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Capespan Fruit CEO
resigns
Capespan Fruit CEO
Louis Kriel will be
leaving the Capespan
Group at the end of June.
Logistics’ profit
margins just reaching
pre-recession level
Leading logistics
companies’ profit
margins are just reaching
pre-recession levels
while revenues have
grown by more than 7%,
according to Transport
Intelligence’s Global
Transport and Logistics
Financial Analysis 2013
report.
DoT ‘taken aback’
by church stand on
e-tolling
The Ministry of
Transport has taken
note of the stance by the
Southern Africa Catholic
Bishops’ Conference
regarding its criticism of
the e-tolling project in
Gauteng.
“While we are taken
aback by their position,
the Department remains
committed to meeting
with stakeholders,
including the religious
community, to clarify its
intentions regarding the
introduction of e-tolling
in Gauteng.
World’s no 1 line
forced to further
streamline costs
AP Moeller-Maersk will
be forced to prolong cost
cuts at the world’s biggest
container line as a policy
of capacity restraint fails
to lift shipping rates, chief
executive officer Nils
Smedegaard Andersen
told Bloomberg News.
Israel: Government
plans to use army to
break any port strike
In Israel, Haifa and
Ashdod port workers
are expected to strike
in protest against the
intention to build a new
private port to compete
with these two state-run
ports, according to a
number of international
press reports.
Home Affairs to start
issuing ID smart
cards from July
Green, bar-coded identity
books will be replaced
with identity smart cards
from July, Home Affairs
Minister Naledi Pandor
said.