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(Bloomberg) Transnet SOC Ltd., South Africaâs state-owned ports and freight-rail company, is manually processing container shipments in the continentâs biggest port after an alleged cyber attack crippled its computer systems.
(Bloomberg) Transnet SOC Ltd., South Africaâs state-owned ports and freight-rail company, is manually processing container shipments in the continentâs biggest port after an alleged cyber attack crippled its computer systems.
The company had to switch from the software system developed by Navis, which was acquired by Accel-KKR this month, to asking shippers to supply physical copies of the so-called Container Terminal Order in Durban, according to a notice Transnet sent to customers.
Beitbridge blockage an imminent time bomb for the region, says transport and freight industry
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Johannesburg - The transport and freight forwarding industries have called for urgent intervention at the Beitbridge border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe where a humanitarian disaster is unfolding, at the same time creating a potential Covid-19 catastrophe which also threatens a cholera outbreak .
Federation of Eastern and Southern Africa Road Transport Associations (Fesarta) CEO Mike Fitzmaurice said in a statement on Saturday that Covid-19 regulations and restrictions introduced at the beginning of December had severely compromised the flow of traffic through both sides of the border post.