Maritime Business News Features

Better planning and streamlining of operations has given Cape Town’s container terminal the lead in productivity amongst the five container facilities operated by Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) in South Africa.
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While the Horn of Africa seems a long way away and most South African goods reach Asia and Europe by other routes, a growth in piracy has doubled the cost of hull insurance, upped the chances of General Average being applied to cargoes, multiplied the risks that freight forwarders assume on behalf of their clients, and increased the overall risk exposure of South African businesses with goods or materials that travel the high seas. 
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PORT operator Transnet Port Terminal (TPT) credits the recent merger of its Cape Town container and multipurpose terminals, and the restructuring of its planning and operations structures in the Western Province, for an increase in productivity and performance in the Cape Town Terminal since the end of June.
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