Mov in g Matters
with all its inherent challenges, is not everyone’s cup of tea,
so he moved into the truck sales arena. Later, using his
considerable technical knowledge and practical experience,
he developed a comprehensive simulation programme to
accurately predict vehicle performance and operating costs.
This also required an immense effort in personally surveying
the highways and byways of Southern Africa, and led to the
founding of a company, Hellberg Transport Management, to
market the package to the supply and operating sides of the
road transport industry. This brought me into contact with him
once again during my tenure at Nissan Diesel, and. I was so
impressed with the programme and its potential that, after
leaving the formal industry, I acted as a salesman for HTM
for a short period, before moving into full time consultancy
and writing. During this time I got to know the members of
his family, and the staff at HTM, and enjoyed the experience
greatly.
Fritz also involved himself in a number of truck road test
exercises, including the current series of tests organised
by Focus on Transport & Logistics magazine. His fair and
competent handling of this challenging task, where every
participant expects favourable results, and is sensitive to any
The Ever Constant
Modal Split
W
e often read about the government’s mission to
move freight transport from road to rail. Statistics
South Africa has been publishing its “Land Transport
Survey” monthly statistical release with data from January,
2008, which provides, inter alia, the means to measure the
freight modal split between the road and rail modes.
small impediment to such an outcome, earned him even more
kudos in the industry.
During the third week of February, Fritz’ many friends, colleagues
and business associates were stunned by the news that he had
been involved in a life-threatening domestic accident.
We all hoped for the best outcome, as, despite