Port users remain
angry and frustrated
Transnet has announced
that it is making “substantial
progress” in getting
most of its operations in
KwaZulu Natal back online
following the severe weather
experienced last month.
Private sector teams
up with government to
boost wheat exports
A partnership between
government and the wheat
production sector has seen
the launch of a platform
that will improve wheat
yields – lessening SA’s import
dependence and boosting its
ability to export wheat.
Canadian mining
investor to rebuild
DRC rail track
Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines
has agreed to rebuild
34 kilometres of track
to connect the Kipushi
Mine with the Democratic
Republic of Congo’s national
railway at Munama, south
of the mining capital of
Lubumbashi.
New world record for
single vessel call
A new world record was set
for a single vessel port call
last month with a total of
24 846 TEUs offloaded and
loaded back onto the Maersk
Evora at the Port of LA.
Transnet records
significant half year
revenue growth
State-owned freight and
logistics company Transnet
SOC announced last week
that its revenue was up
13.8% to R37.1 billion.
More than 100 coalladen
ships sitting
idle
More than 100 ships
loaded with coal are sitting
stationary off the southern
and eastern coasts of China,
according to S&P Global
Platts’ vessel tracking
software C-flow.
Alleged fake licence
manufacturers
arrested
Two suspects have been
arrested at an internet cafe
in central Pretoria for the
alleged manufacture of fake
vehicle licences, according
to a statement by the
Road Traffic Management
Corporation (RTMC).
Western Cape port
upgrade makes
headway
Transnet National Ports
Authority’s Port of Mossel
Bay has appointed a
service provider to provide
a detailed design for
refurbishment of the port’s
500-ton slipway and sideslip
facility.
