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A Brief History of Unitrans Sugar and Agriculture
When Neil Armstrong of Apollo Eleven took his “big step for mankind” on the moon in 1969, we were also taking our first steps as a provider of transport and logistics to the South African sugar industry
 Our service then was mainly in KwaZulu-Natal. As sugarcane cultivation has developed in neighbouring states, we have expanded our operations across borders and across disciplines to meet the greater challenges of the continent. Today, conventional line haulage, though still our principal service in South Africa, has been supplemented with more innovative infield haulage techniques and other agricultural services.
Recognising the suitability of 8x6 Multidrive technology to agriculture, we set about adapting the British Army’s transport solution to cane haulage. The rest is fast becoming a chapter in our history all its own. Response from satisfied growers has been so positive that we are substantially adding to our current 8x6 Unitrans-Multidrive fleet.
 The requirements we encountered in large cross-border agribusiness projects have provided the impetus for the enhancement of our services
portfolio beyond pure haulage and logistics. We identified the need for capital intensive services such as high volume mechanised cane harvesting and transport, laser levelling based land forming and field preparation for new crop planting and road and canal maintenance.
Today’s Unitrans Sugar and Agriculture, with about 2 750 employees in South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania sees growth opportunities through innovating and providing these services not only in the areas we already serve, but into other cane growing regions, other continents and other agribusiness market sectors.
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