South Africa
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Ports and Logistics
APM Terminals lodges case to block ICTSI’s Durban port contract
APM Terminals has lodged a case at the Durban High Court in an attempt to block an Asian port operator…
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Contributions
Live Animal Export: Voyage to nowhere, with only deepening excrement to dine, rest and sleep in
The plight of more than 16,000 animals stuck on a boiling-hot livestock carrier for the past month has made headlines…
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Ports and Logistics
Top official at Transnet under investigation
The bad news keeps emanating from the headquarters of Transnet, South Africa’s under pressure state-run port operator. An investigation is…
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Africa
South Africa seeks emergency external help to remedy dire situation across the nation’s ports
The dire situation at South Africa’s ports, which have some of lowest productivity levels in the world, has seen the…
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Africa
Chronic congestion building along the east coast of South Africa
Massive ship queues are forming off the east coast of South Africa where dire handling capabilities at the ports of…
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Ports and Logistics
ICTSI wins rights to Durban port concession
After 20 years of trying, the South African government has taken its first step towards port privatisation, a hugely contentious…
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Containers
Kuehne+Nagel takes over South African reefer specialist Morgan Cargo
Swiss-based logistics giant Kuehne+Nagel is expanding its perishables network to and from South Africa, the UK and Kenya with the…
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Ports and Logistics
Transnet starts probe into bribery allegations at Richards Bay terminals
Transnet Port Terminals, part of South Africa’s logistics group Transnet, has launched an investigation into alleged corrupt activities taking place…
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Ports and Logistics
A.P. Moller Capital to acquire South African frozen logistics operator
A.P. Moller Capital is buying Vector Logistics from South Africa’s RCL Foods. No price has been revealed for the acquisition.…
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Environment
Green corridor project launched between South Africa and Europe
A new consortium will explore the options for developing a maritime green corridor for the zero-emission shipping of iron ore…
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Operations
South Africa presses ahead with national shipping line plans
Pretoria is pressing ahead with the creation of a national shipping line, something that has been on the drawing board…
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Ports and Logistics
Transnet partially lifts force majeure as strike ends
South Africa’s ports and freight-rail operator Transnet has partially lifted a force majeure at its ports after labor unions called…
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Ports and Logistics
Transnet agrees wage deal with key labour union
South Africa’s ports and freight-rail operator Transnet has agreed a wage deal with its largest labour union, ending a strike…
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Ports and Logistics
Transnet strike costs South African mining industry $44m a day
South African mining industry is losing $44m in export revenue per day due to an ongoing strike at ports and…
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Ports and Logistics
South Africa’s exporters brace for major hit as Transnet strike gains momentum
Industrial action at South Africa’s ports and freight-rail operator Transnet is set to worsen as the second-largest labor union, the…
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Ports and Logistics
Transnet faces strike action as pay talks collapse
Two labor unions at South Africa’s logistics group Transnet plan to take strike action in a dispute over pay. The…
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Containers
South Africa looks at novel container barge to alleviate congestion
Sandock Austral Shipyards has added a new tool to its maritime arsenal that it reckons could revolutionise the way containers…
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Ports and Logistics
Durban port gradually restarts operations after floods
South Africa’s logistics group Transnet gradually resumed operations at its Durban port on Wednesday morning after severe flooding in KwaZulu-Natal…
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Ports and Logistics
Floods knock out South Africa’s largest port
Torrential rain – the worst experienced in more than six decades – has knocked out operations at South Africa’s largest…
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Bunkering
Dan-Bunkering strengthens African foothold with SABT merger
Danish marine fuel supplier Dan-Bunkering is merging with South African Bunkering and Trading (SABT). The two companies are set to…
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