South African Airways (SAA) today joined the world’s first internationally benchmarked and transparent carbon offset programme, giving its passengers the opportunity to make voluntary contributions in the global effort to offset the effects of...
The maritime industry in Africa may see a ‘maritime development bank’ be introduced to assist in financing the industry. One of the outcomes of the African Maritime Administrations and Ship Registrars’ conference in Mombasa was that the...
Rising costs hurt domestic operators. SAA has provided no guarantee that its latest bail out package of R5bn will not be used to prop up operations in the domestic market. This is precisely the concern of other local airlines forced to operate in...
The ongoing strike by truck drivers, which is holding South Africa at ransom, may now bleed into other transport sectors. The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) says the strike action may be expanded into the ports and rail...
