The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) , a private-public partnership (PPP) established in 2000, is on a mission to make Namibia the new gateway into the SADC region as Tristan […]
Archive | Cross border
Nineteen Ethiopians suffocate in Zambia truck
The bodies of nineteen Ethiopians who suffocated in the back of a Zambian container truck were discovered earlier this week by authorities in the south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a […]
Cross-border waiting times
As the above video shows, a major issue for cross-border transporters are delays and congestion at the border posts. The below table, provided to us by Globaltrack, reveals the average […]
Modernisation and the new Customs Act
A presentation by Mr Beyers Theron (Executive: Customs Modernisation Strategy and Design: South African Revenue Services) at the Transport Forum special interest group proudly hosted by T-Systems SA (Pty)Ltd in […]
Transport route assessment Africa
Presented by James Buys from Sasol, at the Transportation of dangerous goods seminar, held at the Sunnyside park Hotel in Johannesburg on 22 September 2015.
Mozambique railway developments
A presentation by Ilidio Matola: Director, Strategic Planning and Business Development, CFM delivered during the MCLI Stakeholder Forum in Nelspruit, South Africa on 22 July 2015. The presentation describes the […]
The Northern Corridor of East Africa
The Northern Corridor anchored by the port of Mombasa in Kenya, and the Central Corridor, anchored by the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, are principal and crucial transport […]
The deal on the Tripartite FreeTrade Area
The deal on the Tripartite FreeTrade Area - it’s formal name - will integrate three existing blocs in East Africa, in Eastern and Southern Africa and the bloc that South […]
Where liability begins and ends
Liability affects everyone in the import chain, but it’s something about which some parties in this chain are oblivious. *By Hester Hopkins. Liability is defined as an obligation, responsibility, or […]
Africa to benefit from free trade area
It was recently announced that negotiations around the establishment of a single free trade area - spanning across 26 nations in Africa, also known as the Tripartite Free Trade Area […]