Kazungula bridge fails to deliver
The Kazungula One-stop Border Post (OSBP) bridge across the Zambezi River between Botswana and Zambia is not yet operating at the desired speed expected of a modern multimodal transit, says Mike Fitzmaurice, who specialises in single-window transits.
Don’t expect your cargo to arrive on time
Carriers are no less reliable – but they’re also no better.
East Africa oil pipeline project on hold
On the eve of climate talks in the US, where President Joe Biden is expected to take a tough stand on emission transgression, a long-awaited industrial development project for Africa is again on hold – because of carbon dioxide concerns.
BORDER BEAT: Beitbridge - will the mess ever end?
Dusk-to-dawn cargo-clearing stoppages, extended transit times for Zimbabwean truck drivers compared to their peers from neighbouring countries, and confounding weighbridge checks – it’s all in a day’s work (or not), at Beitbridge Border Post.
Fears of cargo backlog after Shanghai airport shutdown
Cargo in and out of Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport (PVG), one of China’s busiest processing points for airfreight, remains affected after two cases of Covid-19 were detected at the main PACTL cargo terminal.
Protesting truckers seal off highway at Lebombo
The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) has informed transporters heading towards South Africa’s Lebombo Border Post on the Maputo Corridor that trucks are blocking the highway.
E-commerce surging but far from growth plateau
E-commerce expansion in South Africa had led to a significant surge in courier company growth since last year’s Covid-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdowns, warehousing specialist Martin Bailey told a webinar on supply chain.
Lack of progress feeds the AfCFTA sceptics
Eight months after the much-touted African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came into being on January 1, traders have reason to ask themselves whether the world’s biggest economic bloc has changed anything at all.
More seats on SA-Europe routes
Lufthansa Group says it is optimistic about the future of tourism and trade between South Africa and Europe since the easing of travel restrictions in Germany on August 1.
BORDER BEAT: Zim transit times trip up free flow at Beitbridge
Border harmonisation and the removal of non-tariff barriers (NTB), the hoped-for ideal to align country-to-country customs and cargo procedures, have become familiar buzz phrases at talk shops about trade, especially in the sub-Saharan region.
