Despite the ongoing proclamations by Acsa and the Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, that the fuel shortage at OR Tambo has been resolved, and jet fuel supply at the facility is “stable”, international airlines are still having to take expensive and disruptive detours to fuel up outside Johannesburg in order to […]
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The world’s top palm-oil producer announced that it will ban exports of the commodity starting Thursday, sending the prices of competing vegetable oils soaring. Indonesia accounts for about half of the world’s supply of palm oil, the world’s most widely used vegetable oil. Palm oil is used for cooking and […]
The industrial city, which is one of the world’s busiest ports, is under a harsh lockdown with millions of people banned from leaving their homes and relying on the government to deliver food. Images taken from the MarineTraffic website, which tracks the live positions of a range of vessels in […]
Durban port will, within days, clear the backlog of thousands of containers that came to a grinding halt during the disastrous floods that lashed KwaZulu-Natal’s Roads, rail and port infrastructure last week. Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan assured businesses and local manufacturers during a joint media briefing with Minister […]
Port recovery Both water and berths received considerable debris deposited as a result of the storm. Currently, teams are working in the harbour and along berths to remove debris, enabling tugs and pilot boats to move safely. Due to the possibility of heavy debris deposited underwater alongside berths and in […]
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) through its Syndicated Tax & Customs Crime Division, carried out inspections as well as search and seizure operations on entities in the banking sector, tobacco and cigarette sector, alcohol, gold and clothing industries in KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape and Gauteng. The premises inspected and searched […]
On Tuesday, the EU executive proposed banning Russian ships from European ports. So far, none of the 27 EU member states has instituted a national ban — unlike Britain, which did so in early March. The European Commission is also looking at banning Russian coal imports with EU member state […]
Chinese authorities have extended their lockdown of Shanghai to cover all its 25 million people after a fresh surge in Covid cases. Initially, there had been separate measures for the eastern and western sides, but the whole city is now subject to indefinite restrictions. Shanghai is the largest single city […]
The figures are eye-watering. The latest research by maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence reveals that global shipping lines made an operating profit of over US$110 billion in 2021. HMM and OOCL results had not yet been published at the time of writing, (OOCL has since published its results which reveal record figures), […]
A new Covid-19 outbreak in Shanghai has given rise to concerns that the world’s busiest container port may see growing vessel queues. On 21 March, just as the Chinese government lifted the lockdown on Shenzhen, Shanghai residents were ordered to work from home, while schools were shut. Maersk Line is […]