The Home Depot launches $500M cost-savings plan
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The Home Depot is undergoing a $500 million cost savings push that will see the company reduce its supply chain holding capacity, EVP and CFO Richard McPhail said during a June 13 investor and analyst […]
Lebombo border backlog results in taxi threat
A taxi association operating in the Komatipoort area has warned truck drivers hauling ore and coal to the Port of Maputo not to use alternative roads to access South Africa’s severely congested Lebombo border post with Mozambique.This is the latest development stemming from delayed cargo processing at the transit on the N4 Maputo Corridor.According to information […]
New study recommends new methods for design and operation of ammonia-fuelled ships
The Lloyd’s Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping conducted a joint study into ammonia safety onboard ships, which discovered that a variety of mitigation methods, from ship design to crew training and operations, are required to keep toxicity risks to the crew within published tolerable limits. […]
Temu, Shein dodge tariffs and customs scrutiny on their shipments, investigation finds
Dive Brief: Fast fashion giants Temu and Shein have avoided paying certain import tariffs and providing detailed customs data because of how they ship their low-priced products, U.S. lawmakers found in an investigation published Thursday. The report is part of an ongoing look into the sourcing and labor practices of some fashion companies by […]
DRC delegation on road fact-finding mission to Namibia
The Namibian Road Fund Administration (RFA) will host a delegation from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this week to establish how Namibia’s road user charging system works successfully. According to a statement issued by the RFA, the DRC delegation will comprise 19 officials from various government road sector institutions, which will be on what […]
Jam on Singapore road after container truck overturns
A container truck overturned on its side on a Singapore road in the early afternoon (local time) on 26 June, causing it to be closed to traffic for seven hours. Footage from nearby vehicles and Facebook group SG Road Vigilante showed that the truck appeared to swerve to avoid another container truck in front of it. […]
Intel grows global footprint with chip production sites in Germany, Poland
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Intel is growing its production network in Europe, with plans to invest $4.6 billion in an assembly and testing facility in Wrocław, Poland. In addition, the chipmaker is expanding its investment in a semiconductor fabrication […]
Head-on collision reaffirms need for Copperbelt route intervention
Driver error resulted in a head-on collision on the N1 south of the Whiskey checkpoint and truck stop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday morning. This was confirmed this morning by Mike Fitzmaurice, chief executive of the Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport Associations (Fesarta). The collision between a […]
AD Ports Group enters drydocking and repair market
AD Ports Group and Premier Marine Engineering Services LLC (Premier Marine), a UAE-based shipyard company specialising in ship building and repair services to marine and offshore industries, announced the formation of a new joint venture, SAFEEN Drydocks. More specifically, the joint venture is structured as 51% ownership by AD Ports Group and 49% by Premier […]
Target bolsters last-mile delivery reach with first extension facility
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Target has expanded its last-mile reach in the Atlanta area with an “extension” facility that is helping deliver up to 1,500 packages daily, the retailer said on its website last week. Packages are transferred to […]
