INTERVIEW – CapeTalk: Economy under threat as union strike hits ports

Head of Ports, Transport and Logistics, Andrew Pike, joined CapeTalk’s Lester Kiewit for a conversation on the strike of two major labour unions at South Africa’s port and freight-rail operator. They talk about how this strike over wages threatens to limit the country’s ability to export bulk commodities, and what this could mean for the economy.

BOWMANS SHIPPING PODCAST #10 – Plastic Nurdles: the toxic waste polluting our oceans

Nurdle pollution has a devastating effect on marine ecology and became the focus of the maritime world in May 2021 when the vessel X-Press Pearl caught fire off the west coast of Sri Lanka and spilled about 75 billion particles (or 1 680 tons of nurdles) into the ocean. This podcast series returns with an in-depth discussion between partners Jeremy Prain and Lana Stockton on the topic of plastic ‘nurdle’ spills from shipping containers.