Directors of the Road Freight Association (RFA) have elected a new team of office bearers for a two-year term, with Nico van der Westhuizen, chief executive officer of Imperial Logistics’ Transport and Warehousing Division, as RFA chairperson. Gerhard Marais, who is product group manager, Logistics Services at Roshcon SOC Limited, has been elected vice chairperson.

Daimler AG’s truck division, which includes the Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner and Fuso brands, aims to increase global vehicle sales, profit and market share this year on its expansion in emerging markets and demand in Brazil.

Three regional African railway operators – the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara), Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) and Societe Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Du Congo Sarl (SNCC), which are national railway operators for Tanzania, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) respectively – have signed a tripartite agreement to harmonise operations to facilitate smooth and seamless transportation of goods and passengers.

Transnet may have to cut its planned R300-billion capital expenditure programme by R50-billion if economic growth proved disappointing or strikes affected the sector, chief executive, Brian Molefe, told investors at a conference hosted by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch on 11 March.

Angola, Africa’s second largest oil producer, is expected to resume rail freight from the port of Luanda for the first time in two decades. It will run along the refurbished line from the capital to the city of Malange, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) inland, and from the Boa Vista cargo terminal near the port to Viana, a town 26km to the east.