Our main competitor on the African continent is Nigeria. South Africa ranks top among upper middle-income economies in a World Bank survey that measures how efficiently countries trade. South Africa is also the highest ranked African country,...
Last night (Monday, 14 May), the Lawhill Maritime Studies programme – a South African educational programme wholly-funded by the shipping industry and pioneered by shipping line Safmarine – won the international Seatrade ‘Investment in People’...
In 2011 SARS replaced its Manifest Acquittal system (MAS) with a revised Automated Cargo Management (ACM) System as part of a far-reaching Customs Modernisation Programme. Interactions between SARS, industry representative bodies, road hauliers,...
The Japanese fishing vessel, the Eihatsu Maru, which ran aground at Clifton’s First Beach during heavy fog on Saturday, has become an issue of national importance. So says South Africa’s Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) after the second attempt to...
