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BITUMEN

Asphalt producer slams Engen bitumen exports

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Why is Engen exporting bitumen, when there is a severe shortage of the product in South Africa, asks Much Asphalt CEO Phillip Hechter. “The current bitumen situation is critical. We are lucky to get 30% of our requirements,” he tells...

08 Feb 12

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Trucks damaging Mpumalanga, North West roads – Cronin

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Heavy duty trucks are causing many of the road safety and infrastructure problems in Mpumalanga and North West, Deputy Transport Minister Jeremy Cronin said on Tuesday. The Presidential Infrastructure Co-ordinating Commission had identified the...

07 Feb 12

TRANSPORT

2037 Consortium appointed to draw up Gauteng transport plan

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The Gauteng government has appointed the 2037 Consortium to assist it in generating a 25-year integrated master transport plan for the province, says transport plan task team leader and Gautrain Management Agency CEO Jack van der Merwe. The 2037...

07 Feb 12

TOLL ROADS

Tolling only viable option, says transport society

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The current uncertainty around whether or not tolling would be implemented on Gauteng’s highways has repercussions beyond the province’s borders, says Intelligent Transport Society of South Africa (ITS South Africa) CEO Dr Paul Vorster. It is...

07 Feb 12

Vehicles

New monitoring solution can help improve driver efficiency

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Vehicle monitoring and fleet management company Ctrack has launched cDrive, a driver behaviour solution that uses information sent from a vehicle to improve its energy efficiency.

27 Jan 12

LOGISTICS

South African logistics firm’s acquisition beefs up regional capacity

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Imperial Logistics has acquired international, cross-border transporter IJ Snyman Transport, operating in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia, for an undisclosed amount.

27 Jan 12

TRANSPORT INDUSTRY

Logistics competitiveness may be undermined further by carbon tax

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Government must not only assess the direct impact of its proposed carbon tax on the South African economy, but must also count the indirect cost of the tax on the competitiveness of the country’s logistics and supply chain sector and the impact...

20 Jan 12

TRANSPORT

WEC scenarios envision radically different transport sector by 2050

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The World Energy Council’s (WEC’s) ‘Global Transport Scenarios 2050' report highlights the role of governments in providing a sustainable future for the global transport sector.

20 Jan 12

Topics in these articles

City	Company	Country	Facility
DURBAN	Colas Engen Petroleum Group Much Asphalt Road Traffic Management Corporation SA National Roads Agency Limited Gautrain Iliso Consulting South African National Roads Agency Limited Ctrack Digicore IJ Snyman Transport Imperial Logistics Lehnkering	South Africa Australia The Netherlands United Kingdom Angola Democratic Republic Of Congo Namibia Zambia Finland China India	Sapref Refinery Gautrain Powerhouse Of South Africa
Industry Term	Person	Continent	Organisation
Crude Oil Crude Oil Imports Transport Driver Behaviour Solution Energy Efficiency Software Compares Software Component Telematics Device Retail Supply Chain Gross Domestic Product Oil Public Transport Infrastructure Technology Solutions Technology Systems	Phillip Hechter Tania Landsberg Jeremy Cronin Gautrain Ismail Vadi Jack Van Der Merwe Paul Vorster James Verster Marius Swanepoel Jan Havenga Sharmini Naidoo Ayed Al-Qahtani Christoph Frei Karl Rose Pierre Gadonneix	Africa Asia Europe	Gautrain