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More than $700 000 in detention and demurrage charges refunded by carriers since June.

In addition to the increased cost of energy, growers also face yield losses as they have fewer hours of continuous energy supply.

The AA has cautioned the government that consumers cannot absorb the ongoing price hikes.

Neither of the vessels are part of the UN’s food export initiative that now seems under threat.

Maersk’s and MSC’s networks on the alliance trades are likely to begin to deviate in 2023 through different VSA and slot-charter agreements.

There are fears that if the situation isn’t defused it could disrupt economic activity across the region, affecting resource-related logistics.

93.7% of the country’s people over 15 are literate, which is higher than South Africa’s adult literacy rate of 87%.

Terminal and infrastructure investments are a crucial element of our strategic agenda, says CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.

The South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union says workers will hold pickets and marches at branches countrywide.

Three civilian ships are involved in the rescue operation, while the coast guard and Japan Self-Defense Forces are en route to the scene.

Local and global trade unions will focus on their fight against port privatisation as they commemorate the 1973 Durban strikes this weekend.