Demurrage and detention charges ‘a tip of the iceberg’
Demurrage and detention (D&D) charges have long been a contentious issue in the shipping industry, and a recent report claiming that average D&D charges across the world’s 20 biggest ports have doubled since last year has once again brought the issue into sharp relief.
Exposé reveals sickening levels of product destruction at Amazon
“Waste on an astonishing level” is how a British news channel has described what it has found after an exposé revealed that Amazon destroys about 130 000 unclaimed items a week – and that’s from one warehouse.
Port Health staffing issue results in border closing till July 19
Cross-border logistics operators this morning are still smarting from the news that the Skilpadshek Border Post on the important east-west network linking Namibia with South Africa through Botswana, the Trans-Kalahari Corridor (TKC), will be closed until July 19.
Spike in bulk load theft on rail
The volume of bulk loads lost on South Africa’s rail network due to theft and vandalism has more than tripled over the last five years, an exclusive interview with Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) CEO, Sizakele Mzimela, has revealed.
BORDER BEAT: Private sector intervention saves Skilpadshek
South Africa’s primary transit into Botswana, which also serves as an all-important access point on the Trans-Kalahari Corridor, will be reopened tomorrow for trade after it was initially closed because it had no health workers to screen truck drivers for Covid-19.
Taxpayers bail out another airline
Underequipped – it only has two aircraft. Overstaffed – it has 749 employees when it only needs 100.
Pop the champers – the Ever Given is on its way!
The Ever Given impasse is finally at an end, with the ultra large container vessel (ULCV) ready to set sail from the Great Bitter Lakes body of water halfway through the Suez Canal.
Swazi transport industry limps back to normality
A week of unprecedented civil upheaval that saw the most widespread protests in the country’s history has severely disrupted the road transport system.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Border execs finger health minister for Port Health issue
“The buck stops here” – that's how a familiar saying goes about executive intervention, including when it comes to effective resolution-seeking and decision-making on the part of ministers.
Comair suspends flights, FlySafair and Airlink continue
Comair is suspending all kulula.com and BA Comair flights for three weeks in light of the new adjusted level four lockdown regulations, which prohibit non-essential domestic travel in and out of Gauteng.
