Category:Firm Advice
Corridors of prosperity
Andrew Robinson and Malcolm Hartwell, of Norton-Rose Fulbright, discuss whether, for trans-border transport corridors to work effectively, there needs to be uninterrupted movement of...
Free trade and flourishing economies?
A continent-wide free trade area for Africa can only be a good thing β if the governments of the continent can focus on the...
Risk management in supply chain
The landscape for managing risk has changed. Following the 2008 financial crisis, people no longer have the same amount of trust in companies Being...
Free trade and dispute resolution
If the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement enters into force later this year, it will give member states a mechanism to resolve...
Cloned data and the courts
As technology becomes increasingly pervasive in the transport sector (and in society in general), South African courts need to prioritise the issue of data...
Is SA and its logistics industry missing the βGateway to Africaβ boat?
Global trends show a strong correlation between regional economic growth and developing regional hub ports as gateways to trade. South Africa and Durban are...
From Road to Rail, the finale
We finalise our discussion on creating dedicated hubs for moving freight from road to rail. Road to rail (R2R) Hubs could be the solution...
Moving Freight from Road to Rail continuedΒ
We continue our discussion on creating dedicated hubs for moving freight from road to rail. Under the right circumstances, rail transport has the potential...
Moving Freight from Road to Rail
In this three-part series, we discuss considerations pertinent to the movement of freight in a road-to-rail system Like several African countries, Zambia is serviced...
The standard contract
Part of risk management for a logistics company is to understand its contractual obligations and the allocation of risks and liabilities between it and...