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Carrier signs logistics MoA in Angola The French CMA CGM Group signed a logistics memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Angola’s Multiparques group last month for the operation of the new terminal at the port of Lobito in Angola. US senators threaten SA’s Agoa status over duties South Africa’s continued eligibility for trade benefits available under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) this year could be under fire after two United States senators warned that Congress would need to reconsider the extension of duty preferences under Agoa for South Africa if the anti-dumping duties on US poultry imports were not revised. Perishable exporter switches from CT to Walvis Bay Namibian grape company, Capespan, has shipped its first consignment of grapes to Europe via the port of Walvis Bay, according to Namibia’s New Era newspaper. Major trade deficit for Zim Zimbabwe’s trade deficit stood at US$3 billion between January and November last year as the economy continued its over-reliance on imports, according to the latest trade data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat). MOL to order world’s largest container ship The Japanese line MOL brought in the New Year with the assurance that it is to order a 20 000-TEU container vessel, which would outstrip the current megaships in the market to take the title of world’s largest.