Capital Equipment News March 2019

TRANSPORT

Time Link Cargo has taken delivery of the last Scania R500 V8 truck to be produced by Scania South Africa.

When time is money In recognition of every client’s business reality that ‘time is money’, Time Link Cargo constantly strives to improve its transit times beyond customer expectations. With that in mind, the company has become the largest owner of the powerful and reliable Scania V8 truck range in South Africa. At a momentous occasion, it recently took delivery of the last PGR V8 to roll off Scania South Africa’s assembly line, the 23 000 th unit of the range to be delivered on a global scale, coincidentally on the 50 th anniversary of the V8, writes Munesu Shoko .

T ime is money – this is the mantra that South African transport company Time Link Cargo lives by. The reason is pretty simple: Time Link has paid its school fees when it comes to the significance of maximum vehicle uptime. And running a fleet of Scania V8 trucks that provides the power and reliability for quicker transit times has been a critical pillar to the company’s realisation of its slogan. The eyes of every fleet owner are on uptime; that’s where the rubber hits the road. With that in mind, Time Link Cargo has never

compromised on the power of its vehicle fleet. The Cape Town headquartered company is undoubtedly the largest fleet owner of the Scania V8 truck range in South Africa. For Kamal Mitoo CEO of Time Link Group, power is a crucial factor that has made the V8 the company’s truck of choice. “It gives us the power we need for our long haul applications,” he says. At a momentous occasion, Time Link Cargo took delivery of the last PGR V8 model to be produced by Scania South Africa ahead of the launch of the new generation range later this year. In fact, the vehicle is part of the last

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