The ‘two-speed’ recovery from Covid-19 topped the agenda when heads of international development institutions joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the uneven global economic recovery, access to vaccines, and strategies to drive a recovery from the...
To help ease the scarcity of empty containers, Hapag-Lloyd has ordered another 75 000 TEU dry boxes. The containers will be manufactured in China and delivered within the fourth quarter of 2021. This brings the line’s total investment in containers since the...
More than a week since cargo processing issues at the Beitbridge Border Post resulted in truck queues stretching south for kilometres, the situation seems nowhere near being resolved. Yesterday a social media truckers’ site advised drivers to stock up on basic...
Carriers are no less reliable – but they’re also no better. That’s the finding of the latest survey undertaken by maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence. Its Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, which includes figures up to and including July, reveals that...
South African Airways (SAA) has announced that it expects to resume operations on the Johannesburg-Cape Town route and other African destinations on September 23. The carrier has not taken to the skies since early last year, partly due to the advent of the Covid-19...
AP Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s biggest container shipping line, was expected to make around $4.5 billion in operating profit in 2021, according to estimates at the start of the year by the financial analysts who follow the company. Their estimates have turned out...
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