Eugene Goddard

Randburg

Editor of supply chain & logistics portal Freight News, contributor to Taalgenoot (ATKV quarterly), freelance travel writer (ex-Business Day), & photographer.

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Zim's anti-smuggling measures delay legitimate freight operations

3 weeks ago | freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard

A Bulawayo-bound tautliner has become the latest casualty of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) force’s anti-corruption unit – authorised to stop transporters on suspicion of carrying contraband cargo, yet often without trained personnel to do inspections. The truck in question was carrying consolidated freight which had been cleared by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) at Beitbridge Border Post’s Container Depo (ConDep), a function billed to service operators.
South Africa’s logistics sector still male dominated - Teta exec

3 weeks ago | freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard

South Africa’s logistics sector remains disproportionately skewed in favour of men, an inaugural skills summit for the clearing and forwarding industry was told at Emperor’s Palace in Kempton Park. Citing the latest employment data from the sector, Kgatile Nkala of the Transport Education Training Authority, said the sector’s gender employment breakdown showed that less than 20% of its employees were female.
Logistical progress needs to be speeded up - economist

3 weeks ago | freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard |Francois Fouche

Service providers operating in South Africa’s freight sector were fully prepared to self-regulate to boost business, economist Francois Fouche said at the launch of a Logistics Accountability Score (LAS) in Sandton. Referring to the opening address by transport minster Barbara Creecy in which she outlined five key objectives at Transnet, the research fellow at the Gordon Institute of Business Science said change at the parastatal wasn’t happening fast enough.
South Africa will dodge 30% tariff bullet – Steenhuisen | wine.co.za

3 weeks ago | news.wine.co.za | Eugene Goddard

Despite all the noise and drama following Trump’s provocative stunt in the Oval Office, when he played an inflammatory video about farm murders in South Africa, Steenhuisen described the trade meeting that was held behind closed doors thereafter as constructive and optimistic. “The meeting was never going to be easy. It wasn’t going to be a cake walk. It was always going to be tough, but I do think we left Washington in better shape than when we went in,” he told 702.
DFFE accused of not acting against illegal fishing trawlers

3 weeks ago | freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard

Illegal fishing trawlers continue to enter South African commercial water without the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) presumably taking the necessary action to fulfill its oceans economy mandate under Operation Phakisa. According to Unathi Sonti, chairperson of the Maritime Business Council, the DFFE “knows about it (illegal fishing) as they have been alerted numerous times”.
Exporter body heads to Parliament in push against cabotage

3 weeks ago | freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard

Exporters Western Cape (EWC) has indicated that it will make a strong appeal against a proposal for a state-owned national carrier when it appears before the Portfolio Committee on Transport (PCT) on Tuesday, 3 June. Commenting on news that transport minister Barbara Creecy was going ahead to seek shipping line collaboration in the matter, EWC chairperson Terry Gale said it was premature.
Transnet aims to move 250 million tonnes on to rail network

4 weeks ago | freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard

Increased rail freight volumes, enhanced port throughput, capitalising on existing air cargo volume and a safer road network were all highlighted by transport minister Barbara Creecy as essential requirements to improve South Africa’s logistics sector. However, most important of these, Creecy singled out road-to-rail dynamics as the most crucial aspect of bolstering the country’s current cargo capacity.
SA ports have what it takes to meet export demand - Transnet

1 month ago | freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard

Transnet has done and is still meeting the necessary requirements to improve machine and personnel performance at the country’s ports, long blamed for holding back South Africa’s export capacity of time-sensitive cargo. Addressing a webinar on ‘Agriculture’ focusing on technologies and infrastructure needed to boost the sector’s shipments, Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) chief executive, Jabu Mdaki, said the state-owned logistics utility was taking comfort from consistent progress in key areas.
MSC confirms weekly continuation of SA-US direct sailings

1 month ago | freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard

Despite uncertainty among shippers and freight forwarders about direct sailings connecting South African ports with the US East Coast, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has confirmed that it will maintain the weekly rotations. Fears that the Amex Express (Amex) service will become a casualty because of the dissolution of the 2M vessel-sharing service MSC had with Maersk in February, were exacerbated by the perception of conflicting statements in the market.
South Africa will dodge 30% tariff bullet - Steenhuisen

1 month ago | freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard

Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has given every indication that last week’s SA-US relationship reset delegation to Washington has done everything it can to dodge the tariff bullet fired by President Donald Trump on April 2. Despite all the noise and drama following Trump’s provocative stunt, when he played an inflammatory video about farm murders in South Africa, Steenhuisen described the trade meeting that was held behind closed doors thereafter as constructive and optimistic.