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Credit insurance claims soar as liquidations climb Credit insurance claims have soared in 2013 with South Africa’s largest credit insurer, Credit Guarantee, reporting a 119% increase in claims paid in 2013 compared with 2012. Global food buyers to attend African food exhibition The South African Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has confirmed that it will be bringing a contingent of international buyers, mostly from Africa, to the 2014 Food Hospitality World Africa exhibition to be held from May 26-28 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) ‘Time to tap into Africa’s growing middle-class consumer market’ Manufacturers and exporters of affordable, good quality consumer products should be looking to Africa as part of their business expansion strategies. For those who have been exporting to Africa, the time has come for them to consider setting up manufacturing or packaging facilities, according to the recent ‘How we made it in Africa’ blog. Latest 18 000- TEU vessel makes maiden call at Le Havre Maersk Line’s Magleby Maersk, the sixth of the 20 18 000-TEU Triple-E vessels, has made her maiden port call at Le Havre in France. Kenyan railway project gathers speed Kenya’s US$3.8-billion standard gauge railway (SGR) between Mombasa and Nairobi is getting under way, reports daily newspaper, The East African. Tanzania sets its sights on becoming EA’s logistics hub Tanzania plans to boost its cargo volumes by 40% over 2013’s levels through the country’s main Dar es Salaam port as part of a greater plan to become East Africa’s transport hub, reports the East African press.