Inland haulage specialist invests in major equipment upgrade

CONFRONTING
THE challenges of an
increasingly difficult
transport environment,
inland haulage specialist
Rail Road Containers has
embarked on an investment
programme designed to
enhance service levels and
predictability.
The Port Elizabeth
branch has taken delivery
of a Steelbro sidelifter
trailer to facilitate the
packing of containers which
can now be placed on
the ground at customers’
premises.
For Durban customers
the company has just
added ten Mercedes Benz
2640 trucks to its fleet.
“We realise we will still be
faced with the challenges
that everyone is facing
– like queues into Durban
Container Terminal – but
the additional resources
will help to mitigate
delays,” director operations
and marketing Sidney
Ueckermann told FTW.
“We’ve also seen the
need to grow our local
cartage trailer fleet,
particularly in Durban, and
have bought an additional
nine trailers.”
The upgrade programme
will be ongoing, said
Ueckermann, and next
on the expansion list
will be 20 new trucks
for Johannesburg, due in
March/April this year.