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This week, we speak with Tanya Moroka, trade credit business development manager at Marsh about trade credit and trade credit insurance.

Sagree Chetty is an accomplished Executive with > 15 years global experience in Maritime and Shipping, Ports and Terminals, Commercial, Insurance and Administrative Law, and Customs.   She has negotiated high value tenders for TNPA, including acquisitions of large scale capital projects, tugs, dredgers, helicopters, construction and engineering contracts. Achieved in excess of 80% success rate in all High Court litigation matters in terms of review applications, on behalf of Transnet (TPT and TNPA), with largest single matter in region of ZAR500-million in 2008. Successfully managed and litigated in numerous high profile cases in High Court, SCA and Constitutional Court. Dealt with ZAR3.5 billion shipping matter between London and Durban. Managed the full insurance function and also reduced the insurance premiums for the company with a revenue of ZAR12 billion and an asset base of ZAR85 billion.

Antonella Da Cunha - CRM Prof is an independent Risk Advisor and consults at Capespan and at various other global companies in Fruit, Logistics, Farming and Insurance sectors. Fruit exporters in Africa and around the world or those aspiring to become fruit exporters would be doing themselves a significant favour to listen/watch this discussion.  Cargo insurers with an appetite for perishables would definitely appreciate Antonella's we-are-in-it-together approach to risk management.

Our guest this week on the Cargo Rant podcast is Yvonne Rentmeester. For over 20 years, Yvonne managed the quality assurance department of Dole North America. She oversaw 250+ customers' banana programs evaluations for North American produce retailers and wholesalers including Kroger, Walmart, Wegmans, Costco, Albertsons, Food Lion, Whole Foods, Amazon, Sam’s Club, and Giant Eagle. Yvonne holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Agricultural Business Management, minoring in Fruit Industries.

Our guest this week is a fruit industry veteran with over 25 years of experience as a fresh produce expert.  Johan spent several years as Technical Training and Development Manager at the South African Perishables Product Export Control Board (PPECB) and would later become the Fresh Produce Operations Manager at SGS. Johan currently develops e-learning materials and engages as an independent trainer in the African fruit industry. To reach Johan, use the below details: Whatsapp: 0027 71 686 9701 Email: [email protected]

Rodrick is a senior executive leader in agribusiness with extensive experience working in African and European Markets. He has senior managerial experience, project development, general management, Supply Chain, Logistics & shipping, land acquisition, and negotiations in several African countries. He has led different projects and firms involved in commercial agriculture, bananas, fresh fruit, vegetables, flowers, dehydrated vegetables, mangoes, hydroponics, organic and sustainable farming, and packaging. Rodrick holds an MBA from the University of Leicester, UK and a Master of Science in Agriculture from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Amy Wilkinson joins us in today's episode to tell us about some of the challenges facing women in the food industry and how to overcome them. Amy is the host of Oh For Food Sake and she is a coach, a facilitator, and a consultant in the food industry.  She helps women get the recognition they deserve without feeling frazzled. 

 Dr Jan Hoffmann  is Chief, Trade Logistics Branch Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD  Jan is co-author and coordinator of the annual 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐃 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, created and co-edits the quarterly 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, and initiated the 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐃 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 and the annual 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱.  So who better to call on when we want to understand more on what is going on in global liner shipping and what #shippers and cargo owners can expect from it all?

Tabas, as he is popularly known, is a Cameroonian living in Canada.  He supplies retailers of fresh, dry and frozen African foods in Canada and the US. He sources his products from Cameroon, Nigeria, Zambia and Ghana. He also owns a farm in Cameroon. In this episode, we caught up with Tabas to discuss what goes on behind the scenes. He highlighted the challenges involved in the business and concludes with some words of advice for those who dare.

In this episode, Jose Guerrero breaks down the impact of general average on cargo owners and  gives us his very strong views and recommendations on the future of this age old practice.

Recent events have highlighted the importance of certain practices to mitigate the effects of trade disruption. In this episode, we look at what is trade disruption from an African perspective and what can be done to mitigate it - if at all.

Our guest this week in Ibrahim Hassan. He is the National Sales and Marketing Manager at SEAFRIGO. He is a perishables and food logistics expert with over 13 years of working experience in the shipping and logistics industry. Ibrahim shares with us the relevant steps shippers must take to ensure their fruits arrive at destination in sound condition. He then speaks on the impact of delays on fruit exporters and concludes by asking some pertinent questions of his own to Kingsly.