Category: News around the web

  • Unitrans takes a win in Hollard Highway Heroes competition

    As the festive season gets underway, leading transport, logistics and integrated supply chain solutions company Unitrans, has much to celebrate. Read more… | Send to a friend Link to bizcommunity.com

  • Three injured in a collision on the R304, Philadelphia

    Emergency services responded to the scene of a collision on the R304, Philadelphia. 1 Patient with critical injuries. 2 Patients with minor injuries Lima Charlie 1 Three injured in a collision on the R304, Philadelphia https://t.co/3G5wQlBYwN #ArriveAlive #RoadSafety #TruckCrash @LimaCharlie1 @WCGovSafelyHome @TruckAndFreight pic.twitter.com/P59ZyXjgOd – Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) December 19, 2023 The post Three injured in…

  • Challenges ahead for SA fleets: Port congestion, road degradation, and the call for road safety education

    The transport industry plays a crucial role in the movement of goods. Without a reliable road freight industry our economy would collapse. According to Bridgewater Logistics, the industry employs roughly 336,000 employees and is predicted to grow by 4% in the next 5 years. However, the transport industry is also faced with numerous challenges that…

  • #BestofBiz 2023: Logistics & Transport

    We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2023 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and company news. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Logistics & Transport site over the past year below. Read more… | Send to a friend Link to bizcommunity.com

  • Solar-powered e-truck sets new altitude record

    A team of explorers – the Gebrüder Weiss Peak Evolution Team – followed through on successfully setting a new world altitude record for electric vehicles after driving an electric truck to an altitude of 6 500 m above sea level, mid-December. The team drove up to the western ridge of Ojos del Salado, in Chile…

  • Items robbed from a logistics company in Kempton Park uncovered in Thembisa

    On Thursday 14 December 2023 in the early hours of the morning, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Specialized Task Team (STT) and First Responder Unit (FRU) Members, arrested five (5) suspects following an armed robbery, which occurred over the weekend, in one of the City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) buildings and some of the loot,…

  • Female arrested after 3 girls were trafficked in a shipping container

    The Hawks based in George have on Saturday, 16 December 2023 arrested a 34-year-old female suspect for her alleged involvement in trafficking in persons. Her arrest follows after the Hawks received information on Wednesday, 13 December 2023 that three young girls had been trafficked from West Africa into South Africa a few months ago inside…

  • Colllision between a truck and a light motor vehicle on the N2 near Fairbreeze

    IPSS Medical Rescue and various other services are currently on scene on the N2 near Fairbreeze following a serious collision between a truck and light motor vehicle. There are reportedly multiple deceased on what remains an active scene. Traffic flow is affected. Update to follow. Multiple injured and deceased in horror collision on the N2…

  • Truck driver arrested in possession of illicit cigarettes

    The Limpopo Provincial Visible Policing Task Team were conducting patrol duties along the N1 North public road under Makhado policing area when they spotted a suspicious white Toyota Hino truck with Mpumalanga province registration number on Thursday, 14 December 2023. The truck was stopped, searched and found loaded with 12 mattresses. Police conducted an intensive…

  • Gebrüder Weiss Peak Evolution Team achieves new world altitude record for e-vehicles at Ojos del Salado, Chile

    The Gebrüder Weiss Peak Evolution Team has set a new world altitude record for e-vehicles at 6,500 meters above sea level. They drove up to the western ridge of Ojos del Salado – the highest active volcano on earth – in their truck powered exclusively by solar energy. Never has an e-vehicle been driven so…

  • Festive season update in the Western Cape

    WC Provincial Minister of Mobility, Ricardo Mackenzie, is in Three Sisters this morning for an integrated traffic operation with our Provincial Traffic and Road Safety teams, Northern Cape Provincial Traffic, and SAPS. Traffic volumes are increasing with lots of families, buses and freight trucks on the road. Minister Mackenzie is reminding drivers of the critical…

  • Suspect arrested for unlawful possession of chrome with an estimated value of over R20 million

    A geologist appeared before the Praktiseer District Court today, 13 December 2023 for unlawful possession of chrome. On 12 December 2023, members from Polokwane Serious Organised Crime Investigation in collaboration with SAPS Sekhukhune District, Local Criminal Record Centre, South African National Defence Force and SSG Security Company conducted an intelligence-driven illegal mining disruptive operation at…