Government Issues

Tribunal overturns BAA airport sale order

Ryanair lashed out yesterday at the Competition Appeal Tribunal's order that the Competition Commission's decisions in its report of March 19th, 2009 relating to the common ownership of airports, be repealed. Sharon Gill reports ...

(Feb 26, 2010)

Global piracy in 2009 exceeds 400 incidents

406 incidents of piracy and armed robbery were reported in the 2009 annual piracy report issued by the ICC International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB PRC). The last time piracy figures crossed the 400 mark was in 2003.

(Feb 22, 2010)

South Africa's supply chain future

According to research conducted by Frost & Sullivan for Barloworld Logistics, South Africa still lacks the logistics and transportation infrastructure to compete on a global level. Sharon Gill reports ...

(Feb 19, 2010)

Truck queues stunt port growth, says RHA

The Road Haulage Association has called on the UK government to amend its National Policy Statement on Ports, saying the draft statement puts insufficient emphasis on the need for the provision of adequate secure truck parking facilities.

(Feb 17, 2010)

RFG welcomes Transport Committee report

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed the publication of a new report by the House of Commons Transport Committee that sets out key priorities for the UK rail network.

(Feb 15, 2010)

EC serves Objections notice on Expeditors of Washington and Hong Kong

International freight forwarding and logistics company, Expeditors International of Washington, and its subsidiary Expeditors Hong Kong have received a Statement of Objections from the European Commission.

(Feb 12, 2010)

EU Commission confirms sending Objections notices to freight forwarders

The European Commission has confirmed that it has sent a Statement of Objections to a number of companies regarding their alleged participation in price-fixing cartels in the airfreight forwarding business. Sharon Gill reports ...

(Feb 11, 2010)

Governments must do more to fight Somali piracy

Shipping Australia has expressed its increasing frustration at the apparent impotence of the international community to address the continuing piracy crisis in the Indian Ocean.

(Jan 18, 2010)

NAC founder vindicated in court

A US District Court Judge has issued a preliminary injunction to National Air Cargo founder Christopher Alf, ending his ban on contracting with the US government and enabling him to immediately resume transportation contract work.

(Jan 4, 2010)

SA’s high cube truckers get a reprieve

South Africa's national Dept of Transport has ordered the KwaZulu-Natal Transport Dept to drop its crackdown on high-cube containers, to release impounded vehicles and start issuing abnormal load permits again.

(Dec 16, 2009)