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The Walvis Bay Corridor is witnessing a surge in cargo volumes as mineral production in Zambia’s Copperbelt expands, bolstered by investments in new mining ventures. View Latest Feature – The Copperbelt– Click here! According to Mbahupu Hippy Tjivikua,...

Exploration and expansion of new and existing mining operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia could see copper production in the two countries reach seven million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) by 2030 — an increase of nearly three...

Stolen copper cathodes valued at about R6 million were seized by the South African Police Service (Saps) during an operation on March 28 targeting a suspected truck-hijacking syndicate operating from a farm in Ventersdorp in North West Province. During...

Cross-border transporters required to enter Zimbabwe are fearful of the situation in that country, where a sense of eerie quiet characterised the domestic mood on Monday morning, March 31. It follows growing dissatisfaction with the government of President...

Two  more long-distance drivers died, and a bystander was attacked by a  lion-in-transit in separate incidents involving dangerous logistics and  negligent cargo control in the Copperbelt area of Zambia and the  Democratic Republic...

Seaborne traffic across all shipping segments sailing around South Africa has risen by a remarkable 53% in the past three months as the world witnesses a sea change to the global liner trade map. This finding was based on exclusive data compiled by the...

South Africa’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Patel. Source: Guillem Sartorio, AFP. The United States has reached a preliminary agreement with African nations to extend their preferential trade access to the US by another decade...

Efforts by Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) to ramp up coal loads delivered to the Port of Richards Bay remain doubtful following Sunday morning’s rail freight collision between two trains near Elubana, less than 50 kilometres from the port. TPT’s bulk line...

A truck fire that could possibly have been prevented at the Kasumbalesa Border Post between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, spread to two other trucks and completely gutted all three. According to Mike Fitzmaurice of the Federation of...

Cabinet has approved the Freight Logistics Roadmap to stabilise and improve the operational performance of Transnet’s freight rail network, which is posing a severe constraint to the handling of exports. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing on...