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Sars official pays the price for ‘corrupt’ relationship with clearing agent The South African Revenue Service (Sars) is clearly taking a zero tolerance approach to corrupt officials, with several arrests made during January and court cases pending. Go big or go home The competition for greater economies of scale is truly beginning to heat up in the container shipping industry with CMA CGM’s recent unleashing of its new mega vessel, the 16 000-TEU Marco Polo, on the Asia- Europe trade. Logistics major in transport merger Barloworld Logistics has merged its Dedicated Transport Services division (DTS) with diversified logistics provider, the Manline group, to create Barloworld Transport Solutions. The merged business becomes a 50.1% subsidiary of Barloworld Logistics. New Abidjan option for SA shippers NileDutch has announced a new direct call at Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on its Europe-West Africa service. The new rotation of the WEWA service will be: Antwerp - Le Havre - Leixoes - Lisbon - Abidjan - Pointe Noire - Luanda – Lobito. Twice a month the carrier will also include a northbound Abidjan call which means there will be a direct link ex Abidjan to Europe. Abidjan cargo from the Far East, South Africa and South America will be transhipped in Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo. Swazi trucker charged for theft and arson SA prosecutors have charged a Swazi truck driver employed by Unitrans Swaziland with theft and arson after he stole nearly R4 million in ethanol gas. The cargo, transported in a Unitrans vehicle, belonged to the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation and was en route to Westside Distillers in Cape Town.