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Scammers target freight industry

Liesl Venter

Scams targeting the freight industry are doing the rounds internationally and South Africa is not immune.

Following several incidents in recent weeks, security experts have issued warnings to local companies to be on the lookout for possible scammers trying to extort money. The Transport Asset Protection Association (Tapa) also issued a warning to its members globally saying

scams were rampant within the freight sector at present.

The scammers tend to target small- to medium-sized businesses in particular.

John Roodt of freight forwarding company Daigon says they were very nearly taken in by just such a scam.

"We have seen these types of scams before, but in the past month there has been a definite increase. We very nearly got caught out by one, but managed to avoid being victims," he said.

"We were contacted via email by a person from a logistics company for a quote to move livestock by road from Gauteng to Bethlehem in the Free State. The quote was accepted and a cheque payment was made into our bank account."

But instead of the R12 000 quoted, the Absa bank notification received was for an amount of R99 000.

"I was immediately called by the `customer' saying they had overpaid and could

I please refund them. I was planning to do so but something just did not seem right and I decided to wait. They then became persistent and I realised something was definitely wrong."

Luckily for Roodt his hesitancy to refund his customer paid off as the cheque payment was found to be fraudulent.

"In other words I would have refunded them money they had never paid me," he told FTW.

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Transnet employees get ready to paint, sand and re-floor classrooms at the Platt Road Primary School in Isipingo.

Transnet staff turned out in force at the Platt Road Primary School in Isipingo Durban to give their 67 minutes for Mandela Day over the weekend.

The Transnet Foundation's Employee Volunteer Programme (EVP) saw the Durban team painting 35 classrooms, sanding and painting school desks, re-f looring the classrooms and paving the school's assembly point. The employees also donated 35 whiteboards and 12 projectors to the school.

While the company and individual names of the scammers differ the procedure used is similar, according to Johan Robinson, operational manager of Combined Private Investigations (CPI).

Robinson says it is essential that any companies that have been contacted by such scammers forward the information to organisations such as Tapa who are working closely with the SAPS Hawks division or even their local industry association.

"It is a form of organised crime and more often than not the people behind these criminal acts are part of international syndicates that are being tracked. The only way of closing them down is by making sure the authorities know what is happening."

Mike Walwyn of the South African Association of Freight Forwarders (Saaff) agrees saying it is imperative that companies ensure organisations such as Saaff know of these fraudulent attempts. "These are old tricks that rely on a company's good faith.

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New Customs Acts still 'in limbo'

Alan Peat

continued in the usual

government stutter

The three new customs

towards completion, but is

acts, which had original

currently just left up in the

implementation dates of

air at Sars.

"about June 2015", are still

And companies that will

stuck at a public discussion be affected by the changes

phase ? and sitting in

are getting anxious.

limbo with the SA Revenue FTW has been told that

Service

companies

(Sars).

planning

When the idea was at its natal stage, the releases from Sars suggested that somewhere around June 2015

"Sars management

changes must have had a pretty disastrous effect on decision-making

ahead to prepare themselves for compliance still haven't got the finalised Sars rules to go along with the

it would

within the tax

bodies of

replace the current

authority.

the acts. And the

Customs

? Malcolm Hartwell

companies

and Excise

have got to

Act with

be ready

two new

to go. It's a

pieces of legislation ?

switch-over that requires

the Customs Control

accurate timing, or import

Act and the Customs

and export companies in

Duty Act. Pieces of the

the freight industry could

existing legislation were

be left without licences and

to be repealed through

out in the cold.

the Customs Repeal Act

As they have to move

and the bits that were left from the old act to the

over would be renamed the new acts, there are hand-

Excise Duty Act.

over processes to be

The process towards

considered. And an analyst

implementation has

told FTW that the most

important of these was that the acts. However, he

any company or person

rendered a suspicion that

that wished to continue

an apparently politically

importing or exporting

motivated reshuff le of top

would have to re-register

Sars management might

with Sars, within 30 days very well be the barrier

of the new legislation being standing in the way of Sars'

put in place.

rules finalisation.

This also applies to

"As you know," said

all licences issued by

Hartwell, "they have been

Sars under the existing

published and are up for

act as well as a host of

comment.

new licence applications

"But it's bizarre. Nothing

required

has been

in terms of the new legislation. And, while there is no

30

The number of days that will

covered. And we've no explanation about what's happening

time limit

be allowed for re-registration ? and can

within which once new legislation is in place. only be left to

Sars is obliged

speculate."

to process the

But

registration and licence

Hartwell did his own

applications, he added,

speculation, and suggested

if an application is not

that the Sars management

received from the company changes must have had a

wishing to register within pretty disastrous effect on

the 30-day deadline, all

decision-making within the

existing registrations and tax authority.

licences issued will lapse.

And, in what appears to

So what is happening

FTW to be a Zumafication

with the acts?

of the management team

For an answer, FTW

at Sars, some pretty

approached Malcolm

important heads have

Hartwell, master mariner rolled.

and director of lawyers,

In early May, Sars

Norton Rose Fulbright.

announced in a rather a

But he professed to

terse statement that the

the same ignorance of

resignations of suspended

the state of play with

deputy commissioner Ivan

Pillay and head of strategic planning and risk Peter Richer had been confirmed with "immediate effect".

It also revealed that all Sars-initiated charges and related investigations had been withdrawn. And before this, at the time of Pillay's first suspension, Sars chief of operations, Barry Hore, also resigned.

The press has made the point that Sars is reeling from this high-level purge of senior tax officials by new commissioner Tom Moyane. And, said a Network24 release, "senior government officials now fear that Sars ? one of the most stable state institutions pre-1994 ? `may implode'."

The reason for this, it added, was that ? since his appointment by President Jacob Zuma in September ? Moyane has been targeting senior Sars officials "who worked alongside Minister Pravin Gordhan in building Sars into a world-class revenue collection service".

And this, according to Hartwell, is likely to delay decision-making at Sars and ministerial levels, which will hold up the three customs acts ? and possibly not just them.

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Africa Consolidators

Consolidators need clarity on new IMO weight ruling

A leading global insurer has warned that consolidation companies are likely to carry some responsibility for container weight verification when the new International Maritime Organisation (IMO) ruling kicks in on July 1 next year.

The amendment to the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS), which mandates the verification of the gross mass of a container, overtly names the `shipper', the `master' and the `terminal representative' as carrying responsibility for the verification.

But who exactly is the `shipper'? Risk management and insurance provider, TT Club, comments that due to the complex nature of logistics, the term may encompass a range of people involved in the contracting, packing and transportation of cargo.

Marketing manager for TT Club, Tally Judge, said: "The

World Shipping Council (WSC) guidance notes that the key commercial relationship in question is with the person whose name is placed on the ocean carrier's bill of lading. Therefore, in many cases, the responsibility for the actual verified declaration would rest with a freight forwarder, logistics operator or nonvessel operating carrier (NVOC)."

Judge commented that this meant that often reliance would have to be placed on others to have adequate certified methods to provide the

verified weight ? particularly for consolidation business.

"Apart from having a sustainable method by which

gross mass is verified, the shipper would also need to communicate the weight in advance of the vessel's stow plan being prepared," said Judge.

He explained that the information would be sent by the shipper to the carrier but pointed out that with joint service arrangements, there could be a number of carriers involved, with one taking responsibility to consolidate the manifest information.

CEO of Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), Karl Socikwa, says it is important to fully understand the new International Maritime Organisation (IMO) ruling around mandatory container weighing and for all industry role players to work together

to try to minimise its potential impact.

"There certainly will be an impact on operations and, if there is still a lack of clarity on the regulations by the time the new

ruling kicks in on July 1 next year, it will slow down port and portrelated operations," said

"A lack of clarity on the

regulations will slow down port and portrelated operations.

? Karl Socikwa

Socikwa, speaking to FTW on the side lines of Transnet's financial results announcement last week.

He said: "We are currently studying the new regulations and looking at what we as an operator need to do to help the shipping lines and other parties comply with the ruling ? whether it be the installation of weigh bridges or providing training, we just don't know yet."

Socikwa commented that the ruling was a "noble idea" but that it was important to implement the new law in such a way that it did not hamper trade facilitation and cause unnecessary delays.

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Afristar on expansion trail

Eighteen months since the launch of its Africa consolidation services, Afristar Freight Services has seen rapid growth in its roadfreight consolidations ? in particular to Harare, Lusaka, Gaborone, Lilongwe and Blantyre.

"Our direct service to Harare averages 5-7 days," says managing director Michael Ryan. "We have also seen an increase in nomination cargo from our destination agents in these African countries as many importers are looking for a through bill of lading service from country of origin to final destination," he said.

According to Ryan, the main volume of cargo is generated via the company's direct LCL services from Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Besides its road service, Afristar's seafreight services

are particularly strong on the West Africa route, with Lagos and Tema the main discharge ports.

But growth and expansion are on the cards. "Our development routes include the destination ports of

Luanda, Maputo, Dar es Salaam, Mombasa and Kampala ? as well as the Indian Ocean Islands of Madagascar, Reunion and Seychelles which are served via our Port Louis hub in Mauritius," he told FTW.

While Afristar is a relatively new brand in the South African market, the management team's combined experience spans 126 years in the LCL consolidation business. Ryan has himself notched

Afristar's management team from left: Michael Eagar, Seema Ryan, Michael Ryan and Kevin Deeb.

up 22 years of industry experience.

And this, he says, is a major benefit in navigating the many challenges facing groupage operators ? like the co-ordination of relevant customs documentation in the country of destination.

"We have seen a significant improvement in the speed of transit across borders. Barring random customs stops for cargo inspection, we do not experience delays in general," he told FTW.

All transport is outsourced ? but Afristar has its own road bond and offers an in-house RIT/RIB documentation service.

"On the back of our everincreasing global network and reliable service from our destination agents in Africa, we are confident of further growth as our brand awareness grows."

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