The Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management at the University of Johannesburg proudly presents to you Volume 19, 2025, of the Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management (JTSCM), an accredited publication unique to South Africa. This journal is the only one of its kind in South Africa.

The journal serves as an independent publication for scientific contributions in the fields of transportation and supply chain management.

This edition of the journal contributes articles that have been reviewed and revised by national and international reviewers.

As Editor-in-Chief, I would like to thank all the authors who have worked so hard to make this an interesting and varied publication. Thanks to all the reviewers who have made it possible to make sure that we could provide quality articles for this publication.

Articles that were submitted and approved come from varied institutions within South Africa and abroad. Articles with very interesting topics are dealt with in this volume (to name a few):

Many thanks to everyone contributing to this edition.