South African logistics group Transnet may only move around 68 million tonnes of coal for export this financial year despite an expanded rail capacity as producers limit exports due to […]
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Planned port tariff increase ‘will erode export competitiveness’
Plans by Transnet’s National Ports Authority to apply for a tariff hike in the next financial year would further erode the competitiveness of South Africa’s exports, the local unit of […]
East African economic outlook
Report Paints a Gloomy outlook for Kenya….. According to the African Economic Outlook (AEO) report of 2012, East African countries will realize a decline in GDP at 5% in 2012 […]
Informal traders need support
Rwanda - Informal traders involved in cross-border trade have expressed their concern with high cost of transport and limited access to financing which is making doing business increasingly difficult. Traders […]
Transnet to look into high port cargo charges
Complaints from the motor manufacturing industry regarding the high price of port cargo charges has prompted Transnet to take another look at their business model and possibly make changes to […]
Fixing truck jams in East and West Africa
Regulations, cartels and crumbling infrastructure raise the cost and delivery times of imports and exports across the continent. New railway plans will help to bring more competition to the transport […]
SA’s trade deficit rises
South Africa’s trade deficit for July 2012 increased by R1bn to R6.7bn, the SA Revenue Service (Sars) said on Friday. Exports in July increased by 2.9% (R1.8bn) to R63.5bn. A […]
Sustainable corridor management in focus
A report on the Sustainable Corridor Management Institutions workshop, held in Walvis Bay from 2to 4July 2012, by Barney Curtis. It was agreed, some years previously, that corridor management institutions […]
In electrifying company
Pi Shurlok, a Proudly South African automotive electronics company, is an absolute gem of a company. Nestled near the Natal Midlands, Pietermaritzburg is home to high-tech company Pi Shurlok, perhaps […]
Transnet forging ahead with infrastructure programme
Despite a softening of cargo categories, Transnet is going ahead with its infrastructure build programme. “In the earlier months of the current financial year, we have seen a softening particularly […]