Some importers fear they will miss the Christmas rush due to heavy congestion at the Port of Durban – Southern Africa ’s busiest container port – with ships taking 20 days or more to offload cargo in some cases. This is three or four times longer than the average.
“We’ve been waiting weeks for some of our shipments to be offloaded,” says one importer who asked not to be named. As a result of the inefficiency of these terminals, cargo is increasingly being diverted to Maputo and Luanda, resulting in a permanent loss of export traffic for SA, according to the Department of Transport’s recently published Freight Logistics Roadmap.Some importers believe a labour go-slow is partly to account for the increased congestion, as there is resistance among elements within the trade union movement to plans to introduce private sector operators on some port terminals.
“In response, the company this month introduced a new approach to improving productivity – deploying industrial engineers to maximise berth performance all container terminals. In addition, TPT has, with immediate effect, started scouring second-hand cargo handling equipment as a temporary measure to assist with the short-term challenges at the terminals while simultaneously engaging with original equipment manufacturers on new fleet replacements in the medium term.
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