Welcome to the the second edition of “Executive Insights“. In this installment, we speak with Matthew Tillman, CEO and co-founder of Haven Inc. about common mistakes shippers make, securing shipping data, and automating to meet global demand. We asked Matthew how outdated technology and human error can cost shippers thousands of dollars or more and what shippers …

Executive Insights series The motto of this blog is SEEK – LEARN – KNOW – GROW and in our efforts to inform and educate you, our readers, we are commencing a new series called “Executive Insights..” Executive Insights will provide ongoing industry insight, enriching the knowledge of our readers with what is happening in the …

Containers lost at sea……. Hmmmmm, what does that mean..?? As part of global trade, in 2016, approximately 130 million containers packed with cargo with an estimated value of more than $4 trillion were shipped around the world.. Below interactive map from University College London’s Energy Institute and data visualisation firm Kiln shows the movements of …

Below is an interesting news item from Transnet about Anti-Apartheid artwork that was sent from South Africa to United States of America.. TPT HANDLES ANTI-APARTHEID ARTWORK ARMOURED VEHICLE BOUND FOR UNITED STATES  The start of March 2018 was an exciting one for Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) which saw the Durban Ro-Ro Terminal handle ‘famous’ cargo, …

Karachi port operations suspended due to collision of ships Port operations were halted at Karachi port on Monday the 19th March 2018 after two ships – the Tolten and Hamburg Bay – both belonging to Hapag Lloyd collided at the South Asia Port Terminal.. In what appears to be a collision (or maybe even an …

Investing in a future Maritime generation through maritime education As the ship in which South African seafarer Tyron Campbell was serving sailed towards New Orleans, he sighted another ship from the same fleet outward from the US port.. He called the ship and much to his delighted surprise, his call was answered by Paulette Maswanganyi, …

How to seal a shipping container and how many seals should a container have..?? A container seal is an integral part of a shipping container.. It is compulsory for every shipping container to have at least one seal before a shipping line allows the container to be shipped.. Container seals may come in many shapes …

Further to the press release from Maersk Line about an unfortunate situation in the Arabian Sea where Maersk Honam had a serious fire on board, pls see below updates.. UPDATE : 12th March 2018 – In a press release, Maersk Line has updated everyone on the situation on the Maersk Honam as below : Remains …

Below is a press release from Maersk Line about an unfortunate situation in the Arabian Sea where Maersk Honam had a serious fire on board.. The latest update was that one Thai national succumbed to his injuries and it is said that 4 crew members – 3 Filipino and 1 Indian are missing..   Serious fire …

To the uninitiated (which included me at one stage), these industries are same or similar and it might come across that there is no difference between Maritime, Shipping, Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain .. But once you are involved in the business or know about these businesses, you will very soon understand that these are …