Category:Regulars
Today, water … tomorrow, oil?
Cape Town’s water crisis and the cost of oil have more in common than you’d expect… Up to now, many people (including myself) have...
Managing Commercial Vehicle Operating Costs
The operating costs of heavy-duty commercial vehicles can be divided into fixed and variable costs, which must be monitored and controlled in order to...
Cargo owners and insurers to pay more for piracy
In its October 2017 judgment, the United Kingdom (UK) Supreme Court held that operating costs incurred while negotiating a ransom with pirates fell within...
Another side to the coin
We all want the rand to be stronger, but there is a downside. A few columns ago I discussed how an exchange rate impacts...
Winds of Change
Transport policies tend to change in 30 to 40-year cycles, and that time is on the horizon for southern Africa. The South African Road...
Thinking digitally about traffic management
How can technology be leveraged to ease traffic congestion? If there’s one thing I hate about commuting, it is the traffic. Commuters in any...
One day when the Gautrain is all grown up…
While Rail transport is not a strict focus of this magazine, it doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate a decent system when I see one…...
Tally-ho: 2018
Peter Drucker said: “The best way to predict the future is to create it…” The Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport Associations...
As luck would have it
December certainly proved eventful across much of the economic spectrum. Sitting in Colesberg on the first leg of my holiday, I eagerly watched the...
Container demurrage: agents beware
Shipping agents often incorrectly believe that they are protected by “being agents” acting for an undisclosed principal… Shipping agents prefer to be reflected as...
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