Samson Nip, Route Development Manager at Turners Shipping is dwarfed by the reach stacker which is loaded and ready for delivery to Gijima Heavy Machine in Johannesburg. The stacker, which weighs over 7 tonnes was manufactured in China and was transported by road from Durban to Gauteng.
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China remains one of South Africa’s strongest trading partners and on a recent trip to Hong Kong, Blain Kondiah, Managing Director of Turners Shipping, met with representatives of BDP International in the region. From left are, Vincent Kwan, Dick Yip, Amanda Qiu, Jennifer Zhu, and Dennis Wan. “China has seven […]
The staff of the Johannesburg branch of Turners Shipping combined their celebration of Women’s Month and Casual Day. The idea of being a hero to someone every day was expressed with members of staff sporting imaginative super-hero costume, with each department choosing a theme. There was also a serious side […]
Shikara Premchand-Balgobind, a marine insurance specialist, has joined the Turners Shipping team. She will be consulting with and advising, clients about their insurance needs. Container traffic is increasing annually and estimates put the number of containers shipped around the world at over 120 million per year. “With numbers like these […]
An urgent alert warning has been issued to vessels sailing on the Indian Ocean east of South Africa to be on the lookout for cargo containers that reportedly fell off a trade cargo container ship, some 22 nautical miles off the coast of Durban. According to the South African Maritime Safety Authority […]
Heart rate monitors are no longer reserved for athletes as the latest generation of exercise trackers and fitness monitors are finding their way onto the wrists of ordinary people. Technology is playing an increasing role in our everyday wellness, recording our level of activity throughout the day, monitoring our exercise […]
Turners Shipping’s Africa Network has been strengthened as the company’s global partner, BDP International opens new offices in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya. “We already have an extensive network of agents in countries throughout the continent,” says Neren Dayanand, Turners Shipping’s Regional Manager – KZN. “The addition of the BDP offices […]
Web-based tool facilitates tax compliance A new web-based tool has been launched which promises to ease the burden of tax compliance, enabling users to provide SARS with an accurate record reflecting an audit trail ensuring full Tax compliance. Developed by Turners Shipping, Athena is a modular system which provides real-time […]
One man’s efforts to solve a century-old mystery A new book documents the fourteen expeditions launched in an effort to find the wreck of the Waratah which disappeared off the Transkei coast in July 1909. The author, Emlyn Brown, has made solving one of the greatest maritime mysteries part of […]
Turners Shipping attended to two shipments of agricultural machinery which were destined for the annual NAMPO Harvest Day exhibition held at Bothaville in the Free State. “These shipments were time sensitive as the clients were using the exhibition to introduce their products to the agricultural industry at the exhibition,” explained […]