Date: Friday, July 15, 2011

Re:	South Africa - Strike action in other industries may have negative impact on transportation

South Africa - Strike action in other industries may have negative impact on transportation

South Africa has been hit by various industry strikes in the past few weeks; metal and plastic unions striking last week and printing, wood, and chemical unions joining this week. While this has not affected alcoholic beverage cased goods transport as yet, rising fuel shortages if the strike continues on to next week may have an impact on inland transport and the collection/return of containers to the port.

We will continue to monitor the situation and update should it escalate. For pending order status contact your operations representative at 732-388-0101 or login to AXIS for further detail.