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Iata identifies four priority areas for ground handling

5 days ago | freightnews.co.za | Liesl Venter

The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has outlined four strategic priorities to strengthen global ground handling operations: embedding safety into every aspect of the process, driving global standardisation, enhancing baggage operations and building a sustainable and inclusive future. “Ground handling is essential for aviation. It ensures safety and enables efficiency,” said Monika Mejstrikova, Iata’s director of ground operations.
Durban port faces strong competition from Maputo

5 days ago | freightnews.co.za | Ed Richardson

Durban and Richards Bay are among the two busiest ports in Africa – Durban for containers and Richards Bay for bulk. In 2024, Durban Container Terminal (DCT) handled a total of 2 650 419 twenty-foot containers – well below its combined design capacity of 3.6 million TEUs.Africa’s busiest port, Tanger Med in Morocco, handled 10.24 million TEUs in 2024. Closer to home, Mombasa reported a record two million TEUs in 2024.
Warehousing constraints call for innovation

6 days ago | freightnews.co.za | Liesl Venter |Ian Foster

Walvis Bay Stevedoring is stepping up its game with significant investments in equipment, workforce development and forward-thinking solutions. According to general manager Ian Foster, the growing activity at the Port of Walvis Bay – driven by rising cargo volumes and a diversification of freight – has prompted the company to adapt quickly to maintain its competitive edge.
SA ports have what it takes to meet export demand - Transnet

1 week 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.
Port of Lüderitz's infrastructure under significant strain

1 week ago | freightnews.co.za | Liesl Venter

As Namibia moves closer to final investment decisions in its promising oil and gas sector, the urgency to fast-track infrastructure development in Lüderitz is growing. According to Nico Oberholzer, executive of iLogistics Lüderitz, the port infrastructure is currently under significant strain, with increased volumes of oil and gas cargo, bulk and infrastructure project cargoes.
DRC-Walvis Bay trade route in development

1 week ago | freightnews.co.za | Liesl Venter

The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) is actively engaging with developers on a major new trade route that will link Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Walvis Bay in Namibia, bypassing the heavily congested Copperbelt region and the overburdened Kasumbalesa border post.
MSC confirms weekly continuation of SA-US direct sailings

1 week 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 week 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.
RIT issue underscores need for harmonisation

1 week ago | freightnews.co.za | Liesl Venter

The Namibia Logistics Association (NLA) has raised concerns over a decision by Botswana that no longer allows one consignment note for trucks transiting the country.While authorities are currently working through the issue and its fallout, Harold Schmidt, secretary general of the NLA, said it highlighted a broader concern – the need for harmonisation and consistency on regional corridors.In November last year, the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (Burs) introduced a new in-transit cargo...
Presidency takes over oil and gas oversight in Namibia

2 weeks ago | freightnews.co.za | Liesl Venter

Excitement is at an all-time high in Namibia as the country ushers in a new chapter under its first female president. In one of her first acts in office, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah moved oversight of the oil and gas industry directly into the Presidency – a bold move that signals just how central the sector will be to her administration’s agenda.