LAST WEEK'S TOP STORIES ON FTW ONLINE

Threat to impound
vehicles carrying
banned import
goods
The Zimbabwe Revenue
Authority (Zimra) has
tightened the screws
on imports of basic
commodities without
licences – and threatened to
seize incoming cross-border
buses and trucks that
transport goods banned
under statutory instrument
number 64 of 2016.
Logistics major
makes record
investment
United Parcel Service
(UPS) has announced
plans to build a new
package sorting
and delivery facility
in the two French
municipalities of Corbeil-
Essonnes and Evry.
Death knell for two
airlines
Two air carriers are living
in straitened times, and
their futures are looking
rather bleak.
New arterial road
at DCT almost 50%
complete
The full-scale
rehabilitation programme
for the main arterial road
at Durban Container
Terminal (DCT) is now
almost half completed.
Durban-bound
bulk carrier
aground off
Mauritius
Five Oceans Salvage
– salvors of the MV
Benita, which grounded
just off Mahebourg
in Mauritius on June
17 – are progressing
with their salvage
and environmental
protection plans.
Namibia suspends
pork imports amid
outbreak of swine
fever in SA
Namibia has stopped the
importation of pork and
raw pork products from
South Africa, due to the
outbreak of the African
Swine Fever, according
to news reports.
FTW pick: More
than 80% foresee
problems with the
new VGM weighing
methods
More than 90% of
the industry – from
shipping lines to freight
forwarders and shippers
– believe the new Safety
of Life at Sea (Solas)
verified gross mass
(VGM) regulation is a
positive move by the
International Maritime
Organisation (IMO).