LAST WEEK'S TOP STORIES ON FTW ONLINE

Barloworld acquires

share of refrigerated

transport company

Barloworld Transport has

acquired 51% of refrigerated

transport company, Aspen

Logistic Services.

Shippers’ Council CEO

to step down

CEO of the Southern Africa

Shippers Transport and

Logistics Council (Sastalc),

Brenda Horne-Ferreira, will

step down effective March 1

this year.

New automotive

production plant

earmarked for

Eastern Cape?

The Industrial Development

Corporation (IDC) has

signed a R12-billion

agreement with Beijing

Automotive International

Corporation (BAIC) to

build a car manufacturing

plant in South Africa.

Maize import

forecast revised

down

Agricultural production

body, Grain SA, has

revised its import forecast

for maize to 3 million

tonnes – down from the

5-6 million tonnes it

projected earlier this year.