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As this issue went to press on Monday morning, the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union had applied to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration for permission to expand the strike to ports and railways.

On Sunday (October 7), Transnet issued a statement saying that it had been served with a notice of a strike by Satawu “in a week’s time”.

“We are considering the notice and will activate our contingency measures to ensure minimal disruptions should the action materialise,” Transnet’s statement said.

Satawu was scheduled to meet again with freight bosses on Tuesday (October 9), but it said the one-day sympathy strike from port and rail workers would forge ahead.

The transport strike by 20 000 truck drivers nationwide is now in its third week. The strike action has been marred by violence and intimidation, and companies from various sectors have

now declared force majeure because of disrupted supplies due to the truck strike. Oil giant Shell is among these companies, unable to honour its fuel contracts around Johannesburg, while some coal companies and chrome companies also declared force majeure as supplies dried up.

There are also fears that Eskom could be left vulnerable if the transport strike continues, especially since some coal companies have already declared force majeure.

Some hold-ups in food supply deliveries have also been reported.

However, companies have so far been managing, working out alternate delivery routes, but they said constricted truck access had definitely affected everyone.

“Everyone is struggling,” David Nel, CEO of Strategic Natural Resources, said. His company owns an anthracite and thermal coal mine in the Eastern Cape. It exports its product through Richards Bay terminal and East

London port. “So far the impact

from the strike has not been unmanageable, albeit challenging. But if the rumours are true about the strike expanding to ports and rail, then all of this is spiralling out of control,” Nel said.

He added that port closures would be damaging to business and South Africa as a whole.

However, a possible positive for exporters in South Africa is that the strike turmoil is weakening the rand currency. In general terms this bodes well for exporters, except if industries are completely unable to export.

“There’s nothing positive about the flow of imports and exports being under threat,” a producer source said. “If these strikes spread to the ports, South Africa will be crippled. No-one will benefit from this.”

Already economists have calculated that the strikes since the start of August –

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Regional partnerships are key if South Africa’s state-owned enterprises (SoEs) are to expand their customer base and increase revenue.

Speaking at the monthly Transport Forum in Johannesburg last week, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said partnerships between African countries was a sure way to extend revenue streams, while it also allowed for the important transfer of skills.

Gigaba last week led the first trade mission of its kind to Ghana with South African Airways (SAA), South African Express, Broadband Infraco, Transnet and Denel to seek regional partnerships that would allow for much-needed growth for the countries’ SoEs.

“We need more intra-regional trade and by partnering with other African countries we can

achieve this while also expanding the revenue stream of our SoEs,” he said.

Gigaba, however, warned that it was uncharted territory and did not come without risk.

“Should we however succeed, the entry into other African countries could set a precedent for SoEs to become instruments of continental development beyond our national boundaries,” he said.

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WCO’s 179th MemberThe World Customs Organisation (WCO) has announced that the Federal Republic of Somalia became its 179th member on 4 October 2012.

Namibia’s Customs ReformThe Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, visited Windhoek, Namibia on October 1-2 where he met Customs management and political leaders to discuss Customs modernisation and its contribution to economic development.

Mikuriya took the opportunity to pay a courtesy call to the executive secretary of the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu), Tswelopele Cornelia Moremi, with whom he signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2009. Moremi explained the ongoing transformation of Sacu and its new focus on trade facilitation.

Trade Department BursariesThe Department of Trade and

Industry (the dti) has extended an invitation to all future students to apply for under-graduate bursary opportunities to further their studies.

The fields of study include BCom Economics, BCom Econometrics, BCom Statistics, BCom Economics and Econometrics, and BCom Economics and Statistics.

Bursary applications close on 31 October 2012.

WCO Receives Pharaohs TariffThe Director General of Egyptian Customs, Mohamed Elalhawy, on 27 September 2012, presented the Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, with a colour papyrus copy of the Customs tariff applied in Egypt during the time of the Pharaohs some 2 000 years BC. The original tablet can be found in a museum in Egypt.

The papyrus will be displayed at WCO headquarters.

Rule AmendmentsComments in respect of draft amendments of the General

System of Preferences (GSP) for the European Union (EU) and Norway, published by the South African Revenue Service (Sars), are due by 15 October 2012.

The amendments include (i) Draft Notice for EU GSP, (ii) Form DA46A.03 – Application for Certificate of Origin Form A; (iii) DA46A.04 – Declaration by Producer; (iv) DA49A.01 – Supplier’s Declaration Form, (v) Form DA185, (vi) Form DA185.4A2, (vii) Form DA185.4A7., and (viii) A Draft notice for Norway GSP.

Background documents for the EU were also published, namely (i) Commission Regulation (EEC) No.2454/93, (ii) Commission Regulation (EU) No.1063/2010, (iii) Council Regulation (EC) No.732/2008, (iv) Regulation (EU) No.512/2011, and (v) A Guide for Users.

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Transnet’s plans to build a dig-out port south of Durban may be jeopardised since eThekwini Municipality is considering allocating the site to an airport operator.

Transnet said it had not been approached about the matter.

“The old Durban International Airport site has been decommissioned as an airport.

Transnet has not had discussions with anyone regarding the use of the site for aviation purposes,” Mboniso Sigonyela, spokesman for Transnet SOC, said.

Transnet wants the site for its multi-billion rand dig-out port,

one of two dig-out sites earmarked by Transnet to expand Durban’s port over the next 50 years to accommodate increased container traffic. The other dig-out site is at Bayhead.

Now eThekwini Municipality is considering moving the Virginia Airport operators to the old airport site to accommodate overflow from King Shaka International Airport.

The municipality intends to meet with Transnet to discuss possible relocation, according to a report in the Mercury newspaper.

Virginia Airport operators have lived with uncertainty since the start of the year when the municipality notified them that leases would operate on a month-to-month basis.

At the same time the south Durban residents have been opposing plans by the municipality to build an expanded port facility to cope with increased freight traffic from the Durban port expansion.

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4PL.GROUP has established a new forwarding and clearing division – 4PL Clearing & Forwarding – headed up by well-known industry personality Mark Gunther.

The company, which specialises in supply chain solutions for the bulk industry in Southern Africa, previously outsourced its forwarding and clearing to third party suppliers.

But increased customer demand for an in-house service prompted the development of the new business unit.

“While the new division will allow the company to actively service its internal customers, it will also enable it to grow this part of the business, with a strong focus on Southern Africa,” said Brendan Pearson, 4PL.GROUP group managing director.

“We also aim to target project-related work, particularly in the infrastructure sector.”

Gunther previously headed up Bidvest’s freight management solutions business, Manica, and was with the company for 20 years.

“Our goal is to use the division as a platform to forge inroads into countries north

of our borders,” Gunther told FTW. “4PL has been operating in a few of these countries for some time, but we really hope the new business will spearhead a quantum shift for us in terms of our presence in Africa,” he said.

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Bulk and breakbulk terminals have had no choice but to branch out into other avenues of business as the world has continued to embrace the container.

According to Peter Fortune, key account manager for the Agri Roro terminal at the Port of Cape Town, bulk and breakbulk volumes have continued to decline over the past few years.

“To ensure that our terminal remains viable, it has become essential for us to increase our service offering to container shipping lines, as bulk and breakbulk cargo volumes can become erratic, due to the ever-changing agricultural hinterland that we serve. A lot more cargo is being packed in containers rather than

being shipped in bulk or breakbulk,” he said.

While the terminal requires that all bulk and breakbulk vessels be fully geared, it has acquired a new mobile crane, set to be delivered in December this year. This will replace an existing older crane, and will serve its container side of the business.

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On October 1 Premier Freight was officially rebranded Sasfin Premier Logistics.

This follows the 100% acquisition of the company by Sasfin earlier this year. Sasfin Premier Logistics, headed up by CEO Peter Ehrenreich, now operates as a subsidiary of the Sasfin Group.

In its 35-year existence, Sasfin Premier Logistics has evolved into a full service logistics company, offering start-to-finish solutions to importers and exporters. These go beyond the movement of cargo to encompass financial solutions as part of a holistic freight management programme.”

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The issue of mandatory legislation on container weight verification has once again stalled following discussions last week.

The outcome of the IMO’s 17th Session of the Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers Sub-committee (DSC/17) in London last week was not conclusive in terms of agreeing definitive changes in international law relating to the verification of container weights.

Following what the British International Freight Association has described as “frustrating delays”, TT Club is urging all parties to redouble efforts to formulate an acceptable global regulation on container weight verification.

According to Bifa, the insurer has urged all those involved in container operations to prepare for regulatory change

All sides of the argument recognise that weight misdeclaration has been identified in a

number of high-profile cases, such as ‘MSC Napoli’, ‘Riverdance’ and ‘Husky Racer’, yet the debate continues, says Bifa.

However, TT Club believes that valuable progress was made leading to the recommendation to amend SOLAS (the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea) to require that freight containers should not be loaded on board a ship without a verified weight.

The detail of how this is to be achieved will now be considered by a correspondence group of IMO members, which is tasked with confirming the necessary amendments to SOLAS along with comprehensive guidelines, to be submitted to the next DSC meeting in September next year.

The guidelines will resolve how the revised regulations can be enforced in every containerised situation, including the least sophisticated operations.

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New lock chambers that will enable post-Panamax vessels to use the Panama Canal are being fitted from February 2013.

Geodis Wilson has been awarded a US$50-million contract by steel manufacturer Cimolai to manage the transport of 16 lock gates for the expansion of the Panama Canal, according to Pierre Blayau, chairman and chief executive officer of the Geodis Group.

The first four of the more than 4 000-ton gates will

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The project is scheduled for completion in December 2013.

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The now rather long-standing Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) system is still very much in limbo.

And, according to Gavin Kelly, technical and operations manager of the Road Freight Association (RFA), it is not going to be implemented any time soon.

“The infrastructure – both local at municipal level, and nationally – just doesn’t exist,” he told FTW. “And Aarto is taking a bit of a bashing.”

The RFA’s interaction with the government’s Road Traffic Infringements Agency (RTIA) – established a year ago to help enforce the new traffic violations regime and which published an Aarto document for public discussion – is still grinding on rather tediously.

“We’ve gone backward and forward commenting on that document,” said Kelly. “In

July we tabled a number of points with them, and we’ll probably be at the table again this month.”

But any conclusion to these discussions, he added, is likely to be some considerable way off.

Meantime, the RTIA has also been facing a barrage

of flak, including serious criticism from the auditor-general.

Commentators said it was set up in such haste that it is now a shambles and received a disclaimer from the auditor-

general – the worst possible audit outcome.

The agency admitted to Parliament’s spending watchdog, the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa), that it lacked adequate capacity to manage its finances properly when it became operational.

MPs slammed its poor financial controls, which were so bad that it could not provide the auditor-general with sufficient audit documentation for him to form an opinion on the accuracy of its financial statements.

In response, Japh Chuwe, the acting registrar of the agency, said it was not entirely to blame.

He said some of the information used in setting up the agency had been obtained from the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) when the agency took over functions from the RTMC. It had inherited all

the figures and information, Chuwe said, and the corporation was partly to blame for the poor record-keeping that had resulted in the disclaimer.

Deputy transport minister, Jeremy Cronin, acknowledged that poor systems had been in place at the time the agency was established, and during its operations over the past year.

“The criticism is noted and it is probably accurate,” Cronin said. However, he added, the agency would “take responsibility” for the lack of systems and the questionable figures.

And if any of you – after Aarto was rolled out in a pilot phase in Tshwane, the City of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni in 2008, 10 years after the law was enacted – expected that it was likely to come into being soon you are likely to be disappointed, or delighted, depending on your attitude to the proposed Aarto system.

Part of the bashing that Kelly referred to has come from the SA Local Government Association (Salga), which represented the municipalities that were supposed to implement the new scheme.

It resolved at its national conference to ask the Department of Transport to scrap Aarto “due to the fact that it is not functioning and its negative impact on municipal revenue”.

It pointed out that, in the Aarto pilot scheme, the City of Joburg lost R150 million and Tshwane R40m in income from fines, while potential losses for Ekurhuleni were estimated at R50m.

At the same time, a Salga document discussed in Parliament stated: “The implementation of Aarto was a decision taken by a national agency and imposed on municipalities without any impact assessment undertaken.”

Aarto remains in limboScheme gets a bashing from several quarters

‘Financial control at Road Traffic Infringements Agency so bad that it could not provide the auditor-general with sufficient audit documentation for him to form an opinion.’

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By Adele Mackenzie

Great opportunities are there for the taking for staff with the right skills set.

Individuals with sound customs knowledge and experience, those with food and wine export experience, and sales executives who can substantially boost the industry’s bottom line are still in short supply, according to Kim Botti, director at Lee Botti & Associates.

“With the substantial changes in customs processes, those individuals who can close the knowledge and experience gap are highly sought-after,” she told FTW. “We’ve also seen a lot of job opportunities for the food and wine industry coming through our Cape Town office. And with companies feeling the economic pinch and having to focus on bringing in new business, sales executives are in high demand.”

Botti says that as companies focus on keeping expenses down, there has been a decrease in training programmes previously provided. When recruiting, organisations seek qualified and skilled staff to jump into the role right away. “Clients still want candidates with working experience and not just a formal qualification, which is why we continue to emphasise the importance of candidates doing at least six months of in-service training at a company to complement their studies.”

The knock-on effects of the world-wide recession are slowly creeping up on the South African job market now, but there are still opportunities to be had for highly skilled staff, she added.

“We have seen many changes in the freight and shipping industry this year. This includes a number of acquisitions which seem to

have resulted in an over-count of heads for various organisations, causing a shift in staff internally – or further retrenchments – as companies try to save costs.”

Botti has also seen a drop in the number of vacancies which seems to be attributed to natural attrition within companies.

‘Skilled staff still in short supply’

Bridging the skills gap… Kim Botti. Photo: Shannon Van Zyl

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There are significant skills gaps in the freight forwarding industry and these need to be urgently addressed to ensure higher standards of service across the board. To that end, Metro Minds has introduced several new up-skilling initiatives.

Director Juliette Fourie says it is not simply the basic literacy, numeracy, computer skills and general soft skills that are a “big question mark” for most entrants to the industry. She believes there is a wealth of knowledge in the industry but it is often highly specialised and these specialists are limited in their expertise and knowledge of the industry as a whole.

“The lack of knowledge across the full spectrum of freight forwarding, customs brokerage and supply chain becomes a big challenge when dealing with traders needing solutions over and above the transactions of shipments from A to B. Sales teams across the industry lack certain basic operational knowledge and it’s difficult for them to then seal a deal.” Furthermore, Fourie says employers in the sector need to understand that there are “huge benefits” around the training and

up-skilling of employees. Among the company’s

up-skilling initiatives is its investment in a 10-station computer training room. In partnership with an accredited Microsoft Office and Seta provider, Metro Minds now offers computer training in Johannesburg.

It has also introduced a bridging programme – Wise Minds – focusing on the small, yet significant, skills. It is designed to provide school-leavers with the necessary tools and skills needed to enter the workplace.

The company is also currently working on the accreditation of four more qualifications and learnerships in the project management, freight handling, management and business arena.

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Juliette Fourie … several new up-skilling initiatives.

By Liesl Venter

Addressing Africa’s unique railway challenges remains the primary goal of the annual Southern African Railways Association (Sara) conference.

Taking place in November in Maputo in Mozambique, the conference will bring stakeholders together in an

effort to move Southern Africa towards a more integrated regional rail system, according to Sara’s president Rosário Mualeia.

“The conference is to promote development, growth and integration of the rail transport industry in support of the regional development agenda. This will enable railways to offer innovative solutions

that address service demands for clients and positively contribute to regional competitiveness,” he said.

According to Mualeia the rapid economic growth in several SADC countries, especially in the mining industry, is putting pressure on the rail transport industry to provide bulk transportation solutions.

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As part of its commitment to closing all skills gaps for customs administrations and the private sector, Global Maritime Learning Solutions embarked on several initiatives during 2011 and 2012.

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He adds that while the small- to medium-sized companies have been quiet on the job front, the outlook from the bigger players remains positive despite challenges such as ever-increasing fuel prices and escalating charges. “There has, however been huge demand for skills from Africa, which I’m sure will impact us going forward.”

One of the greatest challenges in the sector is that it is becoming

increasingly difficult to find good clearing and forwarding sales executives with solid, proven and stable track records, coupled with realistic salary expectations, according to Steffens. He says some of the global companies have started offering opportunities for graduates to move into sales jobs in the clearing and forwarding sector. “Communicate Personnel, as part of the Advtech group, has an education division that owns educational institutions from which we are able to draw the top achieving graduates interested in these exciting opportunities.”

The skills shortage can potentially be addressed by numerous South African applicants that are returning from Europe and the United Kingdom, wanting to return home because of the economic fall-out there,

adds Steffens. “We have unfortunately not been able to assist all of them, although they do have good skills, but the fact that they are often not familiar with the changing SA Customs and Excise laws, or their lack of geographical knowledge and lack of existing clients from a sales perspective, does hamper their chances in certain instances.”

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delegates at the Word Customs Organisation (WCO) PICARD 2012 Conference held in Morocco during September, which provided an open channel for improved co-operation between the global customs professionals,

academic partners and other stakeholders responsible for building capacity within the customs field. The address highlighted his recent findings whilst doing a European Union research study on Accredited Customs Training Programmes in the SADC region.

Forging closer international ties …. Managing director of GMLS, Mark Goodger, is pictured with the World Customs Organisation secretary general, Kunio Mikuriya, at a recent conference in Morocco.

By Adele Mackenzie

Due to a current shortage of skilled staff, the shipping industry is one of the few where staff are able to move up the ladder to success very rapidly, says Jacqui Merrington, founder and managing director of School of Shipping (SoS).

“The world of shipping appeals to many people because of its diversity – international trade, freight forwarding, importing, exporting, dangerous goods, perishable goods, wine exporting and many other activities. The learner is taught about the procedures and documentation, and our available training

covers many of the scarce and critical skills identified by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA),” adds Merrington.

She says SoS’s adult tuition is specifically related to shore-based shipping practice and

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a range of shipping functions across the full spectrum of the industry. And it is not aimed only at school leavers but at those who are employed in the industry and require a formal certificate. “Many young entrepreneurs have completed these courses too and found success in the market place,” adds Merrington.

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Projects in Africa are thriving, creating many job opportunities for staff skilled in exports, with attractive salaries being offered.

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She cautions, however, that there is still a lot of uncertainty regarding job security due to current instability in the market. “There is also a lot of movement at executive level, resulting in a lack of confidence amongst employees. That, in turn, has a ripple effect on the service levels within a company and

ultimately on the industry,” says Smith.

The highest demand in the industry is currently for skilled sales executives as there are “very few” with a proven sales record and stable work history. “The perception out there is that they are job-hoppers and unsuccessful but really there is a lack of understanding in the tasks they have to perform on a day-to-day basis. They’re

given high targets, but without the proper support, as companies are economising,” says Smith.

Another issue is that salaries tend to be reviewed when employees receive other job offers within the same field, and resign, she told FTW. Their company, in turn, will counter with a more desirable salary offer. Smith says this is occurring more frequently.

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Terri Smith … lots of movement at executive level.

Africa is one of the growth markets targeted by US high-tech companies according to UPS’s annual “Change in the (Supply) Chain” survey.

Despite global economic uncertainty, US high-tech executives remain optimistic about the long term future of global trade and US exports due to rising demand for high tech products around the world.

Conducted by IDC Manufacturing Insights

and targeting US-based senior-level supply chain decision makers in the high-tech/electronics industry, the survey is designed to uncover top business and supply chain trends driving change in the high-tech/electronics industry. The 2012 survey focused specifically on exporting and was conducted from May-July 2012.

Among executives who expressed optimism in the long-term growth of

exports, nearly one in three attribute this to the steady increase in disposable income in emerging markets. Another third cite rising labour rates in traditional low-cost manufacturing countries as a primary factor, and approximately one in five cite legislative changes such as recent free trade agreements in Asia. A large majority, 8% of US high-tech executives, anticipate recent free trade agreements in Asia will

increase their companies imports and exports to and from the region.

Although North America is anticipated to remain the largest high-tech consumer market over the next three to five years, demand for high-tech products is expected to decrease by 7% in the region while demand in other markets is expected to increase, in some regions by double-digit percentages.

Specifically, executives report plans to increase

sales/fulfilment in India, the Middle East and Africa by 22% each and in Brazil by 18%.

“For high tech companies, demand changes quickly and rapid innovation is a necessity,” said Ken Rankin, high-tech marketing director at UPS. “The winners will be those companies that successfully leverage the emerging market growth with strong products and execute import/export excellence.”

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A career in freight implies much more than simply some involvement in the physical movement of goods between one place and the next, according to Jonathan Sims of Core Freight Systems.

It should be seen more broadly within the context of the discipline of logistics and supply chain management (SCM), he told FTW.

“This is not an insignificant subject,” he added, “given many of the issues presented in the modern world. These include the challenges, or opportunities, of the likes of globalisation; the impact of technology; specialisation and collaboration; complexity; changes in production locations and techniques;

the green movement; cost containment; rapid change; and consumer demand. These along with the plethora of other factors that need to be brought to account contribute to an effective supply chain.”

Although SCM was first coined as a phrase in the early 1980s, and is thus a relatively new term, the concept of logistics has had a lengthy history – not least in the military environment, where campaigns have been won or lost on the basis of the ability to supply the needs of an army at war, according to Sims.

“More modern examples often quoted,” he added, “include reference to Dell, in the computer hardware field; and Amazon, in the distribution of books

and other consumer items. In these examples the movement of goods from manufacturer to end-user is integral to the successful business models of the companies. The combination of good theory, good practice and innovation in SCM has made these organisations world leaders in their two diverse fields of operation.”

Sims pointed to the SA environment being no different, and noted that the efficiency and ingenuity implemented in SCM would contribute to the success of national development – whether internally or in SA’s capacity as a recognised ‘gateway’ to sub-Saharan Africa.

“Many local retail groups

are already applying effort in this area, leveraging their knowledge and existing systems to grow their businesses,” he said.

Sims stressed that consumption was integral to the future of the world as we know it – and that, in turn, the supply chain is integral to serving it.

“It can thus be concluded that the effective management of the supply chain is relevant in SA, the African continent, and the world beyond,” he said. “This offers a relevant and exciting career – whether as en employee in a forwarding and clearing agency; in the shipping department of an importer or exporter; or in a shipping line or airline.

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Tender requirements may not have been met when the Marine Living Resources Fund procured goods and services from shipping company Smit Amandla Marine (SAM), according to findings by auditing firm Ernst & Young.

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) commissioned the auditing firm in April to investigate alleged irregularities in the procurement processes and systems in the fisheries branch for the period January 1, 1999 to March 31, 2012.

On October 1, the department issued a statement saying that the investigation confirmed multi-billion rand corruption in vessel management by Smit Amandla, a black empowerment shipping

company that held the marine patrol and research tender for 17 years.

“The agreement concluded in 2005 and subsequent extensions between SAM and the department failed to

comply with the tender board regulations with departmental procurement policies, National Treasury regulations, income tax regulations and also the Public Finance Management Act, ” Sipho Ntombela, acting director-general at the DAFF, said.

He continued: “As an

example there was a contract extension entered into worth millions of rand by [a] mere letter without any proof of any tender process followed or supporting documentation.”

He noted that the contracts signed in 2000, 2005 and 2010 were “deliberately drafted to have maximum benefit for SAM amounting to R1.6 billion to R2 billion”, adding that the available evidence pointed to complicity and corruption between government officials and the shipping company.

However, the department toned down its statement on October 2, saying that the report had found a string of irregularities that warranted further investigation.

Smit Amandla denies wrongdoing in the tenders during the period in question.

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‘Available evidence points to complicity and corruption between government officials and the shipping company.’

By Liesl Venter

South Africans should not expect decreases in the price of petrol until early next year, according to economist Mike Schussler.

He told FTW the price of petrol would in all likelihood increase again towards the end of the year as politics in the Middle East continued to drive up the price of oil.

The retail price of 93 octane petrol and 95 octane petrol increased by 21c and 23c a litre respectively last Wednesday while the price of 0.05% sulphur diesel increased to 39.16c/l and that of 0.005% sulphur diesel to 40.16c/l.

Petrol 95 ULP octane in Gauteng now costs R12.20/l, while at the coast it costs R11.85/l.

“Indications are that we will reach the R12.50

mark before we start seeing any significant decreases,” said Schussler. “Oil prices have come down slightly due to Saudi Arabia releasing some of its oil. At present the situation really is very simple as politics is the only real driver of the oil price and to predict that is impossible.”

He said indications, however, were that the situation was at the upper end of the cycle. “I think we could possibly see a slight decline and then one or two rises towards the middle of next year before we will see any significant decrease in the prices. The world economy is likely to remain weak and so the only thing keeping oil prices up is politics.”

He said it seemed as if Saudi Arabia, by releasing oil, was trying to calm the situation.

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The South African Shippers’ Council (SASC) has added its voice to growing concerns over the ongoing strike in the road freight industry.

Beverley Waugh, SASC executive director, said the situation did not bode well for South African supply chains, the economy or long-term employment.

“The road freight industry can ill afford this strike, taking into account the number of increased charges they already have to deal with, ranging from fuel to tolls,” she said. “The strike is undoubtedly impacting negatively on the economy. Not only does it make the country globally non competitive, it must also rock foreign investor confidence.”

Thousands of workers from the road freight industry have been on strike for more than a

week over wage increases for the 2013 and 2014 financial years. Strikers have been calling for a 12% increase across the board, while the Road Freight Employers’ Association (RFEA) has offered 8,5%.

Marred by violence, the ongoing industrial action is intended to force employers to settle on the 12% demand.

Waugh said the strike was not just making the country non competitive, it was also sending out a message of instability.

“The road freight industry at the moment is being squeezed from all sides and the long-term impact of a prolonged strike will be job losses – something the economy can ill afford,” she said. “Also cargo owners whose goods are not being moved at present are operating in an environment where

their markets are shrinking while their costs are also increasing. Organisations that have tried to continue with operations have been targeted in particular. This can only impact employment and the well-being and future of South Africans overall.”

Strike action sends message of instabilityRoad freight industry can ill afford additional costs

Beverley Waugh ... rocking foreign investor confidence.

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By Alan Peat

The R274-million Bayhead Road upgrade was officially completed on Friday, September 28 – although the construction team remained on site for another two weeks putting the finishing touches to the project.

The development resulted in a new, four-lane dual carriageway all the way from Langeberg Road to the Pier 1 entrance. It also included two additional truck staging areas capable of holding 136 trucks – with the Pier 1 staging area due to be open for truckers within the next two months.

Added to that were a new tanker washout access road (Gary Frost Road), along with protection culverts around sensitive services (such as fuel pipelines) and the relocation of the

pollution control building.The fast facts about

the project are: Over 40 000 cubic metres of fill material; over 80 000 sqm of new road layerworks (road base courses) consisting of 1.2-m thick engineered layers; and about 5 000 cubic metres of concrete in protection culverts and the new road-over-rail bridge.

The project was awarded a Master Builders Association (MBA) award, and recorded a safety achievement of 1 100 000 lost-time, injury- free hours during two years of working.

It is hoped that this major development of the sole access road to the port’s two container terminals and the oil and bulk terminals at Island View will at long last alleviate the horrible congestion that occurred on the old two-lane road.

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Force majeure and Shell – the legal angleBy Alan Peat

Another call for force majeure, and another question of whether it can be a valid claim.

In this case, the fuel company, Shell, has declared force majeure on fuel deliveries in Gauteng province, due to a two-week strike by truck drivers, the company said last Friday.

“There is fuel available across the country so the issue is not fuel supply but the challenge is delivering it

safely to our retail sites,” the company said in an emailed response to questions.

The report on this says that force majeure refers to a measure that covers the company and its customers should delivery of fuel not occur due to circumstances beyond their control.

But are striking workers a

force beyond your control?That was the question that

FTW posed when Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) last month declared force majeure over a strike at its Pier 1 container terminal in Durban.

But, when this happened, a number of voices in the private sector freight industry questioned whether they actually had the right to deny claims from contracted clients because of strike action by their own work force.

And the two legal contacts of FTW, Quintus van der Merwe of Shepstone & Wylie and Andrew Robinson of Norton Rose – both specialists in the freight and trade areas of business – gave us their views on the force majeure issue.

Both confirmed that the term force majeure within the context of SA law did not have any precise definition, nor was it recognised as any special doctrine. Its significance in respect of our law depends on its use as an express term in a contract.

So, in both the case of TPT and that of Shell, the

issue of a strike prohibiting delivery would have to be written into their contracts with their buyers.

And it would have to be fall within the concept of “supervening impossibility of performance” – where an obligation cannot be performed due to a cause beyond the performer’s reasonable control.

The three causes for this that are usually recognised are: Act of God, vis maior

and casus fortuitus – all of which are, very distinctly, forces beyond one’s control.

The main question was whether TPT/Shell could claim that the strike was out of their control – which effectively stated that they were not in control of their own work forces.

The two lawyers were agreed. “It could be difficult for employers to declare force majeure when their own labour is on strike.”

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Gigaba said the trade mission had identified various opportunities for public–public partnerships with other African SoEs, while they had also met with private businessmen to see to what extent relationships could be developed.

“We are of course being asked the question why we are heading off to form partnerships in

Africa when many of the SoEs do not have strong balance sheets here at home,” said Gigaba. “If we followed that chain of thought we would actually achieve nothing. We have said to our SoEs they must invest in the economy beyond what their balance sheets can afford and they have been responding, with Transnet and Eskom leading the way. These partnerships with our African counterparts are an opportunity for an SAA for example to grow its revenue base.”

most notably in the mining industry, but also in the automotive and transport sectors – have shaved 1.5% off South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth.

Bulk Connections, the company that manages bulk terminals in the Port of Durban, reported that truck traffic into port had dwindled to less than 50 trucks a day from more than 200 per day before the truck strike.

“The trains are still working. So we’ve seen minimal effect,” Iain Geldart, managing director of Bulk Connections, told FTW. However, he said other ports that were more reliant on truck traffic were worse off.

The Port of Durban receives coal, iron ore pellets, manganese ore, paper, steel, coils, cars, bulk bags, rice, and so forth, from trucks, although

Geldart said most commonly bulk alloys were transported via rail.

Transnet did not return calls for comment at the time of publishing.

Chrome ore and ferrochrome producers have reported huge delays on their consignments in South Africa.

Ruukki’s Mogale Alloys operation, which was about to transport large volumes of plasma charge chrome, declared force majeure on some customer deliveries because of the transport strike.

Tata Steel KZN has reportedly cut off ferrochrome production at its Richards Bay plant after struggling to secure chrome ore supply. However, the company denied this.

Xstrata Alloys has warned its shipping lines of possible delays, but the company did not expect disruption in deliveries.

By Alan Peat

Transnet Freight Rail has failed to capitalise on a golden opportunity presented by the current truckers’ strike.

While an effort is being made, according to TFR spokesman Selby Dlamini, negative industry sentiment appears to have scuttled its plans.

The railways have certainly been alert to the possibility of new custom coming their way. “But so far,” said Dlamini, “no extra business has been recorded.”

This, he added, has been especially so in Durban, where a lot of trucks are still on the road.

In the meantime, Dlamini told FTW, TFR GM Themba Gwala, who heads up the container and automotive business (CAB) unit, had written a letter to business people to say the TFR would be ready. “He also told them that we’d be waiving certain storage charges in the terminals if they had extra stock and we couldn’t move them,” he added.

When queried about TFR possibly putting on extra capacity to meet any extra demand, Dlamini pointed out that they already had excess capacity in the present schedule.

He did, however, stress that TFR “guaranteed a calculated transit time”, so that this “could be built into the rail users’ planning”.

But, despite TFR’s offer, potential rail users who talked to FTW appeared to be anything but convinced that the railways could do the job.

Indeed, some pretty negative comments were forthcoming.

For example, a forwarder told FTW that his first thought when the strike kicked in was that they should start railing more boxes. But he was told – presumably by people in the know – that the strike would be over before the boxes from Durban arrived at City Deep.

And that seems to be the general level of no-confidence in TFR.

Peter Newton, director of Seaboard said, quoting our FTWOnline headline: “Truckers’ strike – a golden opportunity for TFR? You’ve got to be joking.”

Mias Theron of Werda Cargo found it equally

amusing: “That is the joke of the year,” he said.

Dirk Schöttler, director of Novotrans, commented: “You are asking about our opinion of switching from road to rail,” he told FTW. “We could not with a clear conscience recommend that to our customers. The service has so far been dismal and staff could generally not be bothered. The experiences in the past have been too bad.

“The strike will be over soon, but the service level of the rail freight service will probably stay the same. Another question is: How do we get containers from the stations like City Deep to the client?”

Wrapping up the anti-TFR sentiment was a comment from an unnamed source.

“What’s the point of TFR trying to promote a move from road to rail,” he said, “when they can’t measure up when the cargo is handed to them on a plate?”

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Xin Bei Lun BD226 CMA/CSC/CSV/HSD/MSK/SAF - - 17/10 - 20/10 - SIN 04/11,HKG 09/11,SHA 12/11,NGB 14/11,CWN 16/11,NSA 18/11Welle DH287 CMA/DEL 16/10 29/10 - - - - PKG 17/11,NGB 26/11,SHA 27/11,SWA 30/11,HKG 01/12,CWN 02/12,SIN 08/12Mare Superum BD228 CMA/CSC/CSV/HSD/MSK/SAF - - 24/10 - 27/10 - SIN 11/11,HKG 16/11,SHA 19/11,NGB 21/11,CWN 23/11Msc Lisbon 1241R MSC/CSV/STS - - - - 18/10 - SIN 04/11,SHA 10/11,NGB 12/11,HKG 16/11,CWN 17/11Govern 0373-037E COS/EMC/MBA - 15/10 - - - - SIN 30/10,PGU 01/11,PKG 01/11,LCH 02/11,JKT 02/11,SUB 02/11,PEN 02/11,SGN 02/11,DLC 03/11,BLW 03/11,BKK 03/11,SRG 04/11, MNL 04/11,KHH 05/11,UKB 06/11,TYO 06/11,XMN 06/11,HPH 06/11,SHA 07/11,NGO 07/11,OSA 07/11,BUS 09/11,TAO 11/11,TXG 13/11, YOK 13/11,KEL 16/11,TXG 17/11,NGB 23/11,HKG 27/11,YTN 28/11Kota Layar 021 KLI/MIS/PIL - 15/10 - - - - PKG 30/10,SIN 31/10,HKG 05/11,SHA 08/11,KEL 12/11,KHH 12/11,BUS 13/11,INC 13/11,YOK 15/11,NGO 15/11,UKB 15/11Mol Genesis 7002B MOL - 15/10 - - - - SIN 02/11,HKG 07/11,TXG 14/11,DLC 15/11,TAO 17/11,BUS 19/11,SHA 22/11Bergamot Ace 25A MOL - - 16/10 - 15/10 - SIN 03/11Maersk Cape Town 1208 CMA/MSK/SAF 15/10 - - - - - TPP 16/11,XMN 21/11,FOC 22/11,BUS 26/11,SHA 28/11,NGB 29/11,NSA 02/12CSCL Panama 0338E CSC/HLC/KLI/NDS/NYK/STS - - - - 15/10 - PKG 22/10,SIN 26/10,SHA 29/10,CNZOS 30/10,XMN 01/11,SHK 03/11Kota Bunga BNG002 PIL - - - - 16/10 - SIN 02/11,ZJG 11/11Maersk Seletar 1211 CMA/MSK - - 20/10 - 16/10 - SIN 05/11,KEL 06/11,PKG 08/11,NSA 10/11,YOK 10/11,UKB 10/11,BUS 11/11,PGU 12/11,SHA 13/11,CWN 13/11,BLW 13/11,INC 14/11, SUB 14/11,NGB 15/11,HUA 15/11,SRG 15/11,PEN 15/11,XMN 16/11,TAO 17/11,OSA 17/11,NGO 17/11,SGN 17/11,FOC 17/11,HPH 18/11Kota Bahagia BGI004 PIL - - - - 16/10 - SIN 01/11,ZJG 10/11Msc Rita 1242R MSC/CSV/STS - 17/10 - - 24/10 - SIN 10/11,SHA 16/11,NGB 18/11,HKG 22/11,CWN 23/11Maersk Cuanza 1204 CMA/MSK/SAF - 17/10 - - - - YTN 06/11,NSA 07/11,TPP 12/11,PKG 14/11Koroni 0374-003E COS/EMC/MBA - 22/10 - - 18/10 - SIN 06/11,PGU 08/11,PKG 08/11,LCH 09/11,JKT 09/11,SUB 09/11,PEN 09/11,SGN 09/11,DLC 10/11,BLW 10/11,BKK 10/11,SRG 11/11, MNL 11/11,KHH 12/11,UKB 13/11,TYO 13/11,XMN 13/11,HPH 13/11,SHA 14/11,NGO 14/11,OSA 14/11,BUS 16/11,TAO 18/11,TXG 20/11, YOK 20/11,KEL 23/11,TXG 24/11,NGB 30/11,HKG 04/12,YTN 05/12ER Caen 1220 CMA/MSK/SAF - - - - 18/10 - PKG 03/11,TPP 05/11Vecchio Bridge 043 KLI/MIS/PIL - 20/10 - - 18/10 - PKG 04/11,SIN 05/11,HKG 11/11,SHA 14/11,KEL 17/11,KHH 17/11,BUS 19/11,INC 19/11,YOK 20/11,NGO 20/11,UKB 20/11Kota Kamil KMI068 PIL - 19/10 - - - - SIN 27/11Kota Bakti BTI002 PIL - - - - 19/10 - SIN 05/11,ZJG 14/11Cape Marin DH283 CMA/DEL - 19/10 - - - - PKG 05/11,NGB 13/11,SHA 15/11,SWA 17/11,HKG 19/11,CWN 20/11,SIN 25/11Mentor DH265 CMA/DEL 27/10 - 20/10 - - - PKG 27/11,NGB 05/12,SHA 06/12,SWA 09/12,HKG 10/12,CWN 11/12Malleco AA750E CMA/CSC/CSV/MBA - - - - 21/10 - PKG 31/10,HKG 04/11,BUS 15/11,SHA 16/11,NGB 18/11Maersk Senang 1207 CMA/MSK - - 27/10 - 21/10 - SIN 12/11,KEL 13/11,PKG 15/11,NSA 17/11,YOK 17/11,UKB 17/11,BUS 18/11,PGU 19/11,SHA 20/11,CWN 20/11,BLW 20/11,INC 21/11, SUB 21/11,NGB 22/11,HUA 22/11,SRG 22/11,PEN 22/11,XMN 23/11,TAO 24/11,OSA 24/11,NGO 24/11,SGN 24/11,FOC 24/11,HPH 25/11Maersk Cotonou 1208 CMA/MSK/SAF 22/10 - - - - - TPP 23/11,XMN 28/11,FOC 29/11,BUS 03/12,SHA 05/12,NGB 06/12,NSA 09/12Mol Gateway 7106B MOL - 22/10 - - - - SIN 09/11,HKG 14/11,TXG 21/11,DLC 22/11,TAO 24/11,BUS 26/11,SHA 29/11Johan Rickmers YJR043 PIL - - - - 24/10 - SIN 14/12Mol Devotion 003 KLI/MIS/PIL - 26/10 - - 24/10 - PKG 11/11,SIN 13/11,HKG 18/11,SHA 22/11,KEL 25/11,KHH 25/11,BUS 26/11,INC 26/11,YOK 28/11,NGO 28/11,UKB 28/11Carpathia 1902 EMC/MOL - - - - 24/10 - TPP 14/11,SIN 15/11Martha Schulte 258E CMA/MSK/SAF - 24/10 - - - - YTN 13/11,NSA 14/11,TPP 19/11,PKG 21/11Jing Po He 114E COS/EMC/MBA - 29/10 - - 25/10 - SIN 14/11,PGU 16/11,PKG 16/11,LCH 17/11,JKT 17/11,SUB 17/11,PEN 17/11,SGN 17/11,DLC 18/11,BLW 18/11,BKK 18/11,KHH 19/11, SRG 19/11,MNL 19/11,SHA 21/11,UKB 21/11,TYO 21/11,XMN 21/11,HPH 21/11,NGO 22/11,OSA 22/11,BUS 24/11,TAO 26/11,TXG 28/11, YOK 28/11,KEL 01/12,TXG 02/12,NGB 07/12,HKG 11/12,YTN 12/12Maersk Cape Coast 1210 CMA/MSK/SAF 25/10 - - - - - TPP 14/12,XMN 19/12,FOC 21/12,BUS 24/12,SHA 26/12,NGB 27/12,NSA 30/12Corcovado 1203E CSC/HLC/KLI/NDS/NYK/STS - - - - 26/10 - PKG 31/10,SIN 03/11,SHA 06/11,CNZOS 07/11,XMN 09/11,SHK 11/11Xin Tian Jin AA752E CMA/CSC/CSV/MBA - - - - 27/10 - PKG 07/11,HKG 11/11,BUS 22/11,SHA 23/11,NGB 25/11,CWN 28/11Niledutch Beijing 30140Z NDS - - - - 27/10 - SIN 11/11,TXG 27/11,TAO 28/11,SHA 30/11Thai Bright 130 GRB/UNG - - - - 27/10 - JKT 12/11,SIN 16/11,BKK 20/11Kota Megah VKM016 PIL - - - - 28/10 - SIN 18/12Kota Puri VPR074 PIL - 28/10 - - - - SIN 05/12Maersk Darlington 1225 CMA/MSK - - - - 28/10 - SIN 19/11,KEL 20/11,PKG 22/11,NSA 24/11,YOK 24/11,UKB 24/11,BUS 25/11,PGU 26/11,SHA 27/11,CWN 27/11,BLW 27/11,INC 28/11, SUB 28/11,HUA 29/11,SRG 29/11,PEN 29/11,XMN 30/11,TAO 01/12,OSA 01/12,NGO 01/12,SGN 01/12,HPH 02/12Chief DH269 CMA/DEL - - 29/10 - - - PKG 06/12,NGB 18/12,SHA 19/12,SWA 22/12,HKG 23/12Mol Delight 7218B MOL - 29/10 - - - - SIN 16/11,HKG 21/11,TXG 28/11,DLC 29/11,TAO 01/12,BUS 03/12,SHA 06/12

Red Cedar 2131 MAC 17/10 - - - - - VGO 03/11,LZI 05/11,RTM 07/11,HMQ 10/11,PFT 10/11,IMM 10/11,HUL 10/11,BXE 12/11,KRS 12/11,LAR 12/11,ORK 13/11,DUO 13/11, OSL 13/11,ANR 14/11,OFQ 14/11,CPH 14/11,GOT 14/11,GOO 14/11,GRG 14/11,HEL 14/11,BIO 16/11,HEL 16/11,KTK 16/11,STO 16/11

MOL Cullinan 127B DAL/MOL/MSK/SAF - 21/10 - - 15/10 - RTM 06/11,TIL 07/11,BRV 12/11,CPH 13/11,GOT 13/11,HMQ 13/11,OFQ 14/11,HEL 16/11,OSL 19/11Msc Asya 1241R MSC/HSL/LTI - 15/10 - - - - RTM 02/11,LZI 02/11,FXT 03/11,HMQ 04/11,ANR 05/11,LEH 07/11,LIV 08/11,BIO 08/11,BRV 09/11,VGO 11/11,HEL 11/11,LEI 12/11, KTK 12/11,STO 14/11,KLJ 16/11,LED 19/11

Prosper 101B DAL/MSK - 19/10 15/10 - - - VGO 13/11,LEI 14/11,LZI 19/11Msc Vanessa 1242R MSC/HSL/LTI - 21/10 18/10 - 16/10 - RTM 07/11,LZI 07/11,FXT 08/11,HMQ 09/11,ANR 10/11,LEH 12/11,LIV 13/11,BIO 13/11,BRV 14/11,VGO 16/11,HEL 16/11,LEI 17/11, KTK 17/11,STO 19/11,KLJ 21/11,LED 24/11

Purple Beach 2132 MAC 28/10 24/10 - - 20/10 18/10 VGO 15/11,LZI 17/11,RTM 19/11,HMQ 22/11,PFT 22/11,IMM 22/11,HUL 22/11,BXE 24/11,KRS 24/11,LAR 24/11,ORK 25/11,DUO 25/11, OSL 25/11,ANR 26/11,OFQ 26/11,CPH 26/11,GOT 26/11,GOO 26/11,GRG 26/11,HEL 26/11,BIO 28/11,HEL 28/11,KTK 28/11,STO 28/11

Dal Karoo 127B DAL/MOL/MSK/SAF - 28/10 18/10 - 23/10 - RTM 13/11,TIL 14/11,BRV 19/11,CPH 20/11,GOT 20/11,HMQ 20/11,OFQ 21/11,HEL 23/11,OSL 26/11Petkum 125B DAL/MSK - 26/10 22/10 - 20/10 - VGO 20/11,LEI 21/11,LZI 26/11Dorothea Rickmers 1212 MSK/SAF 21/10 - - - - - VGO 16/11Thor Endeavour 001 GRB - - - - - 21/10 PRU 16/11,ANR 20/11Dignity Ace 17A MOL - - 24/10 23/10 22/10 - VGO 08/11,ZEE 12/11,BRV 14/11Msc Altimira 1243R MSC/HSL/LTI - 28/10 25/10 - 23/10 - RTM 14/11,LZI 14/11,FXT 15/11,HMQ 16/11,LEH 17/11,ANR 19/11,BIO 20/11,BRV 21/11,LIV 22/11,VGO 25/11,HEL 25/11,LEI 26/11, KTK 26/11,STO 28/11,KLJ 30/11,LED 03/12

Dal Kalahari 127B DAL/MOL/MSK/SAF - - 25/10 - - - RTM 20/11,TIL 21/11,BRV 26/11,CPH 27/11,GOT 27/11,HMQ 27/11,OFQ 28/11,HEL 30/11,OSL 03/12Pagona 99 GRB - - - - - 27/10 VGO 16/11,BIO 19/11,ANR 24/11Atacama 3101 MAC - - - - - 28/10 VGO 27/11,LZI 29/11,RTM 01/12,PFT 04/12,IMM 04/12,HUL 04/12,HMQ 05/12,BXE 07/12,ORK 07/12,DUO 07/12,KRS 07/12, LAR 07/12,OSL 08/12,ANR 09/12,OFQ 09/12,CPH 09/12,GOT 09/12,GOO 09/12,GRG 09/12,HEL 09/12,BIO 10/12,HEL 11/12, KTK 11/12,STO 11/12

Louisa Schulte 126B DAL/MSK - - - - 28/10 - VGO 28/11,LEI 29/11,LZI 04/12

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Kota Hidayah HDY084 PIL - - - - 17/10 - ASH 08/11,HFA 08/11Msc Asya 1241R MSC/HSL/LTI - 15/10 - - - - VEC 04/11,SPE 09/11,LIV 09/11,GOI 10/11,NPK 10/11,HFA 10/11,FOS 11/11,BLA 14/11,AXA 16/11Prosper 101B DAL/MSK - 19/10 15/10 - - - ALG 07/11,GOI 12/11,VEC 12/11,BLA 14/11,LIV 16/11,FOS 16/11,NPK 19/11,GEM 22/11,AXA 23/11,PSD 23/11,MER 25/11,PIR 26/11,HFA 27/11, SKG 27/11,IZM 04/12Msc Vanessa 1242R MSC/HSL/LTI - 21/10 18/10 - 16/10 - VEC 09/11,SPE 14/11,LIV 14/11,GOI 15/11,NPK 15/11,HFA 15/11,FOS 16/11,BLA 19/11,AXA 21/11Jolly Verde 251 LMC - 17/10 - - - - BLA 29/11,MRS 01/12,GOI 02/12,NPK 07/12,TUN 30/12,MLA 30/12,UAY 01/01,BEY 01/01,BEN 01/01,AXA 03/01,TIP 03/01Petkum 125B DAL/MSK - 26/10 22/10 - 20/10 - ALG 14/11,GOI 19/11,VEC 19/11,BLA 21/11,LIV 23/11,FOS 23/11,NPK 26/11,GEM 29/11,AXA 30/11,PSD 30/11,MER 02/12,PIR 03/12,HFA 04/12, SKG 04/12,IZM 11/12Dorothea Rickmers 1212 MSK/SAF 21/10 - - - - - ALG 13/11Kota Hakim HRU136 PIL - - - - - - ASH 16/12,HFA 16/12Msc Altimira 1243R MSC/HSL/LTI - 28/10 25/10 - 23/10 - VEC 16/11,SPE 21/11,LIV 21/11,GOI 22/11,NPK 22/11,HFA 22/11,FOS 23/11,BLA 26/11,AXA 28/11Louisa Schulte 126B DAL/MSK - - - - 28/10 - ALG 22/11,GOI 27/11,VEC 27/11,BLA 29/11,LIV 01/12,FOS 01/12,NPK 04/12,GEM 07/12,AXA 08/12,PSD 08/12,MER 10/12,PIR 11/12, HFA 12/12,SKG 12/12,IZM 19/12Tove Maersk 1212 MSK/SAF 29/10 - - - - - ALG 20/11

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8 October 2012

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OUTBOUND BY DATE - Dates for sailing: 15/10/2012 - 29/10/2012

Msc Lisbon 1241R MSC/CSV/STS - - - - 18/10 - FTU 29/10Bergamot Ace 25A MOL - - 16/10 - 15/10 - MPM 22/10Msc Agata 1235 MSC - - - - 15/10 - MBA 20/10,MNC 27/10Jolly Verde 251 LMC - 17/10 - - - - MPM 31/10,DAR 06/11,MBA 09/11Msc Rita 1242R MSC/CSV/STS - 17/10 - - 24/10 - FTU 10/11Msc Ulsnis 1239 MSC - - - - 19/10 - MPM 20/10,BEW 24/10Msc Erminia 1238A MSC - - - - 20/10 - DAR 08/11,PMA 18/11Cosmos Ace 118A MOL - - 23/10 - 22/10 - DAR 28/10,MBA 31/10Caribbean Sea 1239A MSC/CSV/STS - 23/10 - - 28/10 - FTU 20/11Hoegh Sydney 38 HOE - - 24/10 - 26/10 - MPM 28/10Msc Denisse 1236 MSC - - - - 24/10 - MBA 29/10,MNC 05/11,MPM 10/11Carpathia 1902 EMC/MOL - - - - 24/10 - MPM 25/10AS Castor 1240 MSC - - - - 24/10 - BEW 27/10Caribbean Sea 1239A MSC - - - - 28/10 - DAR 18/11,PMA 28/11

Name of Ship/Voy/Line WBAY CT PE EL DBN RBAY Loading for

Kota Hidayah HDY084 PIL - - - - 17/10 - PNR 18/09,LOS 25/09,COO 26/09,TEM 30/09Welle DH287 CMA/DEL 16/10 29/10 - - - - LAD 20/10ER Helgoland MU567 CMA - - 21/10 - - - LAD 28/09,PNR 30/09,LFW 10/10,ABJ 11/10AS Scandia 5106 MOL 18/10 - - - - - LAD 09/10Safmarine Linyati 1209 MSK/SAF 18/10 - - - - - SON 21/10,MSZ 23/10,PNR 24/10,BOA 01/11,MAT 02/11,LBV 11/11Msc Asya 1241R MSC/HSL/LTI - 15/10 - - - - LPA 28/10,DKR 30/10,ABJ 31/10,TEM 02/11,APP 08/11,TIN 09/11Niledutch Shenzen 30143A NDS - 16/10 - - - - PNR 23/10,LAD 28/10,BOA 30/10,MAT 31/10,SZA 02/11,LBV 02/11,CAB 03/11,DLA 03/11,LOB 05/11,MSZ 05/11Prosper 101B DAL/MSK - 19/10 15/10 - - - LAD 24/10CSCL San Jose 0035W CSC/HLC/KLI/NDS/NYK/ - - - - 15/10 - LFW 22/10,TEM 23/10,TIN 28/10 SMU/STSBorder 90A MSC/MOL/MSK/OAC/SAF 15/10 - - - - - LOB 18/10,LAD 22/10Francisco Schulte 1234 MSC 21/10 16/10 - - - - LAD 23/10,LOB 27/10Msc Vanessa 1242R MSC/HSL/LTI - 21/10 18/10 - 16/10 - LPA 02/11,DKR 04/11,ABJ 05/11,TEM 07/11,APP 13/11,TIN 14/11ER Bremerhaven MU577 CMA 16/10 - - - - - ABJ 02/09,PNR 20/10,LFW 29/10,LAD 30/10,DLA 31/10Jolly Verde 251 LMC - 17/10 - - - - DKR 10/12Sansibar 010R AUT 24/10 - - - 18/10 - MAT 28/10Anna Phil 7/12 ASL - 18/10 - - - - LAD 25/10,SZA 29/10,MAL 31/10Maersk Casablanca 1205 CMA/MSK/SAF 18/10 - - - - - APP 23/10,ABJ 29/10Maersk Colombo 1203 CMA/MSK/SAF - 19/10 - - - - PNR 30/10,TEM 07/11Cape Marin DH283 CMA/DEL - 19/10 - - - - LAD 10/10Niledutch Shanghai 30144A NDS - 23/10 - - 19/10 - PNR 30/10,LAD 04/11,BOA 06/11,MAT 07/11,SZA 09/11,LBV 09/11,CAB 10/11,DLA 10/11,LOB 12/11,MSZ 12/11Kota Kamil KMI068 PIL - 19/10 - - - - LOS 25/10,TEM 28/10,COO 31/10,LFW 02/11Petkum 125B DAL/MSK - 26/10 22/10 - 20/10 - LAD 31/10Mentor DH265 CMA/DEL 27/10 - 20/10 - - - LAD 31/10Conti Emden 711W GSL/ZIM - - - - 20/10 - APP 30/10,LOS 02/11,TEM 07/11,COO 11/11UAL Merchant 512xxxx UAL - 24/10 - - 20/10 - LAD 30/10,SZA 03/11,PNR 04/11,SSG 08/11AS Saxonia 5204 MOL - 21/10 - - - - LAD 27/10,LOB 02/11Dorothea Rickmers 1212 MSK/SAF 21/10 - - - - - LAD 24/10,TIN 29/10Kota Hakim HRU136 PIL - - - - - - TEM 31/10,COO 05/11,LOS 08/11Wadi Alrayan 0033W CSC/HLC/KLI/NDS/NYK/ - - - - 22/10 - LFW 30/10,TEM 31/10,TIN 05/11 SMU/STSDeike Rickmers MU579 CMA 23/10 - - - - - PNR 26/10,LFW 04/11,ABJ 06/11,LAD 09/11Msc Altimira 1243R MSC/HSL/LTI - 28/10 25/10 - 23/10 - LPA 09/11,DKR 11/11,ABJ 12/11,TEM 14/11,APP 20/11,TIN 21/11Msc Chelsea 1235A MSC 29/10 24/10 - - - - LAD 31/10,LOB 05/11,MSZ 09/11Johan Rickmers YJR043 PIL - - - - 24/10 - PNR 31/10,LAD 03/11,LOS 13/11,ONN 17/11,DLA 19/11Maersk Cape Coast 1209 CMA/MSK/SAF 25/10 - - - - - APP 30/10,ABJ 04/11,LAD 11/11TBN tba MUR - - - - 25/10 - ABJ 16/11,TEM 20/11,LFW 22/11,LOS 26/11Wisteria Ace 43A MOL - - - - 25/10 - LAD 02/11,LBV 05/11,LOS 09/11,DLA 15/11,COO 18/11,TEM 20/11,ABJ 23/11,CKY 26/11,DKR 28/11,NKC 29/11Ville D'Orion 249 CMA/MSK/SAF - 25/10 - - - - PNR 31/10,TEM 07/11NYK Isabel 0357W CSC/HLC/KLI/NDS/NYK/ - - - - 26/10 - LFW 04/11,TEM 05/11,TIN 12/11 SMU/STSAS Scandia 5307 MOL - 27/10 - - - - LAD 06/11Niledutch Guangzhou 30145A NDS - 29/10 - - 27/10 - PNR 05/11,LAD 10/11,BOA 12/11,MAT 13/11,SZA 15/11,LBV 15/11,CAB 16/11,DLA 16/11,LOB 18/11,MSZ 18/11Safmarine Lualaba 1209 MSK/SAF - 28/10 - - - - MSZ 12/11,LOB 14/11,SON 16/11,PNR 18/11,BOA 21/11,MAT 22/11,LBV 01/12Kota Puri VPR074 PIL - 28/10 - - - - LOS 02/11,TEM 06/11,COO 08/11,ABJ 11/11Louisa Schulte 126B DAL/MSK - - - - 28/10 - LAD 08/11Kota Megah VKM016 PIL - - - - 28/10 - PNR 04/11,LAD 07/11,LOS 16/11,ONN 20/11,DLA 23/11Tove Maersk 1212 MSK/SAF 29/10 - - - - - LAD 01/11,TIN 07/11Chief DH269 CMA/DEL - - 29/10 - - - LAD 09/11Rio Anna 712W GSL/ZIM - - - - 29/10 - APP 07/11,LOS 10/11,TEM 15/11,COO 19/11

To: West Africa Updated daily on http://www.ftwonline.co.za

Maersk Vilnius 015 MSC/MSK/SAF - 16/10 - - - - NYC 07/11,BAL 09/11,ORF 10/11,CHU 12/11,FEP 13/11,NAS 14/11,MIA 15/11,POP 15/11,MHH 15/11,GEC 16/11,SDQ 16/11,TOV 16/11, SLU 17/11,PHI 17/11,GDT 17/11,SJO 18/11,BAS 18/11,VIJ 18/11,RSU 19/11,PAP 19/11,KTN 19/11,HQN 20/11,BGI 20/11,STG 20/11, MSY 22/11Msc Natalia 061 MSC/MSK/SAF - 23/10 - - 17/10 - NYC 14/11,BAL 16/11,ORF 17/11,CHU 19/11,FEP 20/11,NAS 21/11,MIA 22/11,POP 22/11,MHH 22/11,GEC 23/11,SDQ 23/11,TOV 23/11, SLU 24/11,PHI 24/11,GDT 24/11,SJO 25/11,BAS 25/11,VIJ 25/11,RSU 26/11,PAP 26/11,KTN 26/11,HQN 27/11,BGI 27/11,STG 27/11, MSY 29/11MOL Cullinan 127B DAL/MOL/MSK/SAF - 21/10 - - 15/10 - HAL 12/11,CHU 14/11,SAV 17/11,NYC 18/11,BAL 19/11,ORF 20/11,MTR 22/11,MIA 24/11,TOD 24/11,HQN 27/11,MSY 29/11,SEA 30/11, BCC 01/12,LGB 03/12,OAK 03/12,PDX 03/12Govern 0373-037E COS/EMC/MBA - 15/10 - - - - LAX 11/11,OAK 14/11,TIW 16/11,BCC 18/11Maersk Visby 014 MSC/MSK/SAF - - 18/10 - 24/10 - NYC 21/11,BAL 23/11,ORF 24/11,CHU 26/11,FEP 27/11,NAS 28/11,MIA 29/11,POP 29/11,MHH 29/11,GEC 30/11,SDQ 30/11,TOV 30/11, SLU 01/12,PHI 01/12,GDT 01/12,SJO 02/12,BAS 02/12,VIJ 02/12,RSU 03/12,PAP 03/12,KTN 03/12,HQN 04/12,BGI 04/12,STG 04/12, MSY 06/12Koroni 0374-003E COS/EMC/MBA - 22/10 - - 18/10 - LAX 18/11,OAK 21/11,TIW 23/11,BCC 25/11Dal Karoo 127B DAL/MOL/MSK/SAF - 28/10 18/10 - 23/10 - HAL 19/11,CHU 21/11,SAV 24/11,NYC 25/11,BAL 26/11,ORF 27/11,MTR 29/11,MIA 01/12,TOD 01/12,HQN 04/12,MSY 06/12, SEA 07/12,BCC 08/12,LGB 10/12,OAK 10/12,PDX 10/12Atlantic Impala 207 CSA/HLC - 27/10 - - 24/10 22/10 MTR 17/11,BAL 24/11,SAV 27/11Jing Po He 114E COS/EMC/MBA - 29/10 - - 25/10 - LAX 26/11,OAK 29/11,TIW 01/12,BCC 03/12Dal Kalahari 127B DAL/MOL/MSK/SAF - - 25/10 - - - HAL 26/11,CHU 28/11,SAV 01/12,NYC 02/12,BAL 03/12,ORF 04/12,MTR 06/12,MIA 08/12,TOD 08/12,HQN 11/12,MSY 13/12, SEA 14/12,BCC 15/12,LGB 17/12,OAK 17/12,PDX 17/12Alexander 009 MSC/MSK/SAF - - 25/10 - - - NYC 28/11,BAL 30/11,ORF 01/12,CHU 03/12,FEP 04/12,NAS 05/12,MIA 06/12,POP 06/12,MHH 06/12,GEC 07/12,SDQ 07/12, TOV 07/12,SLU 08/12,PHI 08/12,GDT 08/12,SJO 09/12,BAS 09/12,VIJ 09/12,RSU 10/12,PAP 10/12,KTN 10/12,HQN 11/12,BGI 11/12, STG 11/12,MSY 13/12Pine 2 1303 GAL - - - - 29/10 28/10 MSY 22/11,HQN 01/12,JKV 14/12

To: North America Updated daily on http://www.ftwonline.co.za

Maersk Innoshima 1218 MSK/SAF - - 21/10 - - - PLU 27/10Msc Lisbon 1241R MSC/CSV/STS - - - - 18/10 - PLU 23/10,TMM 25/10,PDG 26/10,TLE 02/11,DIE 04/11,LON 04/11,MJN 06/11HS Wagner 1212 MSK/SAF - - 28/10 - 15/10 - PLU 03/11Maersk Seletar 1211 CMA/MSK - - 20/10 - 16/10 - PLU 25/10Msc Rita 1242R MSC/CSV/STS - 17/10 - - 24/10 - PLU 29/10,PDG 31/10,TLE 02/11,TMM 04/11,LON 04/11,MJN 06/11,DIE 11/11Grand Victory CO227 WWL - - 18/10 - 20/10 - RUN 23/10Msc Erminia 1238A MSC - - - - 20/10 - MUT 14/11,YVA 15/11Maersk Senang 1207 CMA/MSK - - 27/10 - 21/10 - PLU 01/11Caribbean Sea 1239A MSC/CSV/STS - 23/10 - - 28/10 - PLU 02/11,PDG 05/11,TMM 06/11,DIE 11/11,TLE 15/11,LON 16/11,MJN 16/11Hoegh Seoul 61 HOE/HUA - - - 24/10 25/10 - PLU 05/11HS Debussy 1202 MSK/SAF - - - - 27/10 - PLU 10/11Maersk Darlington 1225 CMA/MSK - - - - 28/10 - PLU 08/11Caribbean Sea 1239A MSC - - - - 28/10 - MUT 24/11,YVA 25/11

To: Indian Ocean Islands Updated daily on http://www.ftwonline.co.za

Govern 0373-037E COS/EMC/MBA - 15/10 - - - - BSA 10/11,SYD 12/11,MLB 15/11Msc Lisbon 1241R MSC/CSV/STS - - - - 18/10 - FRE 03/11,ADL 04/11,MLB 08/11,SYD 11/11,TRG 15/11,LYT 17/11Maersk Seletar 1211 CMA/MSK - - 20/10 - 16/10 - AKL 15/11,FRE 15/11,LYT 15/11,TRG 16/11,NPE 17/11,TRG 17/11,LYT 18/11,TIU 19/11,POE 19/11,NSN 21/11,NPL 21/11Msc Rita 1242R MSC/CSV/STS - 17/10 - - 24/10 - FRE 09/11,ADL 10/11,MLB 14/11,SYD 17/11,TRG 21/11,LYT 23/11Grand Victory CO227 WWL - - 18/10 - 20/10 - FRE 01/11,MLB 06/11,PKL 08/11,BSA 10/11Koroni 0374-003E COS/EMC/MBA - 22/10 - - 18/10 - BSA 17/11,SYD 19/11,MLB 22/11Maersk Senang 1207 CMA/MSK - - 27/10 - 21/10 - AKL 22/11,FRE 22/11,LYT 22/11,TRG 23/11,NPE 24/11,TRG 24/11,LYT 25/11,TIU 26/11,POE 26/11,NSN 28/11,NPL 28/11Caribbean Sea 1239A MSC/CSV/STS - 23/10 - - 28/10 - FRE 13/11,ADL 14/11,MLB 18/11,SYD 21/11,TRG 25/11,LYT 27/11Asian Emperor CO228 WWL - - 23/10 - 25/10 - FRE 05/11,MLB 11/11,PKL 13/11,BSA 15/11Tombarra UG201 WWL - - - - 23/10 - FRE 03/11Hoegh Seoul 61 HOE/HUA - - - 24/10 25/10 - FRE 09/11,MLB 11/11,PKL 13/11,TRG 29/11,NPE 30/11,WLG 02/12,LYT 03/12Jing Po He 114E COS/EMC/MBA - 29/10 - - 25/10 - BSA 25/11,SYD 27/11,MLB 30/11Maersk Darlington 1225 CMA/MSK - - - - 28/10 - AKL 29/11,FRE 29/11,LYT 29/11,TRG 30/11,NPE 01/12,TRG 01/12,LYT 02/12,TIU 03/12,POE 03/12,NSN 05/12,NPL 05/12

To: Australasia Updated daily on http://www.ftwonline.co.za

Xin Bei Lun BD226 CMA/CSC/CSV/HSD/MSK/SAF - - 17/10 - 20/10 - SSZ 28/09,ITJ 29/09,PNG 02/10,RIO 06/10Mare Superum BD228 CMA/CSC/CSV/HSD/MSK/SAF - - 24/10 - 27/10 - SSZ 05/10,ITJ 06/10,PNG 09/10,RIO 13/10CMA-CGM Azure BD235 CMA/CSC/CSV/HSD/MSK/SAF - - - - 20/10 - SSZ 02/11,ITJ 03/11,PNG 06/11Mol Growth 7602A HSD/MOL - - - - 25/10 - SSZ 02/11,BUE 06/11,MVD 08/11,NVT 10/11,PNG 11/11,SFS 12/11,RIO 15/11CSAV Lanco BD237 CMA/CSC/CSV/HSD/MSK/SAF - - - - 27/10 - SSZ 09/11,ITJ 10/11,PNG 13/11

To: South America Updated daily on http://www.ftwonline.co.za

AGENT JHB DBN CT PE RBAY EL PTA WBAY Misc. 011 031 021 041 035 043 012 09264 64 Africamarine Ships Agency 450-3314 306-0112 510-7375 - - - - - -

Africa Union Transport 783-8611 301-6025 - - - - - - -

Alpha Shipping Agency (Pty) Ltd 450-2576 207-1662 - - - - - - -

BLS Marine - 201-4552 - - - - - - -

Bridge Marine 625-3300 460-0700 927-9700 - - - - - -

CMA CGM Shipping Agencies 409-8120 319-1300 552-1771 087 803-3380 797-4197 - - 274-467 -

Combine Ocean 407-2200 328-0403 419-8550 501-3427 - - - - -

Cosren Shipping Agency 622-5658 307-3092 418-0690 501-3400 - - - - -

CSAV Group Agencies SA 771-6900 335-9000 405-2300 - - - - - -

Diamond Shipping 263-8500 570-7800 419-2734 363-7788 789-0437 - - - Saldanha Bay (022) 714-3449

DAL Agency 881-0000 582-9400 405-9500 398-0000 - 726-5497 - 219-550 Mozambique (258) 21312354/5

Eyethu Ships Agencies - 301-1470 - - - - - - Mossel Bay (044) 690-7119

Evergreen Agency (SA) Pty Ltd 284-9000 334-5880 431-8701 - - - - - -

Fairseas 513-4039 - 410-8819 - - - - - -

Galborg 340-0499 365-6800 402-1830 581-3994 788-9900 731-1707 - 202-771 Maputo (092581) 430021/2

Gearbulk - 277-9100 - - - - - - -

Global Port Side Services - 328-5891 - - - - - - -

Hapag-Lloyd 0860 101 260 583-6500 0860 101 260 - - - - - -

Hamburg Sud South Africa 615-1003 334-4777 425-0145 - - - - - -

HUA Hoegh Autoliners 994-4500 536-3500 - 487-0381 - - - - -

Hull Blyth South Africa - 360-0700 - - - - - - -

Ignazio Messina & Co 881-9500 365-5200 418-4848 - - - - - -

Independent Shipping Services - - 418-2610 - - - - - -

Island View Shipping - 302-1800 425-2285 - 797-9402 - - - -

John T. Rennie & Sons 407-2200 328-0401 419-8660 501-3400 789-1571 - - - -

King & Sons 340-0300 301-0711 440-5016 581-3994 788-9900 731-1707 - 219-550 Maputo (0925821) 430021/2

K.Line Shipping SA 253-1200 328-0900 421-4232 581-8971 - 722-1851 - - -

Lagendijk Brothers Holdings - 309-5959 - - - - - - -

Land & Sea Shipping 679-1651 - - - - - - - -

LBH South Africa - 309-5959 421-0033 - 788-0953 - - - Saldanha Bay (022) 714-1203

Lloydafrica 455-2728 480-8600 402-1720 581-7023 - - - - -

Macs 340-0499 365-6800 402-1830 581-3994 788-9900 731-1707 - 202-771 Maputo (092581) 430021/2

Maersk South Africa (Pty) Ltd. 277-3700 336-7700 408-6000 501-3100 - 813-0100 - 209-800 -

Mainport Africa Shipping - 202-9621 419-3119 - 789-5144 - - - -

Marimed Shipping 884-3018 328-5891 - - - - - - -

Mediterranean Shipping Co. 263-4000 360-7911 405-2000 505-4800 - 722-6651 335-6980 - -

Meihuizen International - - 440-5400 - - - - - -

Mitsui OSK Lines SA 601-2000 310-2200 402-8900 501-6500 788-9700 700-6500 - 201-2200 -

Metall Und Rohstoff 302-0143 - - - - - - - -

Neptune Shipping 807-5977 - - - - - - - -

Nile Dutch South Africa 325-0557 306-4500 425-3600 - - - - - -

NYK Cool Southern Africa - - 913-8901 - - - - - -

NYK Mitchell Cotts Maritime 788-6302 302-7555 421-5580 581-3994 788-9933 731-1707 - 219-550 -

Ocean Africa Container Lines - 302-7100 412-2860 - - - - - -

Panargo - 335-2400 434-6780 - 789-8951 - - - Saldanha (022) 714-1198

PIL SA 201-7000 301-2222 421-4144 363-8008 - - - - -

Phoenix Shipping (Pty) Ltd. - 568-1313 - - - - - - -

Portco (Pty) Ltd. - 207-4532 421-1623 - - - - - -

RNC Shipping - - 511-5130 - - - - - -

Safbulk - - 408-9100 - - - - - -

Safmarine 277-3500 336-7200 408-6911 501-3000 - 813-0100 335-8787 209-839 -

Seaglow Shipping 236-8500 570-7800 - - - - - - -

Seascape (Appelby Freight Svcs) 616-0595 - - - - - - - -

Sea-Act Shipping cc 475-5245 - - - - - - - -

Seaclad Maritime 442-3777 327-9400 419-1438 - - - - - -

Sharaf Shipping 263-8540 584-2900 - - - - - - -

Southern Chartering 302-0000 - - - - - - - -

Stella Shipping 450-2642 304-5346 - - - - - - -

Voigt Shipping 285-0113 207-1451 911-0938 518-0240 797-4197 - - - SaldanhaBay (022) 714-1908

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics - 584-3600 - 581-1103 - 726-9883 - - -

Zim Southern Africa 285-0013 534-3300 - - - - - - -

OUTBOUND BY DATE - Dates for sailing: 15/10/2012 - 29/10/2012Name of Ship/Voy/Line WBAY CT PE EL DBN RBAY Loading for

EASIFINDER GUIDE TO AGENTS

Kota Hidayah HDY084 PIL - - - - 17/10 - NSA 29/10ER Helgoland MU567 CMA - - 21/10 - - - MUN 04/11Govern 0373-037E COS/EMC/MBA - 15/10 - - - - CMB 04/11,NSA 06/11Maersk Innoshima 1218 MSK/SAF - - 21/10 - - - JEA 08/11Msc Lisbon 1241R MSC/CSV/STS - - - - 18/10 - CMB 30/10HS Wagner 1212 MSK/SAF - - 28/10 - 15/10 - JEA 15/11,SLL 20/11ER Bremerhaven MU577 CMA 16/10 - - - - - MUN 02/12Msc Rita 1242R MSC/CSV/STS - 17/10 - - 24/10 - CMB 05/11Jolly Verde 251 LMC - 17/10 - - - - JED 20/11,RUH 10/12,AQJ 15/12,MSW 15/12,PZU 15/12,HOD 16/12,AUH 20/12,DXB 22/12,KWI 22/12,NSA 22/12,BAH 25/12, BND 25/12,DMN 25/12,DOH 25/12,MCT 25/12,BQM 27/12Koroni 0374-003E COS/EMC/MBA - 22/10 - - 18/10 - CMB 11/11,NSA 13/11TBN tba MUR - - - - - 19/10 BQM 10/11,JEA 15/11,DMN 19/11Msc Erminia 1238A MSC - - - - 20/10 - SLL 29/10,JEA 01/11,NSA 04/11,BQM 04/11,SHJ 04/11,AUH 04/11,MCT 04/11,BAH 04/11,DMN 04/11,KWI 04/11,BND 04/11,JED 05/11, DOH 06/11,IXY 07/11,RUH 11/11Kota Hakim HRU136 PIL - - - - - - NSA 06/12Deike Rickmers MU579 CMA 23/10 - - - - - MUN 08/12Jing Po He 114E COS/EMC/MBA - 29/10 - - 25/10 - CMB 19/11,NSA 21/11HS Debussy 1202 MSK/SAF - - - - 27/10 - JEA 22/11,SLL 27/11Caribbean Sea 1239A MSC - - - - 28/10 - SLL 06/11,JEA 09/11,NSA 12/11,BQM 12/11,SHJ 12/11,AUH 12/11,MCT 12/11,BAH 12/11,DMN 12/11,KWI 12/11,BND 12/11,JED 13/11, DOH 14/11,IXY 15/11,RUH 19/11

To: Middle East, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka Updated daily on http://www.ftwonline.co.za

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INBOUND BY DATE - Dates for sailing: 15/10/2012 - 29/10/2012

Alexander 009 MSC/MSK/SAF - - 24-Oct - 28-Oct -Amber Lagoon 2226 MAC 17-Oct 22-Oct - - 26-Oct -Anna Phil 7/12 ASL - 15-Oct - - - -Anna Scan 12/12 ASL - 27-Oct - - - -AS Castor 1238A MSC - - - - 21-Oct -AS Saxonia 5003 MOL - 20-Oct - - - -AS Saxonia 5204 MOL 23-Oct - - - - -AS Scandia 5106 MOL 17-Oct 26-Oct - - - -Asian Emperor CO228 WWL - - 22-Oct - 24-Oct -Atacama 2225 MAC - - - - - 22-OctAtlantic Impala 207 CSA/HLC - - - - 16-Oct 18-OctCaecilia Shulte 14N MSC/MOL/MSK/OAC/SAF - - - - 21-Oct -Cape Marin DH283 CMA/DEL - 18-Oct - - - -Caribbean Sea 1236R MSC - - - - 27-Oct -Carpathia 1902 EMC/MOL - - - - 21-Oct -Chief DH269 CMA/DEL - - 28-Oct - - -CMA-CGM Azure BD235 CMA/CSC/CSV/HSD/MSK/SAF - - - - 19-Oct -Conti Emden 711W GSL/ZIM - - - - 18-Oct -Corcovado 1203E CSC/HLC/KLI/NDS/NYK/STS - - - - 23-Oct -CSAV Lanco BD237 CMA/CSC/CSV/HSD/MSK/SAF - - - - 26-Oct -Dal Kalahari 127A DAL/MOL/MSK/SAF - 22-Oct 24-Oct - 28-Oct -Dal Karoo 127A DAL/MOL/MSK/SAF - 15-Oct 17-Oct - 21-Oct -Deike Rickmers MU579 CMA 22-Oct - - - - -Dorothea Rickmers 1211 MSK/SAF 18-Oct - - - - -ER Bremerhaven MU577 CMA 15-Oct - - - - -ER Caen 1220 CMA/MSK/SAF - - - - 16-Oct -ER Elsfieth MU583 CMA 29-Oct - - - - -ER Helgoland MU567 CMA - - 21-Oct - - -Golden Isle 2227 MAC 28-Oct - - - - -Grand Victory CO227 WWL - - 17-Oct - 19-Oct -Hoegh Seoul 61 HOE/HUA - - - 23-Oct 24-Oct -Hoegh Sydney 38 HOE - - 23-Oct - 25-Oct -HS Debussy 1217 MSK/SAF - - - - 25-Oct -HS Wagner 1211 MSK/SAF - - 26-Oct - 15-Oct -Jing Po He 114W COS/EMC/MBA - 28-Oct - - 22-Oct -Johan Rickmers YJR043 PIL - - - - 22-Oct -Jolly Verde 251 LMC - 29-Oct - - 26-Oct -Koroni 0374-003W COS/EMC/MBA - 21-Oct - - 15-Oct -Kota Bahagia BGI004 PIL - - - - 15-Oct -Kota Bakti BTI002 PIL - - - - 18-Oct -Kota Bunga BNG002 PIL - - - - 15-Oct -Kota Hakim HRU136 PIL - - - - - -Kota Hidayah HDY084 PIL - - - - 15-Oct -Kota Hormat HMT207 PIL - - - - - -Kota Kamil KMI068 PIL - 17-Oct - - - -Kota Layar 021 KLI/MIS/PIL - 15-Oct - - - -Kota Megah VKM016 PIL - - - - 26-Oct -Kota Puri VPR074 PIL - 26-Oct - - - -Lars Maersk 127A DAL/MOL/MSK/SAF - 29-Oct - - - -Louisa Schulte 126A DAL/MSK/SAF - - - - 23-Oct -Maersk Cape Coast 1209 CMA/MSK/SAF 24-Oct - - - - -Maersk Cape Coast 1210 CMA/MSK/SAF 24-Oct - - - - -Maersk Casablanca 1205 CMA/MSK/SAF 16-Oct - - - - -

Maersk Colombo 1203 CMA/MSK/SAF - 18-Oct - - - -Maersk Congo 1208 CMA/MSK/SAF 29-Oct - - - - -Maersk Cotonou 1208 CMA/MSK/SAF 21-Oct - - - - -Maersk Cuanza 1204 CMA/MSK/SAF - 17-Oct - - - -Maersk Darlington 1224 CMA/MSK/SAF - - - - 24-Oct -Maersk Innoshima 1217 MSK/SAF - - 19-Oct - - -Maersk Seletar 1210 CMA/MSK/SAF - - 18-Oct - - -Maersk Senang 1206 CMA/MSK/SAF - - 25-Oct - 18-Oct -Maersk Vilnius 015 MSC/MSK/SAF - 15-Oct - - - -Maersk Visby 014 MSC/MSK/SAF - 29-Oct 17-Oct - 21-Oct -Malleco AA750E CMA/CSC/CSV/MBA - - - - 20-Oct -Mare Superum BD228 CMA/CSC/CSV/HSD/MSK/SAF - - 23-Oct - 25-Oct -Marie 1230 GAL 19-Oct 22-Oct - - 28-Oct -Martha Schulte 258E CMA/MSK/SAF - 24-Oct - - - -Mentor DH265 CMA/DEL 26-Oct - 18-Oct - - -Mol Delight 7218B MOL - 28-Oct - - - -Mol Devotion 003 KLI/MIS/PIL - 26-Oct - - 22-Oct -Mol Gateway 7106B MOL - 21-Oct - - - -Mol Growth 7602A HSD/MOL - - - - 24-Oct -Msc Agata 1230 MSC - - - - 18-Oct -Msc Altimira 1239 MSC/CSV - 26-Oct - - 20-Oct -Msc Chelsea 1232A MSC - 20-Oct - - - -Msc Chelsea 1235A MSC 26-Oct - - - - -Msc Dymphna 1234R MSC - - - - 16-Oct -Msc Erminia 1235R MSC - - - - 21-Oct -Msc Lisbon 1237A MSC/HLC/HSL/LTI - - - - 15-Oct -Msc Natalia 061 MSC/MSK/SAF - 22-Oct - - - -Msc Rita 1238A MSC/HLC/HSL/LTI - 16-Oct - - 21-Oct -Msc Ulsnis 1232A MSC - - - - 20-Oct -Msc Vanessa 1238 MSC/CSV - 20-Oct - - - -Navios Oriana 001 GRB/UNG - - - - 27-Oct -Niledutch Beijing 30140Z NDS - - - - 25-Oct -Niledutch Guangzhou 30145A NDS - 29-Oct - - 24-Oct -Niledutch Shanghai 30144A NDS - 23-Oct - - 18-Oct -Niledutch Shenzen 30143A NDS - 16-Oct - - - -NYK Isabel 0357W CSC/HLC/KLI/NDS/NYK/ - - - - 23-Oct - SMU/STSPetkum 125A DAL/MSK/SAF - 25-Oct 22-Oct - 16-Oct -Pine 2 1232 GAL - - - - - 22-OctRio Anna 712W GSL/ZIM - - - - 27-Oct -Safmarine Lualaba 1208 MSK/SAF - 26-Oct - - - -Sansibar 009R AUT - - - - 16-Oct -Sansibar 010R AUT 22-Oct - - - - -Seroja Lima 1239A MSC/HLC/HSL/LTI - 23-Oct - - 28-Oct -Thai Bright 129 GRB/UNG - - - - 21-Oct -Tombarra UG201 WWL - - - - 22-Oct -Tove Maersk 1211 MSK/SAF 26-Oct - - - - -Vecchio Bridge 043 KLI/MIS/PIL - 20-Oct - - 16-Oct -Ville D'Orion 249 CMA/MSK/SAF - 24-Oct - - - -Wadi Alrayan 0033W CSC/HLC/KLI/NDS/NYK/ - - - - 21-Oct - SMU/STSWelle DH287 CMA/DEL 15-Oct 28-Oct - - - -Xin Bei Lun BD226 CMA/CSC/CSV/HSD/MSK/SAF - - 16-Oct - 18-Oct -Xin Tian Jin AA752E CMA/CSC/CSV/MBA - - - - 27-Oct -

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ASI Asiatic (Hull Blyth)ASL Angola South Line (Meihuizen International/Seascape cc)AUT Africa Union TransportBEL Beluga Shipping (Mainport Africa Shipping)CHL Consortium Hispania Lines (Seaclad Maritime)CMA CMA-CGM (Shipping Agencies)CNT Conti Lines (Portco SA) CSA Canada States Africa Line (Mitt Cotts)CSC China Shipping Container Lines (Seaclad Maritime)CSV CSAV (CSAV Group Agencies SA)COS Cosren (Cosren)DAL Deutsche Afrika Linien(DAL Agency)DEL Delmas CMA-CGM (Shipping Agencies)DSA Delmas ASAF (Century)ESA Evergreen Agency (SA) (Pty) LtdESL Ethiopian Shipping Lines (Diamond Shipping)

EUK Eukor (Diamond Shipping) FAI Fairseas (Fairseas)GAL Gulf Africa Lines (King and Sons)GCL Global Container Lines (Freightmarine)GRB GearbulkGSL Gold Star Line (Zim Southern Africa)HJL Hanjin Lines (Sharaf)HLC Hapag – LloydHSD Hamburg Sud South AfricaHSL H Stinnes Linien (Diamond Shipping)HOEGH Hoegh Autoliners (Socopao)INM Intermarine (Mainport Africa Shipping)IRISL Islamic Repubic of Iran Shipping Lines (King & Sons)IVS Island View ShippingKLI K.Line Shipping SALAU NYK Cool Southern AfricaLMC Ignazio Messina (Ignazio Messina)LNL Laurel Navigation Line (Zim Southern Africa)

MAC Macs (King & Sons)MAL Mainport Africa Container Line (Mainport Africa Shipping)MAR Marimed (Marimed Ship.)MAS Mascot Line (Marimed)MBA Maruba (Alpha Shipping)MAS Mascot Line (Marimed Shipping)MAU Mauritius Shipping Corporation (Alpha Shipping)MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC)MSK Maersk LineMOL Mitsui Osk Lines (Mitsui Osk Lines)MOZ Mozline (King & Sons)MUR MUR ShippingNDS Nile Dutch Africa Line B.V. (Nile Dutch South Africa)NVQ Navique (Tall Ships)NYK Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line (Mitchell Cotts Maritime)OAC Ocean Africa Container Line (Ocean Africa)PIL Pacific International Line - (Foreshore Shipping)

PRU Prudential Line (Alpha Shipping)SAF Safmarine (Safmarine)SCA Scan GI (Alpha Shipping)SCH Southern CharteringSCI Shipping Corp of India (Combine Ocean)SHL St Helena Line (RNC Shipping)SSI Seacape Shipping Inc (Century Ships Agency)STS Stella Shipping (Stella)TSA Transatlantic (Mitchell Cotts)UAFL United Africa Feeder Line (Seaclad Maritime)UAL Universal Africa Lines (Seaclad Maritime)UASC United Arab Shipping Company (Seaclad Maritime)UNG Unigear (Gearbulk)WHL Wan Hai Lines (Seaglow)WWL Wallenius Wilhelmsen LogisticsZIM Zimstar (Zim Southern Africa)

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