Durban Ships Waiting 251 Hours. Plan for a Longer Lead Time
SAAFF/BUSA Cargo Movement Update No. 303 shows 11 vessels at anchorage off Durban Gateway Terminal, waiting about 251 hours, up from about…
Read more →Diesel Up R2.84 a Litre. Your Inland Leg Pays Next
From 7 October 2026 diesel rose 284.38c/l (0.05% sulphur) and 324.38c/l (50ppm). Higher oil and diesel prices drove it. Expect fuel surcharges…
Read more →Why SA Steel Duties Look Stacked: Hot-Rolled Safeguard, Coated-Coil Safeguard and China AD 778
Three Chapter 72 remedy tracks — ITAC 740 hot-rolled safeguard, 768 coated thin-coil safeguard, and 778 China AD — so classifiers stop…
Read more →No Duty Hike on Office Paper. A Sector Probe Instead
ITAC Report 679 refuses Mondi's bid to lift duty on A4 and converting reels to 20%. Minister Tau approved the refusal and…
Read more →HS 2028 South Africa: Classifier Checklist Before 2028
On 1 January 2028 HS moves to HS 2028 — there is no HS 2027. SA classifier checklist: WCO correlation tables, SARS…
Read more →Transnet's First Profit in Four Years Is an Asset Sale, Not a Turnaround
Transnet's R4.6bn profit — its first in four years — rests on the R12.5bn ICTSI terminal sale. Strip it out and the…
Read more →The 15% Trap Treasury Just Closed for SA's Private Terminals
Backdated to 1 April, Treasury and SARS now recognise licensed terminal operators for VAT zero-rating — closing a 15% trap sprung by…
Read more →AGOA Extended to 2028 — But SA's Car Exporters Get No Relief
Trump signed AGOA's extension to end-2028, but the 25% Section 232 tariff still overrides it for vehicles — the sector that was…
Read more →Durban's Backlog Is Now a Demurrage Bill — and Importers Are Paying
A software switch at Durban's biggest terminal has cut throughput by a quarter, and the cost of the delay is landing on…
Read more →Durban's 'Most-Improved' Terminal Chokes After Its Software Switch
A mid-August system cutover at Durban Gateway Terminal cut weekly throughput 26% and pushed vessel waits past 12 days — on the…
Read more →Port Tariffs Head Back to Hearing — Budget the Cap, Not the Ask
The Ports Regulator is hearing TNPA's 2027/28 and 2028/29 tariff case now, after 7.57% already landed in April. Here is the number…
Read more →Durban's Queues Return as the Natal Corridor Goes Dark for Nine Days
Transnet closes the Durban–Gauteng rail line for maintenance from 25 August just as vessel queues creep back to Durban — a squeeze…
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