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The focus at Pool Transport has shifted from a small dedicated local fleet providing only to the needs of the Worcester and Western Cape market, to a truly national transport and logistics company. Operating from our home base in Worcester, we also provide a logistics supply chain to our customers, with warehousing in Worcester, Johannesburg and Queenstown.
We have strategic and sound relationships with our suppliers and therefore have a competitive procurement advantage. We provide different logistics solutions to our clients and further provide fully integrated warehousing and distribution services.
We successfully manage these operations through our infrastructure of 120 truck tractors (owned and managed) equipped with 'super link' flat deck trailers and 'super links' tautliner trailers. Since 2011, our fleet replacement policy was brought in line with new technology available, such as 'superlight link' flat deck trailers, with a payload of 36 000 kg plus.
Therefore 80% of our fleet has a total tare of ≤20 000 kg with an average balance of 21 000 kg. The average age of our truck tractors are managed with an engine and drivetrain replacement policy of 750 000 km and trailers with a new technology replacement programme of 'superlight link' flat deck trailers.
We have also forged strategic relationships with various independent national transport operators to expand our logistic infrastructure even further. Therefore our current dedicated fleet of Mercedes Benz trucks can easily be expanded through our strategic partnerships to suit the ever-changing needs of our customers.
We at Pool Transport firmly believe that personal dedicated service means exactly that. We therefore willingly adapt to the specific needs of our customers. We operate a fully independent warehouse in Worcester for PPC Cement. Worcester is strategically situated between the two factories at Piketberg and Riebeeck West, as well as the customers in the Overberg, Southern Cape and the Karoo.
Our transport, logistics, warehousing and administrative systems are fully integrated, which allows us to deliver the correct products on time from their consignment stock under our control in our warehouse to the customer according to their orders via PPC head office.
Our warehousing facilities in Worcester and Johannesburg are utilized to fulfill the logistics and distribution needs of our clients both locally and abroad.