By Shane de Beer: Sales and marketing manager at TNT Express An increasing number of manufacturers and other suppliers are shipping consolidated container loads of products from point of origin into SA. They then use a local logistics company to break the shipment down into individual orders and deliver them directly to customers. This speeds […]
The TBN Club meets every second month in Johannesburg where members of the shipping fraternity meet socially for lunch as well as listening to a different guest speaker discussing issues and topics relevant to the industry. TBN stands for “To Be Nominated” which is a shipping term. When the event was launched nobody could come […]
DHL, the express and logistics provider, is supporting Cirque du Soleil, a leading live entertainment company, as Official Logistics Partner. It will also provide global logistics support for the corporate headquarters of Cirque du Soleil in Montreal, Canada. The partnership will see the two companies engage in joint branding and marketing activities for their worldwide […]
The Angolan government during 2013 opened over 100 railway stations as part of a project to rebuild the country’s rail network, according to a statement issued in Luanda. Angolan news agency Angop also reported that in Lobito municipality two docks in the port’s city were refurbished and that container and ore terminals were built from […]
The TBN Club meets every two months affording members of the shipping fraternity along with freight forwarders and logistics personal the opportunity to network. Guest speaker at the September event Zunaid Pochee the Trans Kalahari Corridor Secretariat spoke about the advantages for moving freight along this corridor. Rod Reaton, from KNOTS (Knowledge of Southern African […]
In celebration of World Maritime Day, shipping line Safmarine hosted a ‘maritime mentor’ day at the Lawhill Maritime Centre in Simon’s Town. Nineteen years ago Safmarine helped pioneer the maritime studies programme at Simon’s Town High School with the aim of attracting young people to the shipping industry and providing the industry with motivated new […]
Future synergies are on the cards between Grindrod Trading Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Senwes Limited following the acquisition of a 20% share for R444 million at a price of R12.29 per share by Grindrod Trading in Senwes. Grindrod Limited, the JSE listed freight Logistics Company, through its four divisions of Freight, Trading, Shipping and Financial […]
Pizza delivery takes on a whole new meaning as 30,000 pizzas are delivered from the USA to Afghanistan making it the largest pizza delivery in history. Pizzas 4 Patriots, a non-profit organisation in the USA in 2012 wanted to deliver pizzas to US troops serving in Kandahar, Bagram and Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.This delivery, covering […]
China will be investing US$10 billion (R90.18 billion)in a new port at Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The investment will also be used for infrastructure related to the port improvement and to boost trade in the region. The new port will be able to handle 20 million cargo containers per annum and will mainly be used to ship raw materials […]
Maersk Line has achieved its 2020 target of reducing CO2 emissions by 25%,eight years ahead of schedule from its benchmark of 2007 levels. Not resting on its laurels the company has now set itself a new target of achieving a 40% reduction in CO2 by 2020. “By cutting our CO2 we’ve also lowered the CO2 […]
