The recurring message from shipping industry representatives during the South African International Maritime Institute's (Saimi) recent Maritime Education and Training in the Digital Era conference was that South African youth may be better poised to ride the new wave of technology than their predecessors but they must be adequately prepared for the changing demands of the global fleet. 18 Dec 2017
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State-owned South African Airways (SAA) Group has set in motion its September announcement that it would rationalise the route networks of national carrier SAA and its low-cost subsidiary Mango. 15 Dec 2017
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Tesla boss Elon Musk had always promised to create an electric truck. The rest of the industry has been working on greener solutions for years with options ranging from Euro 6 diesel engines to hybrids, gas and even electric. 15 Dec 2017
Ride-hailing app, Taxify, has launched its services in Dar es Salaam to give commuters more options in private urban transport. 14 Dec 2017
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Aviation is a key part of the economic lifeblood of Africa. It supports 6.9 million jobs and $80bn in GDP. It carries people and goods across and outside the continent and brings in economic investment, tourism, trade, and aid. 14 Dec 2017
The Lagos State Government has stated that the Apapa port was originally designed to receive imported goods and petroleum products and move them out by railway and pipelines, and not to receive articulated trucks and heavy-duty vehicles that transport these products and goods to different parts of the country. 13 Dec 2017
PARIS, France: Tom Enders will not seek a third term as CEO of Airbus, the Le Figaro newspaper reported Tuesday, although the embattled aircraft manufacturer denied a decision had been made. 13 Dec 2017
Addressing the Tech TOC session at the African Terminal Operators' Conference (TOC Africa) in Durban, Lwandile Mabuza, senior operations manager for Transnet National Ports Authority's (TNPA) Port of Durban's Point and Leisure Precinct, said African ports needed African solutions that respond to the rapid technology changes in the maritime industry. These solutions should embrace technology while enhancing the skills and talent development within the port sector. 12 Dec 2017
DHL Supply Chain South Africa has introduced a central control tower which takes all the systems that provide information around orders, planning and execution, health and safety, driver behaviour, fleet management, electronic PODs, and pulls it into one system to manage it from a central location. 11 Dec 2017
Qatar Airways is the first airline in the Africa and Middle East region, and second globally, to achieve the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) NDC Level 3 Certification, demonstrating its use of the latest technological standards in providing information about airfares and other services to customers and to travel agents or another third party. 11 Dec 2017
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Cromet Molepo has been appointed as the new acting group CEO (GCEO) of the Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa) with immediate effect. 11 Dec 2017
GENEVA, Switzerland: Led by US airlines, net profits in the aviation industry are set to rise by some 11 percent in 2018, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Tuesday as it presented economic forecasts for the industry. 6 Dec 2017
All the winners from among the airport’s service providers at this Feather Awards event which recognises service contributions by the wider airport community.
Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport rose five places in the global quality rankings for airports in the third quarter of this year, following an intensified service drive-by management. 5 Dec 2017
Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have announced a new partnership, bringing together some of the world's foremost experts in electrical and propulsion technologies. The companies aim to develop a near-term flight demonstrator which will be a significant step forward in hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft. 5 Dec 2017
It is often said in the aviation industry that Africa has the lowest number of flights but records the highest number of air crashes in the world. 4 Dec 2017
Days after the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, accused shipping companies of aiding importation of arms into the country, the federal government has directed all containerised cargoes coming into Nigeria to be on a pallet. 4 Dec 2017
South African Airways (SAA) chairman Johannes Magwaza has committed the board to coming up with a credible strategy to lift the airline out of its quagmire though he warned that it would go down before it rose up again. 1 Dec 2017
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President Museveni has said taxi operators should pay a monthly road user fee of Shs80,000 and not Shs120,000 to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). 29 Nov 2017
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