MOLASSES CONTRACT RENEWAL BRINGS NEW TANKERS TO FLEET

Renewal of a 3 year molasses logistics contract with Tongaat-Hulett Sugar has occasioned the purchase of five new tanker trucks and the refurbishing of five units in the existing Unitrans Sugar and Agriculture tanker fleet. This will result in a 10 tanker molasses fleet, providing about 10% more haulage capacity than the previous year.

Unitrans Sugar and Agriculture anticipates transporting about 260 000 tons of molasses in the coming 2008/2009 season which is an increase over last year. Initially molasses is transported from Zululand sugar mills to NCP in Durban for processing. Unitrans then transports CMS, a molasses by-product to Voërmol for use in production of animal feed. A portion of the CMS is also hauled in Unitrans tankers to the Felixton area for farm fertiliser use.
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Unitrans tankers offload molasses in Durban. The molasses fleet is expected to transport 260 000 tons in the 2008/2009 cane season.