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Roy Transmotors ¡ Kenya
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ROY TRANSMOTORS An exclusive with Executive Chairman, Mukhtar Rahemtulla Omar By: Nicholas Paul Griffin
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Mukhtar Omar, Executive Chairman, Roy Transmotors receiving ‘Best Transporter of The Year’ Award
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enyan regional logistics provider specialist, Roy Transmotors Limited, has been handling the transportation of bulk petroleum products, containerized cargo, perishable goods and hazardous products since it was incorporated as a limited liability company within the Republic of Kenya under the Companies Act in 1977. Under the guidance of Executive Chairman Mr Mukhtar Rahemtulla Omar, the company has grown to be one of the largest players in the transport industry in the Eastern Africa region.
Regional Player Having begun life with just a small fleet of trucks, the company takes great pride in its participation in the development of the Eastern Province of Kenya, with particular 4
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emphasis on the Meru district, where the company’s original head office was located. Throughout the years the company has grown from a local player to a national player, and is now a significant regional player in the field of road transport. Since its inception, the company has adhered to the philosophy that ‘people are the heart of any organisation’. The company’s mission is to hire and retain top-quality and professional employees, providing them with the finest working tools and technology available, and challenging them to meet and exceed the highest performance standards. The company solicits and receives quality input from its employees based on their years of industry experience, a philosophy that helps ensure Roy Transmotors’ driver retention rate consistently surpasses industry norms.
Roy Transmotors has grown to be one of the largest players in the transport industry in the Eastern Africa region
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Roy Canter fleet Success originates from a clear vision, experience and skills gained over thirty-six years’ experience in Kenya’s transport sector, as well as partnerships with internationally recognised organisations and brands. This puts the company in the unique position of being able to offer advice and assistance to all seeking transport and logistic services in the region. Roy Transmotors’ investment in the Kenyan economy provides direct and indirect employment for over 600 people. The company’s impressive success is aided by a sound business philosophy, skills and professional management, all drawn from years of conducting business and managing transport and logistics in the region. This work incorporates the transportation of a variety of goods, including hydrocarbons in bulk, black oil, bulk and packaged milk
products, food and non-food relief cargo, import and export containers and abnormal loads. In addition, Roy Transmotors Limited handles the transportation and distribution of bulk and packaged Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and the transportation and distribution of lubricants. Other coordinated services for all practical purposes include road safety, product handling and customer care training, emergency response, vehicle selection, vehicle maintenance, road patrol and 24 hour GPS tracking. The company’s fully-serviced compound, featuring an all-inclusive workshop, fuelling station, parking yard, spacious office space and storage facilities, makes its suitable and organised cargo warehousing and cargo fleet rental services incredibly easy to access. Aspire Africa · July/Aug 2016
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LPG bulk carrier Roy Transmotors offers various warehouse options for secure depot handling and storage space, catering to the varied cargo types handled by the company. Practical, expert logistical assistance is offered on how to easily transport bulky or ‘nonstandard’ cargo, large loose construction material, perishable cargo and risky cargo.
Strong Foundations The company goal is to provide efficient, reliable and safe transport solutions to its customers in an optimised and cost-effective environment. The company values the safety of its staff, offering an adequate fleet and adhering to environmental standards in the transport sector. Roy Transmotors’ growth is founded on the basic principles of retaining a lean 6
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customer base, hiring and retaining a highly qualified and motivated workforce, allocating an account manager for each client and maintaining a customer-oriented strategy. This strategy has seen the company reach many impressive milestones over the years, each helping it retain its position as a leading road transport company within the East and Central Africa region. In addition, the company was recently recertified as an ISO 9001:2008 company, and in 2015 achieved the impressive status of making the list of Kenya’s top 100 middle size companies. In 2012, Roy’s Transmotors beat out 10 other companies to achieve the ‘Best Transporter of the Year’ award at the 13th annual road safety dinner held at the Laico Regency hotel, the second year in a row the company had received the award.
Roy Transmotors was the first company in Africa to be ISO certified, as such it has been able to exert significant influence in East Africa
As the first company in Africa to be ISO certified, Roy Transmotors has been able to exert significant influence in the East African logistics sector by sharing best practice with upcoming industry players. Similarly, the company has supported the TOTAL/World Bank ‘Safe Way Right Way’ initiative as a corporate member, helping to champion road safety programmes, as well as supporting the Kenya Transporters association as a member. These impressive milestones have helped Roy Transmotors deliver exceptional service throughout East and Central Africa, having spent many years delivering local, regional and national distribution across the continent.
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The company’s African operations have included being appointed by Chevron Uganda as its sole transporter delivering Jet A-1 to Uganda, as well as being contracted by several other high profile petroleum companies to be their transport service provider. These operations are boosted by further contracts with Kenolkobil, as petroleum transport service provider to Uganda and Rwanda, and Unilever EA, delivering finished products to Kampala. Two major contracts with Brookside Dairy have also seen the company tasked with transporting raw and processed milk to and from Kampala, and the same to Dar es Salaam and Tanga in Tanzania.
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Truck transporting food and drink items
Further associations have yielded contracts with ICRC to deliver relief cargo to Kampala and Juba in South Sudan, and Hashi Energy for the company to deliver white oil to Nyamongo in Tanzania.
Respect For Safety Roy Transmotors is committed to providing the very best environment for its staff and customers, ensuring that a thorough schedule is adhered to in the training of commercial motor cycle riders. The company’s all-inclusive training academy offers to all staff defensive driver training and refresher courses, first aid training and refresher courses, firefighting skills and product knowledge and handling. Likewise, the company is heavily invested in its Corporate Social Responsibility, giving 8
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great focus to environmental conservation, support of the disadvantaged through donation of relief food and the donation of computers to destitute homes. In addition, the company keeps up to date with certifications for its environment, health, safety and security policy, driver training and certification policy, seatbelt policy, fleet safety policy and fleet maintenance policy. The future of the company looks bright, with Roy’s Transmotors Limited pledging to grow within the East Africa region by continuing to offer world class services rooted in the utmost respect for safety. Roy’s will continue to work under the three key principles of safety, security and swiftness in delivery which make up the company mantra, a goal achieved by embracing teamwork, continuous training, effective maintenance and able human resource. ASPIRE
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