United Arab Emirates is expanding its influence in Africa with major investments in ports and infrastructure.

The increase in contracting could help rejuvenate the ageing fleet as the average age of ships in the product tanker fleet is now nearly 13 years.

Charge set at $300 per TEU.

Most trade-facilitating measures were import measures and most trade-restrictive measures were export measures.

"Please, Minister Patel, for the sake of local chicken farmers, local jobs and local consumers – no more delays."

The police official who allowed the truck to leave the border is under investigation.

Industry attributes 25% of all serious incidents onboard container ships to mis-declared dangerous goods.

More than 95% of Ethiopia's import-export trade relies on the Addis-Djibouti corridor.

It is feared that the Fremantle fire could threaten the environmental sensitivity of Ameland, part of the Wadden Island group.

Last year, SA exported $2.7 billion of goods using Agoa and the so-called Generalised System of Preferences.

Libya is a dominant transit point for migrants from Africa and the Middle East trying to make it to the “old continent”.