Commercial transport, fleet operations and industrial mobility across Africa.
Zambia
Investment and fleet direction
Mining and energy remain the main engines of fleet investment. HGC’s 110 mining trucks sit inside a much larger tanker and general-freight operation, while fleets above 100 trucks at Mataaz and Freight & Passenger Services show the depth of Zambia’s cross-border road market.
OEM brands competing for fleet orders
European and Chinese heavy-truck brands compete closely, with the economics of parts supply, cross-border dealer support and high-mileage maintenance often carrying more weight than acquisition price alone.
Dealers, workshops and aftersales
Lusaka and the Copperbelt form the principal heavy-truck sales and service axis. Operators increasingly evaluate dealers on parts stocking, mobile service and the ability to support vehicles working far from the capital.
Taxation and import treatment
Zambia’s general tariff structure places imports into several duty bands, while import VAT is 16%. Productive machinery for mining can receive favourable treatment, but a road-going truck does not automatically qualify as mining machinery; classification remains decisive.
New versus used equipment
Used trucks remain economically important, particularly for smaller operators, but the largest mining and petroleum fleets increasingly favour newer equipment because downtime and cross-border recovery costs can erase the initial saving from an older tractor.
Zambia’s fleet economy is inseparable from copper, fuel and the country’s landlocked geography. The strongest current disclosures range from HGC’s large tanker and mining operation to fleets of more than 100 trucks at Mataaz and Freight & Passenger Services.