significant deals of 2020 , the company has built 28 refrigerated vehicles for a national

company ’ s new acquisitions . “ After looking at all the options on the market we gave the full order to Serco as overall

transport company .

they offered the most . The purchases

The 24 state-of-the-art Protec Steel

were part of our fleet replacement and

Frostliner trailers and four truck bodies

expansion programme which we are

have been delivered to the client ,

pursuing aggressively so further business

Sequence Logistics , and are in use

with us could be in the pipeline for Serco .

transporting frozen and fresh food

“ What really impressed us ,” continued

throughout South Africa from its branches

Coetzee , “ is the technology Serco is using

in Johannesburg , Cape Town and

– the Protec steel panels are definitely the

Durban .

feature and the technology needed for

The multi-million rand deal is seen as a

a better solution for the long term which is

reflection of Sequence Logistics ’ faith in

exactly what we want .”

the South African economy despite all the

He said new signage had been

challenges brought on by the Covid-19

branded on all the trailers by Iconic

pandemic as well as their confidence in the quality and affordability of Serco products .

Solutions while the majority of the fridge units were installed by GEA .

Serco sales representative who

Serco

The fleet of 24 trucks that Serco produced refrigerated trailer bodies for .

Mr Gerhard Coetzee , Finance Director

handled the deal , Corine Opperman ,

CEO of Serco , Clinton Holcroft , said

appraising all the different options

of Sequence Logistics , which provides

said one of the biggest challenges had

with not a lot of business around there

available they decided the value

temperature-controlled distribution ,

been to meet the set delivery deadline .

had been hectic competition for the

proposition we offer is the best and

warehousing , and supply chain services ,

“ The team worked hard to meet the

Sequence Logistics contract . “ So I see

gave us the whole order .”

CLA

said he was very pleased with his

deadline !”

it as a feather in our cap that after

those in the refrigeration industry in

Cape Town . It was a sad loss to hear

of his passing in hospital of a heart attack ,

the guy was a legend and I thought he

would last forever .

Like me , he did his apprenticeship at

L Sterne & Co Ltd in Glasgow in the 60 ’ s .

That was a different world then and so

much has changed , but Stewart ’ s love

for the Ammonia industry has never

waned . After leaving Sterne ’ s he worked

at Milne Cold Store in Scotland and was

singled out to take over the engineering operation but decided to head out to a warmer climate arriving in South Africa in the early 70s to work at Grenco in Cape Town . It was quite a surprise to me when we reconnected in 1974 when I joined Grenco as well .

I will never forget my first braai was with Stewart and his family . I rocked up with my two sausages and a few chops only to be confronted with what looked like half a cow . I asked Stewart who else was coming to be told just us . To which I

replied , “ Who ’ s going to eat all this food ?” He replied that we would be , and we did . This was just so typical of the generosity of the man .

He eventually joined me at Coldpak along with his son Paul . Yeah , we had some good times together . Stewart was always a worker , working right up until lock down for Premier Fishing – that ’ s 60 years and quite a record . I will sorely miss his easy laugh and Scottish outlook on the world . Rest well old friend , my condolences go out to Ann , Paul and the rest of the family . CLA

Andrew Perks

Stewart Mason , 01 / 01 / 1944 – 20 / 11 / 2020 .