Apr 24, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
KZN-based Sage Trans – specialists in plant, transport and bulk material handling services – has extended its portfolio of plant hire equipment, with the investment in a new Case 1021F wheel loader from Case Construction Equipment SA. “The recent addition of a robust...
Apr 24, 2019 | Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Motors, Drives & Transmissions
HYTEC South Africa has been appointed southern Africa Service Partner to the Drive Technology Unit of Zollern. The partnership allows Hytec South Africa to sell, execute inspections, and conduct maintenance, repairs and other services on Zollern gearboxes and winches...
Apr 10, 2019 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
IN one of its largest fleet deals concluded to date, Daimler Trucks and Buses Southern Africa (DTBSA) handed over 77 Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks to Bakers SA Limited, an independently owned transport and logistics services company, based in Pietermaritzburg. “This is...
Apr 10, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
UNDER fire from members of the trucking and shipping industries for slow turnaround times at the Port of Durban’s container terminals, Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has vowed to improve efficiencies, drive down costs and stamp out corruption. “I will not shy away from...
Mar 29, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
SOVEREIGN Foods, the third largest poultry producer in South Africa, recently announced the merger of Sovereign Foods with the Cold Storage Group (CSG), an Eastern Cape wholesaler of poultry and value-added poultry products. CSG comprises five inter-related...
Mar 29, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
TODAY, most machinery available on the market is good but what differentiates a brand is the company itself and the level of service it delivers. That’s according to Natie Ferreira, co-owner of BF Hire, who said this was the reason he and his partner Marius Brink had...
Mar 29, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
A major trenching and loading contract has seen plant-hire company Mpeke Plant Hire acquire its latest batch of equipment from Bobcat Cape Town. Mpeke Plant Hire started off in 2014 as an enterprise development initiative. However, since 2017 it started renting out...
Mar 27, 2019 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
THE Port of Durban has noted growth in volumes in the container, liquid bulk and dry bulk sectors in 2018, according to recent data released by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA). Container volumes in the Port of Durban ended 9.5% higher for the year ending...
Mar 4, 2019 | Forestry, Pulp & Paper, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
THE Taylor range of materials handling equipment, distributed exclusively in South Africa by BLT World, encompasses the TXLS series log stackers, designed to efficiently handle a full log load, from truck or rail, in a single pass. “These robust log stackers, which...
