Transporter enters Hazchem market

Growth in demand for its
express roadfreight services has
seen Transmart expanding into
specialised Hazchem deliveries.
Director Hans Jooste said
businesses had switched to
roadfreight to save costs.
“Express road for us has
certainly grown in volumes.
Our next day express
competitors are the airlines –
and if one compares the price
difference between airfreight
and roadfreight it makes a lot
of sense to use a reliable express
road operator,” Jooste said.
Transmart specialises
in overnight road express
deliveries and services the
major Cape Town-Gauteng
route as well two express
routes in the SADC region
to Zimbabwe and Zambia,
turning around trucks within
two to three days.
“We do not have competition
on the two routes we service,
as we generally operate smaller
vehicles than Superlinks,
have our own clearing agents
at Beitbridge, and prefer to
use one clearing agent on the
Zimbabwe side,” he said.
The express sector continued
to face challenges such as traffic
congestion and poor road
conditions and there was also
speculation and concern about
the proposed legislation to
restrict goods vehicles’ driving
hours, he said.
Jooste was referring to
Minister of Transport Dipuo
Peters’ recent announcement of
her intention to restrict goods
vehicles with a gross vehicle
mass (GVM) exceeding 9000kg
from operating on public roads
between 6 and 9am as well as
5 and 8pm on weekdays. The
restrictions do not apply to
emergency vehicles such as fire
trucks and ambulances.
The company offers a full
range of warehousing services,
including cross-haul, debulking
of containers, palletising and
shrinkwrap, storage and local
deliveries.