Eugene Goddard
Editor at Freight News
Editor of supply chain & logistics portal Freight News, contributor to Taalgenoot (ATKV quarterly), freelance travel writer (ex-Business Day), & photographer.
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1 day ago |
freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard
South Africa’s Copperbelt cargo transit on the N11 has seen a strong return of volume ever since the Groblersbrug Border Post with Botswana was closed for most of April after heavy rain caused the Limpopo River to burst its banks. The collapse of Customs services and closure of the all-important logistical link forced long-distance hauliers to divert through the southern border of Kopfontein, which is generally used for same-day supply chain on the R49 towards Gaborone.
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2 days ago |
freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard
South Africa’s logistics and supply chain industry is still waiting to learn more about wind ferocity and gusting patterns affecting freight movement in Table Bay following academic research, the findings of which Transnet National Port Authority (TNPA) is said to be aware of.
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1 week ago |
freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard
The sudden scrapping of a convenient cost-saving visa-free arrangement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zimbabwe has added significant expense to over-border hauliers serving Copperbelt interests in Haut Katanga Province. According to a spokesperson for the regional road freight industry’s Transit Assistance Bureau (Transist), it’s been about two weeks since transporters were informed that Zimbabwean drivers had to apply for work visas to operate in the DRC.
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1 week ago |
freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard
The perceived lack of border harmonisation at crucial transits required for regional road freight transport is once again on display on the R49 into Botswana, where in-transit cargo carriers are queueing for up to five kilometres at the Groblersbrug crossing. But this time the problem is not with South Africa or the Border Management Authority (BMA).
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1 week ago |
freightnews.co.za | Eugene Goddard
As trade relations between China and the US deteriorate amid ongoing high-stakes tariff chess, it’s necessary to keep a cool head and a close watch on what’s really happening, economist Azza Al Habsi has said.
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N4 SA-Moz border update: the situation at South Africa's #Lebombo Border Post keeps changing because of what's happening at #Ressano Garcia. Stay up to date with the latest #news re #post-election unrest in #Mozambique. @FRELIMO_ @DIRCO_ZA
South Africa’s Lebombo Border Post to the Port of Maputo remains unofficially closed to traffic on the morning of 14 November because of post-election unrest at the Ressano Border Post in Mozambique. #logistics
RT @elonmusk: Interesting https://t.co/61G9RKibAY
