Outsourcing company, Innovative Staffing Solutions, has offered to help find new work opportunities for the many truck drivers who stand to lose their jobs following the launch of Transnet’s new Durban to Johannesburg fuel pipeline.
The pipeline – which pumps fuel inland from the coast to a fuel accumulation facility near Heidelberg – will see at least 1 000 trucks pulled off the roads. While this is good news for the country’s carbon footprint, it will impact negatively on the livelihoods of many truck drivers, said Innovative Staffing Solutions MD, Arnoux Maré.
He said his company would welcome the opportunity to alleviate the situation by absorbing the experienced code 14, long-haul drivers onto its books. “We will assist in employing at least 100 drivers, who we will outsource to our vast network of clients.”
