The Southern Africa Hinterland Territories – Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia – are vital for the continent’s growth. And rail infrastructure development is an important building block to improving trade across this region. This is according to Emmanuel...
Matthew Conroy, trade manager of Maersk Line Southern Africa, discusses the results of the third quarter Maersk Trade Report, which reveals that South African imports and exports are slowing, but pockets of growth are being witnessed in certain...
Maersk Line will reduce its network capacity and postpone investments in new capacity, while the same time reducing operating costs by escalating already announced plans to simplify the organisation. This is according to a press release issued by...
The Maersk Group has purchased 20 000 new containers for global distribution, with the first 170 arriving imminently in South Africa. This in an effort to further invest in the country and the local shipping industry, as well as support the...
The top five companies with regards to fleet capacity expansion for 2014 are Maersk, CMA CGM, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd/CSAV and Evergreen. According to World Maritime News, Maersk had the largest increase with capacity growth of 318 000 TEU, which was an...
The largest ship in the world, the Triple-E, , sets new standards in the container industry, not just for size, but also of energy efficiency and environmental performance. With unique design features for slower speeds and maximum efficiency, this...
As a global company with ships calling at ports in Africa, Europe, the Far East, India and the Americas, Safmarine had not withdrawn any ships from service despite a downturn that has affected most of the industry, Grant Daly, its chief executive,...
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller, longtime shipping magnate, dies at 98 Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller, an immensely rich and powerful Danish businessmen who transformed his family’s shipping company into the world’s largest, died on Monday in Copenhagen. He was...
