Specialised transport
Linehaul transport services
Pallet collection services
Local distribution
TRANSPORT STATISTICS
Please view the transport statistics for Carrus Group below:
Total Kilometers Traveled
1 944 000
Total Litres of Fuel burned
744 500
Total Trips Completed
13 158
Total Tons Commodities moved
171 535
Peripheral Equipment collected
260 000 units
Specialized Equipment collected and/or delivered
5325 units
We are the preferred providers to some of the leading companies in South Africa in the following areas:
- Specialised transport – Our unique fleet of crane and rollback trucks is deployed to transport specialised equipment such as yellow plant, generators, material handling equipment, helicopters.
- Linehaul transport services – a Combination of tautliner and flat-deck trailers are deployed primarily in the milling, cement, sugar, and timber industries.
- Pallet collection services are provided in certain focused regions in Gauteng, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga.
- Local distribution in Gauteng with our fleet of 12-ton and 14-ton vehicles.
Skills, knowledge, and expertise in the optimisation of transport and distribution processes
We understand that our service is fundamentally a risk management solution and as such we take the minimisation and eradication of risk very seriously.
Our advanced fleet of specialised material handling equipment provides short haul, loading, transport and unloading services nationwide. We can also manage a fully integrated supply chain solution that provides the flexibility and scope of services you need to keep your business moving.
Carrus Transport Business Unit provides services to clients in a wide range of sectors. Our offering incorporates innovative transport solutions, X-doc warehousing, food grade compliance standards and just-in-time, just-in-sequence logistics principles.
Competent and motivated workforce
A competent and motivated driver/operator is a prerequisite for the attainment of the required service deliverables.
To achieve this, we implement the following:
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- Comprehensive induction programme to secure driver buy-in towards service levels and incentivised remuneration structure.
- Proactive Brief and Debrief Processes.
- Proactive communication intervention and Implementation of comprehensive retention strategy.
World class operations systems
We believe very strongly in the principle that if you cannot measure a process, you cannot manage it. The following systems are utilized to measure and manage the transportation function:
- Electronic On-board Computer and real time tracking – Mix Telematics.
- Driver behaviour monitoring.
- Freeway Fleet Management system.
- Carrus DEPS Operations System.
- Carrus 2DATA Document Control System.
- Automated Fuel Control System; and
- Impact Sensors & Panic Buttons.
The abovementioned systems are monitored on a 24 hour basis in our state of the art Risk Control Room which enables to manage the risk associated with road transport on a pro-active basis.
