Pirates kill captain, engineer in attack off Nigeria Pirates fired on a cargo vessel off the coast of Nigeria on Monday killing the captain and chief engineer, a maritime watchdog body said as it warned shipping to stay clear of the area. Lawyer out on bail for defrauding Road Accident Fund KZN MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu, has vowed to take tough action against anyone guilty of defrauding the Road Accident Fund. This follows the arrest last Friday of a lawyer, Nalini Atwaru, along with some of her relatives for allegedly defrauding the RAF. She was given bail of R5 000. Transnet responds to Port Regulator’s tariff decision “We recognise the Regulator’s role in determining port tariffs and we believe this must be balanced by the need to invest in critical port infrastructure to boost South Africa’s competitiveness,” a Transnet spokesman said in response to the announcement that the National Ports Authority would receive a tariff adjustment of 2.76% for 2012/13 rather than the proposed 18.06% increase. Captain dies – aircraft lands safely A CSA Czech Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Prague on Wednesday after the captain collapsed and died in mid-flight, according to a Reuters report. Maersk launches new service replacing closed-down MW1 Maersk will launch a new Middle East/West Mediterranen service, known as Middle East 2 (ME2), from late February.
