Haemorrhaging steel industry seeks protection
SA’s steel-making industry is grinding not so slowly to a halt, amid industry screams of complaint about cheap Chinese imports. The country’s second largest steel maker, Evraz Highveld, is at a complete standstill, while our biggest, Arcelor Mittal, is described as...
Truckers and TPT address Pier 2 challenges
Truckers and TPT address Pier 2 challenges Moving containers in and out of Pier 2 – the home of the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) – has been a major challenge and container hauliers are fuming as “thousands of rands go down the drain each day” because of Transnet...
Ports Regulator defines new tariff strategy document
In its proposal to the SA Ports Regulator, the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) acknowledges that the current port tariff structure is sub-optimal and presents several issues in terms of transparency, compliance, fairness and overall acceptability by port...
Specialist reefer operator goes fully containerised –Drewry’s
With their continually growing refrigerated (reefer) container capacity, containerships are grabbing a worrying share of perishable transport from specialised reefer operators. But reefership operator Seatrade is investing in a new-building programme of fully...
Huge blasts rock Chinese port city of Tianjin
Huge explosions at a chemical storage terminal near the port rocked China’s northeastern port city of Tianjin late Wednesday. The owner of the warehouse was identified as Tianjin Dongjiang Port Ruihai International Logistics, whose website says it is a...Useful Links
