Shipping and Freight Review 2020 – the year that was and wasn’t
I am sure many people and companies around the world are glad to see the stern of 2020 as it sails away, hoping for a better 2nd year of the new 20s decade. Globally, 2020 will be long remembered as the year when the world...
Shippers and forwarders claim carriers breach contracts to demand higher rates
As Asia-Europe container spot rates continue to skyrocket, shippers and freight forwarders are accusing carriers of breaching short- and long-term contracts to “charge whatever they want”. In a joint letter to the Competition...
Embracing the future one step at a time
How one manufacturer leveraged its long-term managed transportation relationship to gain access to top-of-the-line transportation management systems, carrier options, realtime cost data and end-to-end supply chain visibility. ...
Rethinking maritime businesses for the digital age: the evolving role of ship agents
Traditionally, a ship agent (as a representative of the owner, the charterer -or both- of a visiting ship), ensures that the essential requirements for a ship visit are arranged and met. Therefore, they have an important monitoring...
Export-led recovery the only solution for SA
South Africa needs to grow its export base if it is to see much-needed economic growth. According to Francois Fouche of Trade Research Advisory, a spin-off company of the North-West University, exports are the catalyst for change in...
Motion of the Ocean -Containers falling off ships while at sea
2019 was quite the year for maritime disasters with ships on fire, containers falling off ships etc.. 2020 seems to be hitting the industry in other ways which could also be considered a kind of maritime disaster. But in what may be...
Straight-through digital processing is the future of logistics technology
The global supply chain and the logistics systems that drive it are in a period of enormous change; this change is only going to accelerate as new technologies transform traditional models and enable new efficiencies and faster...
Road freight operators face a perfect storm
Covid case confirmations, road blocks, cargo-seal shortages, power outages and related issues compromising effective road freight sum up the challenges transporters are facing across the Southern African Development Community (SADC)....
