If there’s any doubt about the interest in private sector participation in key South African ports, last week’s best-read story should dispel this.
Transnet announcing its shortlist of respondents for participation in its infrastructure development programme to upgrade Durban Pier 2 and Ngqura Container Terminals received a lot of traction (https://tinyurl.com/yckn7x7n).
Also high in the popularity stakes was the acquisition of Mediclinic through Shipping Agency Services, a subsidiary of MSC (https://tinyurl.com/53tjv7yy).
Posts that also drew a lot of interest included the following:
- A new R15-billion logistics park to be built in Durban, https://tinyurl.com/2p9dewnr.
- A possible ‘significant’ fuel price drop, according to the AA, https://tinyurl.com/2udd3vcz
- The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse’s concern that Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana may seize the opportunity of the petrol price reduction to increase the fuel levy, https://tinyurl.com/2p9d2vtt.
- The decline in spot rates in the liner trade, https://tinyurl.com/3hha9w92.