Lumber seized in Mozambique
NewsMore than 100 containers containing illicit lumber have been seized at Inchope, where Mozambique’s first inland container terminal is bein...
Multimodal TIR move "beats all"
NewsThe IRU has reported that a TIR customs transit move on a corridor between Slovenia and Iran demonstrated a five-day saving compared to all-...
ITF targets DP World
NewsITF makes "raising global standards at DP World a priority." The transport workers' union confederation is also stepping up its rhetoric aga...
Levi Jeans in the wrong spotlight
NewsThe International Labour Organisation (ILO) is to investigate the Malagasy government over the dismissal of 43 employees at the Madagasque P...
Antwerp Saeftinghedok – further setback
NewsBelgium’s supreme national body, the Council of State (Raad van State) has annulled what was left of the (Town and Country Planning) plan ...
Eimskip/Nor Lines deal blocked
NewsThe Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA) has prohibited the proposed acquisition of Nor Lines by Icelandic group Eimskip....
Ust-Luga port director arrested
NewsTASS has reported that the Dzerzhinsky district court of Saint Petersburg has ordered the arrest of Valeriy Izraylit, Chairman of the Board ...
Uganda in tariff appeal
NewsThe Uganda Clearing Industry and Forwarding Association (UCIFA) has asked Tanzania to reduce transit charges for its traders passing through...
Antwerp Saeftinghedok plan rejected
NewsBelgium’s supreme national body, the Council of State (Raad van State) has annulled most of the (Town and Country Planning) plan for the S...
Trouble at the top in Russia
NewsLeading businessmen with close ties to Russian ports are involved in bitter legal disputes...
Port of Antwerp in Katoen Natie spat
NewsAntwerp port authority has "straight batted" an announcement by port operator and logistics company Katoen Natie that it has secured a 25-ha...
Jamaica sets outs SOLAS weighing guidelines
NewsThe Maritime Authority of Jamaica has presented guidlenes to major players in the industry to make sure the country is prepared for the new ...
VAT blamed for trade drop at Dar
NewsAccording to reports in Tanzania, the introduction of VAT on transit goods has greatly reduced the volume of transit business at the Port of...
Renewed violence in Mozambique
NewsFreight conveys have again come under attack on the main north-south highway in Mozambique...
Wallonia protests road tolls "disorder"
NewsBelgium's Wallonia region has proposed that Satellic, the private Belgian consortium managing the road toll project, should be fined €275,...