Shipping and Freight Resource https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/ Content - Visibility - Influence Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:09:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-SAFRES-Logo-Live-100x100.png Shipping and Freight Resource https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/ 32 32 56701741 What is your favourite quote..?? https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/what-is-your-favourite-quote/ https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/what-is-your-favourite-quote/#respond Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:07:15 +0000 https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/?p=139378 This was a question that I got as part of a writing prompt.. While several quotes stand out, especially as you get older, for me, undoubtedly it has to be this quote attributed to my favourite polymath Leonardo Da Vinci – “Learning never exhausts the mind“.. Here’s why.. Learning is often confused with education, books, […]

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]]> https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/what-is-your-favourite-quote/feed/ 0 139378 How well are countries implementing IMO regulations..?? 1st mandatory audit done.. https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/how-well-are-countries-implementing-imo-regulations-1st-mandatory-audit-done/ https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/how-well-are-countries-implementing-imo-regulations-1st-mandatory-audit-done/#respond Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:31:14 +0000 https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/?p=139366 We all know there is no shortage of IMO regulations governing international shipping.. Over the years, the IMO has adopted conventions, codes, resolutions, circulars, and mandatory requirements covering ship safety, pollution prevention, maritime security, seafarer training, casualty investigations, certification, and several other aspects of shipping.. But there has always been an important question.. “How many […]

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]]> https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/how-well-are-countries-implementing-imo-regulations-1st-mandatory-audit-done/feed/ 0 139366 World Bank backs freight and logistics reform in South Africa with $1.5 billion loan https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/world-bank-backs-freight-and-logistics-reform-in-south-africa-with-1-5-billion-loan/ https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/world-bank-backs-freight-and-logistics-reform-in-south-africa-with-1-5-billion-loan/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:04:50 +0000 https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/?p=139309 South Africa has secured a US$1.5 billion Development Policy Loan from the World Bank to support infrastructure modernisation and economic growth.. Freight transport reform is one of the three pillars identified in the programme, alongside energy and water and sanitation as a priority area for government intervention.. According to the National Treasury, the loan will […]

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]]> https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/world-bank-backs-freight-and-logistics-reform-in-south-africa-with-1-5-billion-loan/feed/ 0 139309 Congratulations to Michelle Phillips – KZN Top Business Woman for 2026 https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/congratulations-to-michelle-phillips-kzn-top-business-woman-for-2026/ https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/congratulations-to-michelle-phillips-kzn-top-business-woman-for-2026/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:31:47 +0000 https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/?p=139273 Shipping and Freight Resource extends its warmest congratulations to Adv Michelle Phillips, Group Chief Executive of Transnet, on being named KZN Top Business Woman for 2026.. Accepting the award, Michelle said she was deeply honoured by the recognition and explained that she does what she does because she loves it.. She acknowledged the more than […]

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]]> https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/congratulations-to-michelle-phillips-kzn-top-business-woman-for-2026/feed/ 0 139273 How long can dock and yard teams keep solving process problems with overtime..?? https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/how-long-can-dock-and-yard-teams-keep-solving-process-problems-with-overtime/ https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/how-long-can-dock-and-yard-teams-keep-solving-process-problems-with-overtime/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:30:28 +0000 https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/?p=139268 Warehouses and transport yards are remarkably forgiving places.. Throw enough people, overtime, temporary labour, phone calls, and spreadsheets at a problem, and most operations will somehow keep moving.. C3 Solutions’ State of Dock & Yard Management 2026 suggests that this way of working is still deeply embedded.. The report is based on responses from 149 […]

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