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Irrespective of a customer’s size, budget, or industry, maintaining a modern transport platform strategy that prioritises high-quality service and delivers cost savings exceeding 11% is essential to stay competitive in today’s market. Customers might argue that achieving significant transport cost savings necessitates sacrificing service quality, but this trade-off is unnecessary with Linebooker as your outsourced transport service partner.

After five years, Linebooker stands as a powerful testament to the remarkable ingenuity and forward-looking ethos of South African technology. Its transformative impact on logistics and transport operations continues to reverberate, showcasing the remarkable potential of homegrown innovations.

In the realm of technological innovation, South Africa has consistently made its mark on the global stage. From pioneering advancements in the telecommunications industry to groundbreaking fintech solutions, the country has fostered a vibrant ecosystem of brilliant tech inventions. Among these groundbreaking creations, Linebooker stands tall as a trailblazer, revolutionising logistics and transport operations. With its unique concept and origins in South Africa, Linebooker has forever changed the way businesses manage their supply chains, capturing worldwide logistic attention in the market.

In South Africa, the mining industry relies heavily on road freight as the primary mode of transportation due to insufficient investment in rail infrastructure. As a result, road freight has become the only viable solution for mines in South Africa, despite the high costs associated with this mode of transportation

With 17,000 trucks now on its platform, Linebooker’s momentum continued to accelerate helped by its system’s smooth management during SA’s peak freight moving quarter. CEO and co-founder Naude Rademan explains to Alec Hogg of BizNews that month-on-month growth accelerating from 10% to 20%, the “Uber for trucks” has proved to be fully scalable – with many new clients attracted in recent months as their traditional processes were disrupted by weather and other unique issues.

Linebooker acts as a procurement partner for several industry leading businesses in SA and has successfully completed tenders for leading FMCG, mining, beverage, mega farmers and chemical businesses delivering increased truck supply and above 10% savings on transport costs.

Procurement teams can gain access to 650 plus fully vetted and pre-approved transport companies and 16500 plus trucks in record time. Linebooker has vetted these transport companies and have data available on their service levels, preferred routes, capacity, and availability. This solved the problems of acquiring high-quality carriers for affordable rates.