NEW CUSTOMS LEGISLATION
Dear Customs client UPDATE ON NEW CUSTOMS LEGISLATION We would like to update you on progress regarding the two new Customs Acts published in the Government Gazette in July 2014. In a previous letter dated 14 August 2015, we stated that an amended version of the...
SOLAS VERIFIED CONTAINER GROSS MASS RULE
Dear Customer, As has been widely reported, effective 1st July 2016, all laden export containers are required to have the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) declared by the shipper. The VGM is defined as the gross mass of the cargo plus the tare weight of the container. The...
CMA CGM pulls its mega-ship off US West Coast calls
CMA CGM has shelved its grand plan to have six mega-containerships on the Asia-US West Coast trade. After the US West Coast calls at Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland and Seattle of the liner company’s 18 000-TEU Benjamin Franklin during the 2015/16 northern hemisphere...
S.A. Landside Charges Annual Review
Dear Valued Client, A timely reminder, that the below mentioned “Third Party” service providers will be implementing their Annual increases, effective 1st April 2016. Accordingly, these increases (disbursements) will be reflected on our invoices, with the same...
New customs legislation unlikely before 2017
Customs experts commenting on the country’s impending new legislation say the process has come to a near standstill with no word as to when the next set of rules will be made available or when feedback will be received on the last comments made. Comments on the rules...
COSATU Protest Action 7 October 2015
COSATU to embark on protest action. [su_button url="https://www.skylinegroup.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Unknown.jpeg" target="blank" icon="icon: file-photo-o"]Download Document[/su_button]
Cheer up, the worst is yet to come
Given South Africa’s current economic scenario, there is no viable catalyst that can lift the country’s medium-term growth prospects out of the moribund 2% that appears to be in the offing. That’s the view of Luke Doig, senior economist at Credit Guarantee Insurance...
Transnet launches carbon calculator app
SA’s state-owned freight transport and logistics company, Transnet, has announced that it has developed an innovative new carbon calculator app in conjunction with the Johannesburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE), based at Wits University. The app will allow...
Big data trend takes strong hold in manufacturing
Although ‘big data’ is still a relatively new term within the port and terminal industry, US-based business magazine Forbes reported that 87% of enterprises believed that big data would redefine the competitive landscape in the next three years, with as many as 89%...