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Container shippers hedging green transition with dual-fuel vessel orders

By: Reuters Updated 4 hours ago Container shipping companies like Maersk, CMA and COSCO have ordered hundreds of new vessels in recent years meant to help their industry's greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions meet rising demand from customers and regulators around the globe. Their order books, however, reflect uncertainty over which... →

Transaction adviser to validate strategy for Port of Durban’s liquid-bulk hub

By: Creamer Media Reporter 11th November 2024 South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has appointed Zutari as the transaction adviser at the Island View precinct, the Port of Durban’s fuels and chemicals hub through which about 74% of South Africa's liquid bulk imports are managed. Zutari will validate TNPA’s ‘Island View... →

Port of Durban

MSC Euribia arrives at Port of Durban, kicking off the port's cruise season

By: Schalk Burger 11th November 2024 Cruise company MSC Cruises vessel the MSC Euribia arrived at the Port of Durban's Nelson Mandela Cruise Terminal on November 8, starting the port's cruise season, port agency Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) says. The port is set to welcome 47 call-ins from various passenger liners this... →

The MSC Euribia

TNPA welcomes SH Diana, kicking off Port of Richards Bay cruise season

By: Schalk Burger 8th November 2024 State-owned ports management agency Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) welcomed the British cruise line Swan Hellenic (SH) Diana passenger vessel to its shores through a strategic partnership with the King Cetshwayo district municipality to boost the tourism economy in collaboration with... →

The SH Diana

Grindrod suspends port operations in Mozambique after border closure

By: Reuters 7th November 2024 Logistics company Grindrod has suspended port and terminal operations in Mozambique after South Africa temporarily closed the main border with its northeastern neighbour over safety concerns after a violent crackdown on post-election protests, the company said on Thursday. The suspension will hit... →

TNPA issues RfI for tugboat clean fuels pilot project

By: Darren Parker 6th November 2024 State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has published a request for information (RfI) for a strategic pilot project to use green and cleaner fuels for its selected diesel-operated tugboat fleet. The project would be in line with parent company Transnet’s commitment to bolster South... →

Forklift supplier helps client cut emissions

1st November 2024 Forklift and materials handling equipment supplier Goscor Lift Trucks (GLT) completed the supply of a fleet of 44 Bobcat lithium-ion (Li-ion) forklifts to global logistics company Access World for its Durban-based operations. Switching from diesel to Li-ion forklifts will reduce Access World’s... →

Two gents shaking hands in front of a fleet of Bobcat lithium-ion (Li-ion) forklifts

LIFTING THE BAR The new Lithium-ion powered forklifts supplied to Access World by Goscor will decrease the company's footprint drastically over the rental period

VLM first of its kind in S Africa

By: Halima Frost 1st November 2024 Warehouse storage solutions provider Logistics Systems Engineering (LSE) has successfully designed and installed what it says is South Africa’s first ninth-generation Tornado vertical lifting module (VLM), from pan-European storage products and solutions provider Gonvarri. LSE installed the... →

A ninth-generation Tornado vertical lifting module with computer access panel

QUICK & EASY The new ninth-generation Tornado vertical lifting module supplied to ACDC Dynamics is faster, quieter and easier to operate

New storage, logistics facility exceeding expectations

By: Halima Frost 1st November 2024 The new premises of independent logistics service provider Seabourne Logistics, which was meant to be a 11 000-pallet capacity contemporary office and warehouse complex, is now a comprehensive logistics facility accommodating 13 500 pallets, significantly surpassing all expectations since its... →

BEHEMOTH The new Seabourne Logistics comprehensive logistics facility in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, has surpassed expectations in capacity and flow

TNPA expecting 268 passenger liners this cruise season

By: Sabrina Jardim 28th October 2024 The docking of the World Odyssey at the Port of Cape Town signifies the beginning of South Africa’s cruise season, which will see the docking and sailing of 268 passenger liners at the commercial seaports operated by State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA). Sailing under the flag of... →

Provincial govt says Cape Town port inefficiency dampening fruit exports, growth plans

By: Marleny Arnoldi 25th October 2024 Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism Dr Ivan Meyer has expressed concern about the slow progress being made at the Cape Town port in respect of a terminal turnaround strategy. The slow pace at which the reforms are happening is having direct cost implications for... →

Experts weigh in on increasingly decentralised freight logistics model

By: Marleny Arnoldi 24th October 2024 As government and the private sector work to accelerate reforms and improve efficiencies in the logistics sector, experts from a range of spheres have emphasised the importance of targeted investment and collaboration to ensure the sustainability and inclusivity of the economic growth that is... →

Speakers who participated in the October 23 transport webinar

Experts weigh in on increasingly decentralised freight logistics model

TNPA, Hillside Aluminium sign 15yr lease agreement at Richards Bay port

By: Creamer Media Reporter 24th October 2024 Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has signed a 15-year lease agreement with South32 Hillside Aluminium, securing the continued operational presence of South Africa’s only primary aluminium producer at the Port of Richards Bay. TNPA says South32 Hillside Aluminium plays a crucial role in... →

African maritime transport showing good development, reports Unctad

By: Rebecca Campbell 22nd October 2024 Africa has registered some impressive progress in the shipping sector, United Nations Trade and Development (Unctad) has reported, in its 'Review of Maritime Transport 2024'. From the first half of 2018 to the equivalent period last year, port calls in Africa by container ships increased by 20%.... →

Auto industry, Transnet to form war room to drive efficiency, improve security

By: Irma Venter 21st October 2024 Naamsa | The Automotive Business Council and Transnet have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop and convene a naamsa–Transnet ‘auto war room’. This war room will drive the collection, consolidation and sharing of data to support the implementation of strategic initiatives, while... →

Billy Tom

SAS partners with Fincantieri, Vard Marine to build offshore patrol vessels in South Africa

By: Irma Venter 18th October 2024 Sandock Austral Shipyards (SAS) in Durban has signed a technology partnership agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and its Canadian subsidiary Vard Marine to construct the Afrika class offshore patrol vessel in South Africa. The Afrika class is designed to meet the needs of African... →

RFA, SAAFF call for greater urgency on private sector’s participation in ports

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 11th October 2024 Following the recent High Court judgment on the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2, which halted the contract between Transnet and International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), the Southern African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) has highlighted the key role it believes the... →

Grindrod to acquire remaining stake in Matola Terminal

By: Irma Venter 11th October 2024 Ports and logistics group Grindrod will acquire the remaining 35% shareholding in Terminal de Carvão da Matola (TCM), at the Maputo port, from Vitol Mauritius for $77-million. The JSE-listed company already holds a 65% interest in the Mozambican operation. →

Durban’s container terminal implements successful truck booking solution

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 10th October 2024 A month-long collaborative pilot with transporters has seen the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 improve its truck turnaround time by 24%, the entity says in a statement. The new truck booking solution to manage the flow of trucks into the terminal will remain, to improve and sustain the... →

Check point

Court blocks top Africa port deal as Maersk contests award

By: Bloomberg 9th October 2024 A South African court temporarily blocked a deal between the nation’s state-owned logistics firm and a company owned by Filipino billionaire Enrique Razon to expand and run sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest container port after AP Moller-Maersk challenged the award. Maersk unit APM Terminals was among... →

Commission approves acquisition of DCT 2 SPV

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 8th October 2024 The Competition Commission has approved the proposed transaction whereby International Container Terminal Services (ICTS) intends to acquire Durban Container Terminal (DCT) 2 Special Purpose Vehicle, with conditions. The acquiring firm is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange and the... →

Govt, business set 3% growth target for 2025

By: Creamer Media Reporter 4th October 2024 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the partnership previously formed between government and business to tackle loadshedding and other crises; the launch of a second phase of this partnership and the areas of focus; and some of the potential risks to this partnership. →

Govt, business set 3% growth target for 2025

R273m govt-funded Orion tank farm in Gqeberha unveiled

By: Darren Parker 3rd October 2024 The Orion Engineered Carbons (OEC) tank farm project, in Zone 7 of the Coega Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, has officially been unveiled. Trade, Industry and Competition chief director of infrastructure Justice Ngwenya, who addressed the official launch, said the... →

Phillips says Transnet not yet on track to meet 193Mt rail ‘stretch target’

By: Terence Creamer 2nd October 2024 Meeting the 193-million-ton rail stretch target set under the newly launched second phase of the partnership between business and government would require a significant amount of work and collaboration, Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips has acknowledged. Speaking at the Joburg Indaba a day after the... →

A Transnet Freight Rail train on the Sishen-Saldanha iron-ore corridor

TNPA issues request for information for multipurpose terminal at Mossel Bay

By: Darren Parker 2nd October 2024 State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has initiated a request for information (RFI) process for a multipurpose terminal (MPT) at the Port of Mossel Bay’s Quay 4 precinct, in the Western Cape. The RFI calls on interested parties to submit proposals to design, develop, finance,... →

Port of Mossel Bay

Growth target of 3% set for 2025 as business and government relaunch partnership under GNU

By: Terence Creamer 1st October 2024 A second phase of the partnership launched between government and business to tackle South Africa’s electricity, logistics and crime crises has been launched under the Government of National Unity (GNU), with an immediate goal of raising growth to over 3% from 2025. Speaking at the launch in... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the relaunch of the partnership between government and business at the IDC's offices in Johannesburg

Large-scale infrastructure concessions needed to drive logistics competitiveness

By: Schalk Burger 30th September 2024 State-owned logistics agency Transnet has taken tentative steps towards limited engagement with the private sector, but there should be large-scale concessions of port and rail capacity to drive competition between ports and rail corridors, says business organisation Business Leadership South... →

SAS partners with Fincantieri, Vard Marine to build offshore patrol vessels in SA

By: Irma Venter 27th September 2024 Sandock Austral Shipyards (SAS) in Durban has signed a technology partnership agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and its Canadian subsidiary Vard Marine to construct the Afrika class offshore patrol vessel in South Africa. The Afrika class is designed to meet the needs of African... →

Prasheen Maharaj and Vard Marine's Derek Buxton

East London port welcomes two new tugs as TNPA completes fleet renewal

By: Irma Venter 27th September 2024 The Port of East London has taken ownership of two new tugboats, marking the end of Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA’s) R1-billion marine fleet renewal programme, aimed at boosting tugboat availability and, thus, enhancing shipping operations at its facilities. This renewal programme is... →

TNPA puts out tender for LNG terminal environmental-impact assessment

By: Darren Parker 25th September 2024 State-owned Transnet subsidiary Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), in collaboration with Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) and the Industrial Development Corporation, has approached the market for an environmental-impact assessment (EIA), encouraging interested parties to submit proposals... →

Combatting resurgence of Somali pirate activity requires holistic approach, expert says

By: Darren Parker 23rd September 2024 Maritime piracy along the Somali coast is seeing something of a resurgence in 2024 because the root causes on land have gone largely unaddressed and international support has declined, Transnational Organised Crime Southern Africa senior researcher Carina Bruwer has said. She was speaking at the... →

Logistics sector under pressure in June, July – Ctrack index

By: Irma Venter 19th September 2024 After moving upwards for three consecutive months, the newest Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (TFI) declined in June and July to reach a level of 119.8 in July – the lowest level since February. The weakness in the South African logistics sector has been broad-based, with five of the TFI’s six... →

Grindrod acquires rest of shareholding in Matola Terminal

By: Irma Venter 18th September 2024 Ports and logistics group Grindrod will acquire the remaining 35% shareholding in Terminal de Carvão da Matola (TCM), at the Maputo port, from Vitol Mauritius for $77-million. The JSE-listed company already holds a 65% interest in the Mozambican operation. →

The Matola Terminal

Creecy sets year-end deadline for rail Network Statement amid ‘complicated tariff balancing act’

By: Terence Creamer 17th September 2024 Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says that, despite Transnet’s turnaround progress, the State-owned enterprise is not able to meet the target of increasing South Africa’s yearly rail volumes to 250-million tons alone. The Government of National Unity is, therefore, prioritising efforts to open... →

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy addressing a Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa conference in Ekurhuleni

Transnet, SAPS sign MoU to combat logistics network theft and vandalism

By: Schalk Burger 16th September 2024 State-owned Transnet and the South African Police Service (SAPS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaborative efforts between them in the fight against theft and vandalism of essential infrastructure across Transnet’s logistics network. Enhancing security at... →

Not enough chrome shipments to fill Maputo corridor capacity, TFR says

By: Darren Parker 12th September 2024 The Maputo Corridor is being underused by chrome exporters, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) northeast corridor acting managing executive Mandisa Mondi has said. Speaking at the Critical Materials Conference: Ferroalloys 2024, in Johannesburg, on September 11, she challenged chrome producers to... →

Transnet breaches loan terms again as debt weighs on investment

By: Bloomberg 11th September 2024 Transnet breached loan covenants for a second year running as the South African port and rail operator staggers under a debt burden that’s constraining investments needed to resurrect its ailing equipment and infrastructure. The state-owned company’s loans increased to R138-billion in the year... →

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