Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Re:	Update on South Africa port strikes

May 12 - Update on strike action in South Africa:

The SATAWU and UTATU unions have been on strike since Monday May 10th and have not reached an agreement as of today, May 12th. There are no container and vessel operations at the main terminals of Cape Town and Durban and we have been advised this will certainly be the case for the next 24 hours as negotiations are deadlocked. We will continue to provide updates as further information becomes available.