Tag: Ports
Transnet in full recovery
State-owned rail and ports company, Transnet, says it is ramping up recovery plans across its operations after it reached a wage agreement with labour unions following nearly two weeks of industrial...
Finally stopping the rot or more of the same old?
TNPA’s ‘Reimagined Operating Model’ aims to reorganise ports to efficiently facilitate trade.
By Robin Hayes
HAS the Government finally realised that its biggest SOE Transnet, is choking the economic and social life out...
500% increases in freight costs at congested ports weigh on food prices
Ongoing congestion and backlogs at South Africa’s ports are further fuelling meteoric food prices, driving increases of up to 500% in transport and logistics costs for importers, retailers, and ultimately consumers.
Damage...
Transnet restores operations at ports after cyber attack
Transnet has fully restored operations at ports following a cyber attack that forced the firm to declare force majeure at its container terminals, the Ministry of Public Enterprises said.
The department said...
United States opens new ports to South African citrus exports
THE United States government has announced the opening up of several new ports for the import for citrus products from South Africa, further facilitating two-way trade with South Africa.
The U.S. Department...
Cargo volumes in SA ports on the rise
Predictions as to how last year would end for the port of Durban proved reasonably accurate (Network, January 16). Containerised cargo, which always attracts the most attention in the port and...
Ports and Maritime authority to announce investment ready projects in the ports and maritime...
The Port Management Association of Eastern & Southern Africa (PMAESA) will be announcing the status of investment ready projects in the ports and maritime sector. The announcement is scheduled to take...
Innovation by TPT saves millions
A depth of experience and a proactive approach by the technical team at Transnet Port Terminal’s Port Elizabeth container terminal has saved the company millions of Rands, improved turnaround time, set...
S.Africa’s Transnet to spend additional $6BN on ports, railways over three years
South Africa’s state-owned freight logistics group Transnet will invest an additional 84 billion rand ($6 billion) over the next three years to increase capacity at ports and railway lines, the Department...
No justification for any increase in Port tariffs
There is no justification for any increase in Port tariffs and it is time port users were compensated for decades of over-charging, says the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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Two SAB plants get R5.8 billion upgrades
The R5.8 billion investment commitment made by South African Breweries (SAB) has been utilised to increase capacity at two of its plants.
The company said...
