The proposed Merchant Shipping Bill, which would have halted the right of commercial lines to move freight along South Africas coast, a service known as cabotage , has been officially stalled for now.
This was confirmed by a Cabinet statement earlier this month but only brought to the attention of Freight News yesterday.
The heavily opposed Bill, which provoked the ire of industry because of governments implicit intent to start a state-owned entity SOE responsible for cabotage shipping, has been withdrawn in its entirety, the statement says.