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  • Manganese deal bulks up SA’s rail freight exports

    Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips shakes hands with her counterpart from UMK, Malcolm Curror, after the contract was signed.
    17 Jul 2025
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    Port of Cape Town – it’s all in a day’s work (weather permitting)

    Logistics
    Other

    Further east of Table Bay, “ports conceded more than 40 operational hours this week to inclement weather”.

    22 Aug 2024
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    Agricultural potential could blossom thanks to Lobito Corridor

    Logistics
    Sea Freight

    The Zambian government has recognised the importance of the agro-processing sector, which is one of the eight priority clusters.

    22 Aug 2024
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    Newbuilds are surging but open tonnage remains down

    Sea Freight

    Sixty-seven vessels idle since 12 August represent a mere 0.6% of the world's 30 million TEU global fleet capacity. 

    22 Aug 2024
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    LNG and LPG decrease underscores continued Red Sea impact

    Imports and Exports
    Sea Freight

    The longer routes required by the current situation have increased travel distances for cargo and tankers by up to 53%.

    22 Aug 2024
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    Accidents confirm ore queue danger at Lebombo Border Post

    Border Beat
    Road/Rail Freight
    22 Aug 2024
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    Transnet welcomes long jail term for railway thieves

    Logistics
    Other
    Road/Rail Freight

    A gang of four men have been sentenced to a collective 50 years' imprisonment.

    22 Aug 2024
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    Vessel fire suspends operations at DCT berth

    Sea Freight

    No one was injured in the fire inside the engine room of the MSC Monica.

    21 Aug 2024
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    Transnet plugs away at solving harbour carrier headaches

    Logistics
    21 Aug 2024
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    BMA arrests suspect with 34 passports at Lebombo

    Africa
    Border Beat

    The possession of multiple passports raises serious questions about the suspect's links to organised crime.

    21 Aug 2024
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    Consumer inflation dips to 4.6%

    Economy

    Except for public transport, most categories of transport surveyed showed lower annual inflation.

    21 Aug 2024
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    Wrecked bulker off SA’s west coast breaks up even further

    Sea Freight

    In Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape, Samsa confirmed that the CMA CGM Belem had arrived in Algoa Bay.

    21 Aug 2024
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    Vessel quarantined in Argentina because of suspected mpox case

    Sea Freight

    To date, more than 500 people have died in the DRC since the ‘monkey pox’ outbreak in May.

    21 Aug 2024

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    25 Jun 2025
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    17 Jun 2025
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    6 Jun 2025
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