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BMW clarifies
‘incorrect reports’
on SA plans
BMW does not plan to
leave South Africa, the
Minister of Trade and
Industry, Dr Rob Davies,
said recently shortly
before an expected
meeting with the German
car manufacturer.
Davies said he had met
a BMW delegation during
the strike and that the
company had pointed
out that it remained
committed to South
Africa.
SA navy frigate to
patrol West Coast of
Africa
The South African
navy frigate, the SAS
Spioenkop, departed
Cape Town last
Wednesday for patrols
along the West Coast of
Africa.
According to a navy
spokesman, the vessel
will visit Namibia
(Walvis Bay), Angola
(Luanda), Ghana (Tema),
Nigeria (Lagos) and
Senegal (Dakar).
Namibia – dry port
for Keetmashoop
A plan by governor of the
Karas Region, Bernardus
Swartbooi, to establish
a dry port facility at
Keetmanshoop has been
hailed as a “brilliant
idea” by experts who are
in unison that the idea is
overdue, said a newera.
com report carried by
Mike Poverello’s blog .
Container weighing
technologies in a
nutshell
The Port Equipment
Manufacturers’
Association (PEMA) has
published an information
paper on container
weighing technologies – a
timely resource for the
ports industry following
the IMO’s recent
decision on a mandatory
worldwide system for
verifying container
weights.
Major food
company moves
from in-house to
outsourced logistics
In a decision that marks
a move from in-house
logistics to outsourcing
its transport and
distribution functions,
Kraft Foods – now
Mondelez South Africa –
has awarded a five-year
contract for transport
and warehousing services
to Imperial Retail
Logistics.