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Carrier spells out
reasons for decrease
in fruit exports
through CT port
According to the official
statistics provided by the
PPECB, containerised
fruit exports shipped to
Europe through the port
of Cape Town were down
by approximately 18%
for the period November-
December 2012, compared
to the same period in 2011.
New database exposes
reality of high trade
costs in developing
countries
A new database developed
jointly by the United
Nations Economic and
Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP) and the
World Bank reveals
that trade costs fall
disproportionately on
developing countries.
Counterfeiting a big
business and getting
bigger
Counterfeiting is big
business and getting bigger
- with a staggering 10
000% growth in the past
two decades, according
to a paper authored by
Berning Robertson and
James Lomberg and
carried in the Van Velden
Pike newsletter.
SAA acting CEO
suspended
SA Airways (SAA)
has placed its acting
CEO, Vuyisile Kona, on
precautionary suspension
after just over four months
in the saddle.
Bad news on Eurozone
economy
Data released this week are
expected to reveal that the
Eurozone economy lurched
deeper into recession
during the final quarter of
last year.
Shipping lanes visible
from space – Nasa
Nasa has posted an image
on its Global Climate
Change Website that shows
global shipping routes
can be seen from space
because of the nitrogen
oxides (NO x) emitted
by ships travelling along
them.
“Just how much
shipping contributes to
overall NO x emissions
remains an open question
for scientists,” reports the
American Shipper.