FTW Online - LAST WEEK'S TOP STORIES

Logistics major signs 5-year TMS contract with major retailer Pick ‘n Pay has awarded a five-year contract for supply chain management and transport management services (TMS) to Imperial Logistics. Trade balance shifts as Africa becomes SA ’s top agricultural export destination For the first time in 10 years, more South African agricultural exports went to Africa than to Europe, reports Standard Bank’s online publication, Biz Connect. SA signs power import deal with DRC South Africa has signed an agreement to buy over half of the power generated by the first phase of the Grand Inga hydroelectric project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reports the business press. Lanseria gears up for larger aircraft November 11 will see the opening of a new runway at Lanseria International, enabling larger aircraft to land at the airport. World’s busiest artificial waterway remains closed after freighter collision The Kiel Canal was closed as efforts to stabilise and salvage the 100-metre coastal freighter Sidefly were still under way following its collision with an LPG carrier.