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international FleetBoard
Another Coega
investor expansion Drivers’ League 2015
worth R22-mn MARSHALL HENDRICKS, a truck driver from
Imperial Logistics Group company Fast ’n
THE COEGA Fresh, has emerged victor over 19 438 drivers
Development from 359 companies in 18 countries to take
Corporation (CDC) top honours in the 2015 FleetBoard Drivers’
has announced a League.
R22-mn expansion
by agro-processing Fleetboard Driver’s League is a driving
company Dynamic competition run throughout the world using
Commodities in Daimler’s FleetBoard telematics system to
Zone 3 of the determine driver scores. In the worldwide 2015
Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ). rankings, it was Hendricks who stood at the
This is the fourth project by investors that top of the winners’ podium in the ‘Best Driver’
have expanded in the Coega IDZ over the category. Hendricks demonstrated his skills with
past two financial years. an amazing driving style score of 9,95 out of 10.
Dynamic Commodities, which exports “There are so many factors that determine
the majority of its output, will be expanding what makes a good driver, such as braking,
its plant to include a warehouse and acceleration and using the correct gears at all
refrigerated storage facilities to meet its times. The Daimler FleetBoard system makes it
current demand and to increase production so much easier to access and understand the
to expand its market penetration. information from the truck. I would often log
into the system to see how I was doing against
The economic spinoffs as a result of the the other drivers and this meant we had a high
expansion will create more than 500 work and very healthy level of competition,” says
opportunities, with 300 of the jobs being Hendricks.
operational and 200 in construction.
In the local FleetBoard Drivers’ League,
Dynamic Commodities buys all its Pieter Adriaanse also from Imperial Fast ‘n
fruit – lemons, oranges, grapefruit, apples, Fresh took second position. “It is impressive
peppers, peaches, melons and pineapples how many male and female drivers from a
– locally. This gives farmers the opportunity wide range of countries took part in the 2015
to grow produce on contract specifically FleetBoard Drivers’ League. Our aim with this
for the factory, and creates jobs and competition is to motivate and stimulate the
sustainability for local farmers who would drivers to integrate an economical driving style
otherwise not have had a market for their into their day-to-day work and to continuously
products. improve,” notes Rowlands Peters, head of
FleetBoard SA.
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Marshall Hendricks, winner of the 2015
FleetBoard Drivers’ League competition.
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