Dachser SA delivers specialist pharmaceutical logistics for Dr Reddy’s

The partnership between multinational pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s and Dachser, one of the global leaders in system logistics, started in 2011 in Hyderabad, India, when the supply chain tender was awarded to Dachser India. Soon afterwards, Dachser...

Businesses are poorly prepared for return to work

Failure to properly prepare your workplace and workforce for a return to work after lockdown could have disastrous consequences as organizational outbreaks threaten business continuity in an already fragile economy, warns Dr Jedd Myers, Managing Director of...

When circumstances beyond your control prevent you fulfilling your contractual obligations

What is force majeure and when does it apply? Leading logistics firm’s head of legal explains As the consequences of the near-worldwide COVID-19 lockdown retain their relentless grip on global and local supply...

Restart Your Business with BV

Bureau Veritas is on hand to support business resumption with appropriate health and safety conditions across all sectors Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC) services, has developed a...

Isuzu hosted a delegation from the Eastern Cape DEDEAT

Led by the MEC of the Department for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT), Mlungisi Mvoko, the delegation's main purpose of the visit was to understand the challenges which the automotive industry faces as a result...

Telematics now across UD Trucks’ entire range

“Technology such as telematics, will play an increasingly important role in the ever-changing transport environment,” stated Filip Van den Heede, managing director of UD Trucks Southern Africa. “It empowers fleet owners to streamline their operations, getting the...

Significant increase in fleet operators looking to improve cash flow

Fleet operators in the commercial vehicle sector are challenging conventional thinking and business practices. This is according to John Loxton, WesBank Head of Fleet Management and Leasing.  “The world has changed from the days...

Diversification the new normal in supply chains post COVID-19

The financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on local supply-chain markets is still unknown although early indications are that it is harrowing. With the country sliding into its third recession since 1994 – growth contracted by 1,4%...

Serco supplies Sani-Booth to counter COVID-19 in the workplace

Leading South African truck and trailer body building company, Serco, has developed a sanitation booth in which a fine mist of people-friendly disinfectant is sprayed onto the user to help prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Life Under Lockdown – a Truck Driver’s Story

The loneliness of a long-distance trucker has been well-documented over decades. But amidst Lockdown and Covid-19, it’s the quietness on the roads and in the towns that drivers find extremely disconcerting…………. “It’s just so...