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The 2015 megaship
trend
A new wave of very large
containership ordering
has taken place in the
first half of this year,
according to a survey
conducted by shipping
consultants Clarksons.
Cash-strapped line
rumoured to be up
for grabs
Once again the press
has indicated that the
cash-strapped Neptune
Orient Line (NOL) is up
for grabs.
More high-tech
cargo scanners on
the cards
More high-tech cargo
scanners are expected to
be installed at ports of
entry across the country,
said South African
Revenue Service (Sars)
commissioner Tom
Moyane.
Truck driver arrested
for drug smuggling
Earlier this week, the
South African Revenue
Service (Sars) bust a
truck driver for trying to
smuggle R3 million worth
of Mandrax tablets across
the Mozambican border.
Zim’s new
customs clearance
programme kicks in
The implementation
of Zimbabwe’s new
Consignment Based
Conformity Assessment
(CBCA) programme,
introduced to
“substantially reduce
hazardous and substandard
imports and
improve customs duty
collection”, kicked in
this week.