By Russell Davis, from Aon South Africa’s property and motor broking centre

Since 2021, supply chain and distribution failures, ranked seventh in Aon’s Global Risk Management Survey, have emerged as a defining challenge for business leaders. A global pandemic, mounting geopolitical tensions and extreme weather events combined with shifts in trade policies have forced companies to reassess and revamp their critical supply chains.

Optix, a global leader in driver safety management and fleet efficiency solutions, is celebrating 25 years of empowering commercial drivers and road users to return Safely Home. The anniversary comes during a year of significant international growth, marked by global senior hires and increased investment in technologies dedicated to preventing accidents and making roads safer.

Volvo Trucks South Africa delivered the first of nine new electric trucks that will be added to DSV’s local fleet over the next few months.

Hino Motors, a leading truck and bus manufacturer in Japan, gave visitors to the recent Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo several glimpses into the future in terms of mobility solutions in line with Hino’s corporate goal of making a better world and a better future by helping people and goods to get anywhere they need to go.

“In the hustle and bustle of mining production and associated activities, the focus on the servicing of lifting equipment can unintentionally be sidelined” commented Johan Naude, Agreements Specialist, South Africa and Africa, for Konecranes South Africa.