Questions raised over carrier sinking within sight of land and two other vessels
Frightening footage has emerged of the moment that the hull of a 46-year-old dry-bulk carrier, the Arvin, visibly split in two, sending the Ukrainian-owned ship to the bottom of the Black Sea off Turkey’s eastern coast.
UK lifts citrus phytosanitary prerequisite
Following its exit from the European Union on December 31, the UK has changed its phytosanitary legislation, exempting all countries – including SA, Eswatini and Zimbabwe - from presenting a citrus phytosanitary certificate [PC] for imports into the country.
Schedule reliability plummets for sixth consecutive month
Global schedule reliability dropped to 34.9% in January, which means that for the sixth consecutive month it has been the lowest since maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence introduced the benchmark in 2011.
Namibia achieves customs connectivity with South Africa
This month marks a milestone for Namibia’s customs connectivity journey with the implementation of phase one of the rollout of a project that will see the country achieving connectivity with the SA Revenue Service (Sars) in South Africa.
Introduction of 5G timely – but limited in scope
Amid all the hoopla around 5G and the fibre-trumping speed of open-environment hyperconnectivity, clearing executive Mike Henning has expressed some sobering thoughts about the much-hyped technology.
Seals threaten Beira’s ascendancy
The Port of Beira’s ascendancy as a burgeoning alternative for southern east-coast African freight, while the Port of Durban continues to battle systemic capacity and congestion issues, is under threat because of Mozambique’s recently introduced in-transit cargo sealing system.
BORDER BEAT: Vic Falls border closure for cargo postponed
Cross-border carriers in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) received good news over the weekend when Zambia announced that its recent decision to ban the transportation of heavy-load cargo at its Livingstone border with Zimbabwe had been temporarily retracted.
BORDER BEAT: Beira seal backlog at Chirundu adequately addressed
Reports that a broken scanner was responsible for the backlog at the Chirundu Border Post between Zimbabwe and Zambia have been disproved by Mike Fitzmaurice of the Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport Associations (Fesarta).
Box-and-ship flow disruption said to continue for some time
Container over-correction to stimulate trans-Pacific ocean freight between the world’s biggest trade partners, nagging labour lag at American ports compared to their Chinese counterparts, and disjointed box-and-ship flows could disrupt global containerisation until later this year.
Lines once again skipping CT
Shipping lines are once again opting to bypass the Port of Cape Town because of the impact of wind-related disruption to schedule integrity.
