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Date set for mandatory weighing of containers The International Maritime Organisation’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has given its go-ahead to the mandatory weighing of containers before they are loaded onboard ship. Date of implementation has been set for 1 July 2016. Yachts must make way for oil and gas in CT Port officials are adamant the Cape Town Yacht Club will have to find a new home. Whilst no timelines have been set for the relocation of the club which is currently inside the Port of Cape Town, this is the most feasible option to allow the port to develop according to its long-term strategy, a port spokesman told FTW. Largest Coca Cola bottler in Africa created after merger The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller and Gutsche Family Investments have agreed to combine the bottling operations of their non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages businesses in southern and East Africa. CMA CGM announces acquisition CMA CGM has announced the acquisition of German shipping company OPDR (Oldenburg- Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei GmbH & Co KG). An answer to fuel theft “The demand for fuel management has reached a point where it’s almost becoming a standard requirement for any f leet manager,” director of International Risk and Security Management, Ernest Walters, told FTW Online. Opposition to new fuel import application in SA United States oil company, Chevron, is trying to block an increase in fuel imports to Cape Town, reports Bloomberg News.