Cape of Storms (#1): Wind not an excuse for port delays – Saaff consultant
Playing the blame game against Table Bay’s stormy conditions was not an excuse for persistent berthing and vessel-working delays experienced at the Port of Cape Town, said logistics executive Mike Walwyn.
Swakopmund train accident disrupts freight rail to Port of Walvis Bay
According to multinational security firm, Garda World, the train came off the tracks after four TransNamib locomotives derailed as it was approaching the shunting yard area of the station.
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 MV Arvin, visibly split in two, sending the Ukrainian-owned ship to the bottom of the Black Sea off Turkey’s eastern coast.
Local industry weighs in on global analysis of D&D charges
As demurrage and detention charges continue their upward trajectory (see Freight News article ‘Detention charges on the rise’ - https://www.freightnews.co.za/article/detention-charges-rise ) there is industry consensus that past trends – where carriers saw these charges as a significant revenue stream - should not inform current carrier behaviour.
SA remains cut off from Asia-Pacific
Moving into the second quarter of 2021, South Africans remain largely cut off from Asia-Pacific (Apac), the region encompassing South, East and Southeast Asia and Australasia.
Cape of Storms (#3): TPT seeks solutions for ‘Delay Bay’
Vessels waiting at anchorage for up to nine days to berth because of stormy seas at the Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT), with leading lines often preferring to bypass Table Bay for the sake of schedule integrity elsewhere, is an issue receiving serious attention.
Cape of Storms (#2): Weather data dispels claims of unprecedented wind
Port management in Cape Town would like freight concerns to believe that Table Bay has been heavily lashed by fierce wind - worse than what is usually the case when the Cape Doctor sweeps the streets of the Mother City.
Three more airlines join UK red list – cargo without passengers excluded
A ban on commercial aircraft travelling into England from Oman, Ethiopia and Qatar will come into force on Friday, March 19 at 04h00.
ONE Apus finally departs for Long Beach after box spill recovery in Japan
The 14 000-TEU vessel owned by Ocean Network Express (ONE) that suffered the largest box spill in the history of containerisation, ONE Apus, has finally left the Port of Kobe after the completion of recovery and repair procedures.
SA-Eswatini line gets the go-ahead with EOI
A road-to-rail infrastructure development project between South Africa and Eswatini that has been on the cards since 2012 is finally proceeding, with the announcement that Expression of Interest (EOI) has been issued for private sector participation.
