South Africa wants its own national shipping company

South Africa aims to launch a state-owned shipping line due to ”strategic vulnerability” from not having its own merchant fleet.
South African shipping is depending on foreign countries. The image is from the port in Cape Town. | Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
South African shipping is depending on foreign countries. The image is from the port in Cape Town. | Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

The government of South Africa plans to set up its own national shipping company, which, among other ship types, will consist of oil tankers and a container vessel.

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