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...
Main trade GRIs again fail to stick
The latest attempt by carriers on the Asia-Europe main trade to impose general rate increases (GRIs) is already being eroded by dropping spot rates – the eighth time since January that GRIs have failed to hold. At the end of last week the Shanghai Containerised...
Submission of Minimum Supporting Documents
Please see below self-explanatory Memo received from Customs. Please note that in addition to the normal clearing documentation, the packing list is a Customs requirement. Please ensure that all necessary documentation is “on hand” for clearance in order to avoid...
Transnet re-assesses dig-out dates
As Transnet re-evaluates its Durban port expansion plans, group executive for planning and sustainability, Mark Gregg- Macdonald, has indicated that there may – “but only may” – be a change in the date of the initial opening of the Durban dig-out port (DDOP). This,...
Industry raises questions about SARS’ ‘deferment benefit’
Questions have been raised following the publication of the first set of rules for the Customs Duty Act related to the term “deferment benefit”. Industry stakeholders are questioning why the word benefit is used in conjunction with deferment – especially in light of a...
New impetus for drive to exempt rail from fuel levy
Southern African transport ministers have committed to re-evaluating their governments’ policies on exemption for railway operators from the fuel levy which is largely used to improve road infrastructure. Swaziland is the only country that has waived the levy on fuel...