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Robust debate unveils complexities of resetting South Africa's logistics system
6th December 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Private- and public-sector representatives have, this week, emphasised that there are potential solutions to South Africa's logistics problems and bottlenecks, that funding is limited and that... 


World’s largest car-carrier calls at Durban and PE ports, vessel super-sizing to continue
6th December 2024 By: Irma Venter

The Höegh Aurora, the world’s newly crowned largest car carrier, in November called at both the Durban and Port Elizabeth ports as she makes her way around the world. The Aurora started operations... 


Employee working at a nickel smelter
$5.4tr investment in mining needed by 2035 to meet new energy demand – report
4th December 2024 By: Darren Parker

A new report published by the Future Minerals Forum states that an estimated $5.4-trillion in investments is required by 2035 to meet the growing demand for key materials in the mining and metals... 


IATA reports continued strong air cargo growth in October
4th December 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

The annual growth in air cargo demand in October continued to be strong, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced. (IATA is the representative body for the global airline... 


Political parties react to surprise drop in GDP
Political parties react to surprise drop in GDP
3rd December 2024 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The Democratic Alliance (DA) pointed out that the country’s third quarter GDP performance is impetus to urgently accelerate the economic reforms South Africa needs, with ActionSA saying the... 


Exxaro Financial Director Riaan Koppeschaar.
Global investor sentiment towards South Africa much better in 2024, Exxaro reports
3rd December 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Global investor sentiment towards South Africa improved significantly in 2024, Exxaro FD Riaan Koppeschaar reported on Tuesday, December 3. In a pre-close message for the financial year ending... 


Absa PMI drops back into contractionary territory for Nov
2nd December 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) declined by 4.5 points in November, reverting back to contractionary territory at 48.1 index points. The company says this points to... 


America first, Africa ignored?
29th November 2024 By: Tara O’Connor

After a deluge of truth and lies on social media, reams of print and hours upon hours of speculation in the so-called legacy broadcast media, Donald J Trump has once again made it to the White... 


LNG tanks
Port of Ngqura liquefied natural gas import terminal, South Africa
29th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Transnet National Ports Authority is proposing to build a liquefied natural gas import terminal that will provide natural gas importation infrastructure bulk services. 


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IMF urges South Africa to prioritise ongoing electricity and logistics reform to enhance growth prospects
27th November 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has again urged South Africa to implement its economic reforms “ambitiously”, while arguing for priority to be given to reforms in the electricity and... 


TNPA commemorates seventieth year of a signature lighthouse on KZN coast
25th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) on November 25 celebrated the seventieth anniversary of the Umhlanga Rocks lighthouse, with the State-owned entity first having lit up the structure on... 


Reunert reports year-end financial improvement
22nd November 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Reunert has reported growth in its earnings for the year ended September 30, despite a challenging macroeconomic environment in South Africa. The group’s headline earnings a share... 


AESSEAL: Leading the charge in water-saving for tailings dams
AESSEAL: Leading the charge in water-saving for tailings dams
22nd November 2024

In mining, tailings are piped out of the mine as slurry—a mixture of water and finely crushed rock—and deposited into tailings dams. The slurry separates over time, with solids settling to the... 


Image of the Höegh Aurora at the Port of Durban
World’s largest car-carrier calls at Durban, PE ports; vessel super-sizing to continue
21st November 2024 By: Irma Venter

The Höegh Aurora, the world’s newly crowned largest car carrier, has called at both the Durban and Port Elizabeth ports this month as she makes her way around the world. The Aurora started... 


Image of Thembi Simelane
Govt declares foodborne illnesses a national disaster
21st November 2024 By: Thabi Shomolekae

South Africa’s National Disaster Management Centre has declared foodborne illnesses a national disaster, in response to countrywide sicknesses and deaths, particularly of children, in recent weeks.... 


China’s coal bounty to keep prices in check over peak season
21st November 2024 By: Bloomberg

China’s abundance of coal is likely to forestall power outages and suppress prices, even as the country heads into what’s typically a peak season for consumption. Record supply, from domestic... 


A Maersk vessel
Container shippers hedging green transition with dual-fuel vessel orders
21st November 2024 By: Reuters

Container shipping companies like Maersk, CMA and COSCO have ordered hundreds of new vessels in recent years meant to help their industry's greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions meet rising demand from... 


Potash ore
Kore signs final fixed-price EPC contract for its Kola project
20th November 2024 By: Chanel de Bruyn

Potash development company Kore Potash, which owns 97% of the Kola and DX projects in Congo-Brazzaville, has signed a final engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with PowerChina... 


GFRP Tech
GFRP Tech launches first of its kind manufacturing facility in South Africa
19th November 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) products supplier and manufacturer GFRP Tech has launched the first manufacturing facility of its kind in South Africa, in Linbro Park, Gauteng, for the... 


Heraeus Business Line Hydrogen Systems head Dr Philipp Walter
Far-reaching platinum hydrogen package launched at European Hydrogen Week
18th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

A new brand that offers a comprehensive portfolio of hydrogen application support off a single platinum group metals (PGMs) company base has been launched at the European Hydrogen Week 2024 by... 


iron ore pellets
Iron-ore prices to remain at about $100/t in 2025, BMI says
18th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Market research firm BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, has maintained its 2025 iron-ore price forecast at an average of $100/t, expecting continued downward pressure owing to weak demand stemming... 


Flags at Barloworld's Sandton premises
South Africa’s Barloworld in talks with Saudi Arabia’s Zahid Group
15th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Barloworld is in talks with a group of investors that includes a unit of Saudi Arabia’s Zahid Group about the acquisition of the African distributor of Caterpillar Inc. equipment. The... 


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Port of Mossel Bay’s Quay 4 precinct multipurpose terminal, South Africa
15th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

The Transnet National Ports Authority released a request for information for a multipurpose terminal at the Port of Mossel Bay’s Quay 4 precinct in October 2024. 


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SA mulling new ways to unlock much-needed rail infrastructure investment
15th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Amid existing initiatives to achieve the correct rail access pricing to make it economically viable for private rail operators to invest, provide services and help State-owned transport agency... 


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SA mulling new ways to unlock much-needed rail infrastructure investment
15th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Amid existing initiatives to achieve the correct rail access pricing to make it economically viable for private rail operators to invest, provide services and help State-owned transport agency... 


An image of Barbara Creecy
Upgrade project improves road infrastructure
15th November 2024

Africa’s longest road tunnel, the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 national road in Western Cape, South Africa, will undergo a R4.5-billion construction upgrade project to receive a new 3.9-km section,... 


Sustained investment in transport infrastructure to drive growth and competitiveness – SAICE
13th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Given South Africa's significant infrastructure challenges, sustained investment in transport infrastructure is critical to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life for citizens, says... 


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Digital border transformation important to grow economy, create jobs – Leon Schreiber
13th November 2024 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber noted on Wednesday that the digital transformation of the border environment is an important priority for the Government of National Unity to be able to grow... 


India thermal coal imports fall at fastest pace in 15 months
12th November 2024 By: Reuters

India's imports of thermal coal plunged by about a third on an annual basis in October, according to data analytics firms Bigmint and Kpler, due to slowing power generation and higher clean energy... 


Port of Durban
Transaction adviser to validate strategy for Port of Durban’s liquid-bulk hub
11th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has appointed Zutari as the transaction adviser at the Island View precinct, the Port of Durban’s fuels and chemicals hub through which about... 


A rail line
'Clear vision' for logistics reform encouraging – Mavuso
11th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

“The clarity of vision” provided by Transport Minister Barbara Creecy on what success in terms of logistics reforms looks like and what needs to be done to make progress in dealing with the... 


The MSC Euribia
MSC Euribia arrives at Port of Durban, kicking off the port's cruise season
11th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Cruise company MSC Cruises vessel the MSC Euribia arrived at the Port of Durban's Nelson Mandela Cruise Terminal on November 8, starting the port's cruise season, port agency Transnet National... 


The SH Diana
TNPA welcomes SH Diana, kicking off Port of Richards Bay cruise season
8th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned ports management agency Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) welcomed the British cruise line Swan Hellenic (SH) Diana passenger vessel to its shores through a strategic partnership... 


Soldier in Mozambique
SAAFF bemoans lethargic SADC's failure to stop Moz conflicts impacting regional economy
8th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

With more than 500 000 people having been displaced and 5 785 having died over the last seven years as conflict wages in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, Southern Africa Association of Freight... 


Battery Energy Storage Systems
Battery Energy Storage Systems: Future-proofing your business
8th November 2024

As energy demands continue to soar globally, South African businesses must make critical decisions to secure their future energy needs. The integration of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) with... 


tugboat
TNPA issues RfI for tugboat clean fuels pilot project
6th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has published a request for information (RfI) for a strategic pilot project to use green and cleaner fuels for its selected diesel-operated... 


Suez Canal Economic Zone set for rapid expansion – chairperson
6th November 2024 By: Reuters

Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCEZ) has invested $3-billion on infrastructure over the past few years and has plans to invest a similar amount over the next few years as it works to attract... 


Former Sasol, RBPlat CFO Hanré Rossouw
Former Sasol, Royal Bafokeng Platinum CFO now leading Madagascar graphite advance
1st November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

As the new president and CEO of the Canada-listed NextSource Materials – which is chaired by former South African mining luminary and one-time Eskom finance director Sir Mick Davis – the ex-Sasol... 


Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana
Business welcomes pragmatic MTBPS but maintains public service should be downsized
31st October 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Business, academia and industry associations have welcomed the reforms highlighted in the 2024 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on October... 


Tormin mine operations on South Africa's West Coast
Turnaround efforts in full swing at MSR’s Tormin mine in the Western Cape
29th October 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

South Africa-focused Mineral Sands Resources (MSR) will, in a month’s time, publish a business rescue plan for the Tormin mine, in the Western Cape. Shareholders will then, on December 13, vote... 


World Odyssey cruise liner
TNPA expecting 268 passenger liners this cruise season
28th October 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

The docking of the World Odyssey at the Port of Cape Town signifies the beginning of South Africa’s cruise season, which will see the docking and sailing of 268 passenger liners at the commercial... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa wants 250Mt of freight moved by rail by 2029, as he notes progress in the sector
28th October 2024 By: Sashnee Moodley

The seventh administration aims to push rail as the “backbone of transport” in the country, with President Cyril Ramaphosa urging that rail lines transport at least 250-million tonnes of freight a... 


Are You Ready to Shape the Future of Regional Connectivity? Join Us as a Speaker at the Transport Evolution Africa Forum & Expo 2025
28th October 2024

In an era of rapid globalisation and expanding trade, Africa stands at a critical juncture where the development of transport and logistics infrastructure will significantly shape its economic... 


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