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20 Jun 2022 - by Staff reporter
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Our top story of the week was the sexual assault complaints that were filed against Maersk. American law firm Sanford Heisler Sharp has confirmed that, along with marine employment litigators, Maritime Legal Solutions, it has filed two related complaints in New York state court against Maersk Line in relation to two allegations of on-board sexual assault cases.

Read our top story here: https://tinyurl.com/yckk6uhr

The second top story was Thousands of sheep die as livestock carrier sinks. About 9 900 sheep drowned when the livestock carrier they were on capsized and sank while it was berthed at Sudan’s Port of Suakin on the Red Sea. Read that story here: https://tinyurl.com/yeu6ntv3

The truck blockade of the N3 in the Free State was our third top story. You can read that story here: https://tinyurl.com/yh6mc3yh

ATDF-ASA explains opposition to in-cabin cameras was the fourth top story. Read this story here: https://tinyurl.com/bdf2dz7u

The next top story was questions raised after containers flagged by customers, read here: https://tinyurl.com/yckzzjar

Our sixth top story was Eswatini Railway, Grindrod to move SA coal to Maputo. Read that story here: https://tinyurl.com/yedvn23b

The final top story for last week was Transnet railway theft syndicate to appear in court. You can read this story here: https://tinyurl.com/3ef63u2v

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