to be held at Legends Golf and Safari Resort in Limpopo. These are a few of the wide range of sponsorship opportunities available: • Room drop • Registration • Truck display and test drive • Pedi village tour • Carnival themed dinner • […]

Hollard launched the 2018 Highway Heroes competition in Sandton on Friday, April 20, to search for the best truck drivers in the country. The competition is in its fourth year, although this is the first year it has been branded by Hollard, which aims to get more drivers involved. Paul Dangerfield, national operations manager and Highway Heroes campaign manager, says: “All too often, trucks and their drivers are seen as a nuisance on our roads, causing hazards and slowing traffic, but they’re […]

ExxonMobil has announced that it has signed a new distributor agreement with Zestcor, which is an experienced South African sales, procurement and supply chain management company. The agreement is designed to support an efficient and reliable supply of high-quality base stocks in the sub-Saharan region. This commercial relationship will expand ExxonMobil’s global presence and provide local customers with additional access to base stocks capable of meeting a broad range of blending needs. “We are committed to providing a reliable supply […]

Unitrans Supply Chain Solutions has secured a ten-year contract extension from Pick n Pay to provide the transportation services at the retailer’s flagship Longmeadow distribution centre in Gauteng. Unitrans currently operates a fleet of 327 vehicles from Pick n Pay’s Longmeadow distribution centre. The transport network services 455 Pick n Pay stores in Gauteng and areas as far afield as Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho. “The Longmeadow operation is a world-class facility,” says Theunis Nel, CEO of Unitrans. “We are […]

There is an increasing need to secure high-value goods in transit and Netshield has heeded the call by releasing its Cell Lock system. The Cell Lock system will allow the unlocking sequence of a door on a cargo unit only when the GPS location and GSM communication modules detect that two or more preselected criteria have been met. These include when the container reaches a pre-allocated geo-fenced environment, within an allocated time, and the distributing and/or receiving supervisor takes action […]

Just as last week’s FOCUS newsletter was being signed off, we received word that Hino Motors Limited and Volkswagen Truck & Bus were entering into a long-term partnership to “expand their respective global footprints and get into a superior position to tackle the challenges of the industry”. With the future of transport and logistics in mind, the companies will explore each other’s capabilities to cooperate in logistics and traffic-solution research, existing and new technologies, as well as in procurement. The […]

Much fuss has been made about the all-new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, but, while the world’s press has been able to offer readers tantalising bits of information about its design and technology, we haven’t been able to get behind the wheel – until now, that is… FOCUS editor Gavin Myers has just returned from driving the new Sprinter in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and can report that the new model has seemingly broken the mould that has traditionally encapsulated the large-van segment. With […]

While a certain bunny is known for making this time of year all about chocolate treats, Mercedes-Benz Trucks is making Easter all about massive discounts on selected truck parts. The company is offering up to 45-percent off selected truck parts until April 30. Furthermore, if parts are bought and fitted at an authorised Mercedes-Benz workshop, the 12-month warranty on parts is automatically extended to 24 months, standard – which saves operators even more money. With more than 100 years’ experience […]

How can the trucking industry slow the sales of cars? Well, by creating the problem of cars not getting to dealerships in the first place… TopSpeed reports that this is what is happening with Tesla in Norway – the country with the world’s highest number of Tesla owners. The electric-car manufacturer has deliberately slowed down deliveries in the country. TopSpeed reports: “The company has had serious issues in terms of delivering its vehicles, because the trucks that are being used […]