Freight Features: Investment needed to drive freight movement

Attempts to implement 2% VAT increase boomerangs, exposing fiscal differences in the GNU.

Public-private partnerships are the only long-term way to ensure logistical efficiency – CGA

Every economic sector was affected by inadequate logistics capacity. – Dr Juanita Maree, Saaff.

The DA has urged the government to move ahead with reforms to improve logistics efficiencies.

In January Botswana instituted a new ban, this time on grains, including maize, sorghum and wheat.

If more minerals were processed locally before export, the industry could contribute 50–60% of exports.

The Council has prolonged the mandate of Operation Aspides to 2025.

Levies exceeding 50% of the value of unprocessed aluminium could be a reality by 2034.

Freight News columnist Clifford Evans said he saw a loaded container vessel rolling in heavy swells in the Bay.

Red Sea uncertainty has led to negotiations to secure higher freight rates, Xeneta’s research shows.

Damage to the ship and its cargo is being assessed by a salvage company.