“They blocked the road with stones and branches and they were burning bushes and tyres."

The contraband, smuggled in metal drums and bags, was headed for Dubai, Jordan and the United Kingdom.

Firming its foothold through Frankfurt is a strategic move for AMI.

All crew are safe, there is no pollution, and no sign of hull breach.

Important port metropoles such as Antwerp, Piraeus (Athens), Barcelona and Hamburg also scored badly on emissions from port activities.

The financial services providers declined to be drawn on the matter when Freight News approached them for comment this week.

Botswana’s good governance and prudent economic management make it one of the world’s development success stories.

Although it is not clear what the blockade is about, an industry insider said it was presumed to be caused by the ATDF.

MOL has announced that it’s exploring the manufacture of a floating storage and regasification unit.

“The communities who are affected brought a court interdict last year. Why does the minister go to see traditional leaders?” – Nonhle Mbuthuma, ACC.

Turbines larger than 8 MW accounted for 3% of global installations between 2010 and 2021, but that percentage is forecast to surge to 53% by 2030. 

FirstRand, through its WesBank division, and TFS are involved in the provision of vehicle finance services and are therefore supposed to compete.