Ever since last year’s catastrophic fire destruction at sea of the X-Press Pearl (*), which suffered a nitric acid leak from one of its containers, Hazcheck Detect has fast gained popularity for detecting description deception. We have seen many marine disasters such as catastrophic fires onboard ships, primarily due to misdeclared and undeclared …
Port operations at Cape Town and Durban were continuously interrupted by strong winds, fog, and rain throughout the week, slowing productivity. South Africa’s international air cargo sector volumes increased marginally this week (↑6%) as the domestic sector continues to register healthy volumes despite being ↓3% down this week. As is …
Despite tighter capacity and rising rates, air cargo has become an even more critical part of the supply chain. Instead of the traditional need for Air Freight to handle short-term peaks, companies are relying on it to move products to stores and production lines as congestion in global sea-trade grows …
As we head towards the end of 2021, we encourage you to pre-plan for the Chinese New Year that falls on 1 February 2022. Celebrations traditionally last for 16 days, starting from Chinese New Year’s Eve on 31 January 2022 and culmination with the Lantern Festival on 15 February. As a …
The already strained Air Cargo system that typically struggles to deal with Peak Season will be under even more pressure in the coming months. With multiple flight cancellations already implemented or being implemented due to this new Omicron variant, and what seems to be a knee-jerk reaction by a number …
