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Live South African turbot fish goes east

Sixty Kilograms of live turbot fish arrived in perfect condition from South Africa for the first time in Singapore, which could very well be the start of a lucrative market. The Van Diemen Sea Food Group plans to increase the consignment to 200 kg a week with 500 kg becoming the ultimate objective. Hans Duncker, general manager Hellmann Worldwide Logistics (HWL) Cape Town, believes that South African turbot cannot compete with the European market due to the freight cost but to Singapore and Hong Kong, it is competitive enough. 

The Far East is a major market for fish, with Hong Kong alone requiring six to seven million fish a day. The South African turbot requires two years to mature and is farmed by Jacobsbaai Sea Products.
 


Forwarder joins perishable Internet auction business

Kuehne & Nagel has been chosen as the preferred global logistical fulfillment partner in an Internet-based produce integrated exchange and auction e-venture.

KN, as the strategic logistical fulfillment partner, will be responsible for business successfully transacted via this Internet-based trading system from the point of origin to delivery.

The sourcing and auctioning of produce will take place from the southern hemisphere into the northern hemisphere, particularly into Europe, North America, Canada and the Far East.

New contender on Nairobi route

Regional Airlines, a British Airways franchise holder in Kenya, will launch a service between Nairobi and Johannesburg in September. The aircraft will use British Airways livery in the same way as used by British Airways/Comair.
Forwarder buys partner in Egypt

Kuehne & Nagel has extended its ownership stake in Orient Transport Co Cairo (OTC), its joint venture company in Egypt, by purchasing the 50% previously held by International Associated Cargo Carrier SAE. The joint venture was in operation since 1984. Now, the wholly owned subsidiary in Egypt operates under the name Kuehne & Nagel.
 


Free new track and trace system launched

The airfreight industry received a new high-power track-and-trace system, launched by the Johannesburg-based software and services organization, Compu-Clearing.
According to the managing director, Arnold Garber, the new track-and-trace system is a free system for the freight industry although a registration fee might be added at a later date.
 

New Logistics company opens its doors

Vector Logistics, earlier known as the Customer Division of the Anglovaal Industries Group, was launched in July. A new player in the third party logistics field focusing on the food and related industries within South Africa, Vector Logistics aims at providing a one-stop everything-you-need 3PL through strategic partnerships.

The company plans to provide full-fledged contract distribution within the next three to five years, wherein central distribution centers will be used to distribute from one central point in a single delivery.
 
SAA adds capacity on London route

South African Airways Cargo intends to add capacity between Johannesburg and London with an additional daily flight from Sunday, October 27.

The carrier presently operates 20 flights a week on the route, taking the frequency to 21 flights from October, making it twice daily from Johannesburg and once daily from Cape Town.

The additional flight coincides with the peak in the perishable commodities season. By October end, SAA will have 41 flights weekly to Europe, with seven to Frankfurt, seven on the combined Zurich/Paris service, and three each to Copenhagen and Milan. 

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