Well, this is our last newsletter for 2011, but we will be back with our first newsletter for 2012 on 10 January. In the meantime we will continue to update the site, but at a lower rate since a great many of you, being far cleverer than us, will be relaxing on holiday or at home with friends and family, and work will be the last thing on your mind.
So, from the Bizcommunity team, our best wishes to all of you - our readers, subscribers, contributors and your friends and families - we hope you have a wonderful and restful festive season and we'll see you back in 2012.
Drive safely, drive defensively, and be safe.
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FRANKFURT: German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp said on Monday (12 December 2011) it had agreed to sell its non-military shipbuilding activities Blohm + Voss to British investment fund Star Capital Partners. 
Companies will need to "take the pain" of paying high tariffs to use SA's network of port facilities, because it's a revenue stream that state logistics group Transnet cannot do without. By paying to use SA ports, the private sector is helping to finance much needed investments in infrastructure, says public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba. 
Ports & Ships Maritime News reports that, following recent elections, South Africa was re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), but Nigeria lost out to Denmark by a single vote in its bid to remain a Category C Council member. 
