JLR APPOINTS 50 SPECIALISTS TO BOOST RESILIENCE OF NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY CHAINS Company News ECV Electric / Hybrid Vehicle Featured Article Freight Industry Headlines Logistics Mining News Special Reports by Tristan Wiggill - June 12, 2025 Pretoria, South Africa – 12 June 2025: JLR has hired 50 specialists to maximise the resilience of new electric vehicle supply chains and uphold ethical standards, amid ongoing
Hacking and looting hamper recovery in the Freight Transport sector Company News Ctrack Freight Industry Headlines Local Industry by Tristan Wiggill - August 26, 2021 The recent looting and unrest in various parts of South Africa have had a massive impact on the majority of sectors measured by the Ctrack Freight Transport Index. The
Majority of sectors in Ctrack Freight Transport Index show positive growth Company News Freight Industry Headlines Local Industry Trucks by Tristan Wiggill - May 4, 2021 The majority of the sectors as measured by Ctrack Freight Transport Index have shown great growth and are very near to returning to pre-COVID levels. The Ctrack Freight
A bump in the road to recovery but Rail Freight remains a concern Company News Freight Industry Headlines Local Industry by Tristan Wiggill - March 9, 2021 After an excellent recovery by South Africa’s logistics sector as measured by the Ctrack Freight Transport index, the industry took a slight breather during the month of January.
BLT WORLD’s new Mobicon container handler improves efficiency Company News Freight Industry Headlines Local Industry by Tristan Wiggill - February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Material handling specialists, BLT WORLD, has launched the new Mobicon 2HL series mini straddle carriers in Africa. Mobicon container handlers – key machines in BLT WORLD’s range of container
Open Letter to the President – From the Road Freight Association Company News Freight Industry Headlines Local Industry by Tristan Wiggill - November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 Mr President Again, the road freight companies (truckers) find themselves being attacked by forces under the pretext of foreign nationals “taking jobs away from citizens”. This results in damaged and totally
Road Freight Association Voices Concerns about Level 4 Restrictions Company News Freight Industry Headlines Local Industry by Tristan Wiggill - May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 The Road Freight Association (RFA) is concerned about aspects of the controlled relaxing of the lockdown, with specific regard to the opening of road freight operations and logistics
Innovative New Export Programme for Isuzu Motors South Africa Company News Freight Industry Headlines Isuzu Local Industry by Tristan Wiggill - February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 Isuzu Motors South Africa in Port Elizabeth has started supplying knocked down (KD) Isuzu D-MAX pick-up kits for assembly purposes to its Isuzu manufacturing facility in Kenya. This
Avoid investing in the wrong container – all you need to know about purchasing a new vs. A pre-owned container Company News Featured Article Freight Industry Headlines Local Industry News by Tristan Wiggill - October 18, 2019 Purchasing containers to be used as homes, offices or even schools after some refurbishment, amongst other uses, have become one of the modern trends that many vie for
Crossroads cuts significant costs taking yellow metal ro-ro to DRC Freight Industry Headlines Heavy Commercial Vehicles Local Industry by Tristan Wiggill - September 30, 2019October 2, 2019 Crossroads’ Africa division has overcome numerous challenges to curb costs shipping a client’s yellow metal from South Africa to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by roll-on, roll-off
