News / Carriers divert vessels from disaster-hit Durban to Port Elizabeth

Maersk is diverting its ships from the flood-ravaged port of Durban to Port Elizabeth, as access roads to South Africa’s largest container port remain impassable.

The Loadstar understands other carriers are also considering omitting the port in the coming days.

With the death toll from the devastating floods this week in the province of KwaZula-Natal now exceeding 300, a massive recovery operation is under way, amid calls for a state of disaster to be declared.

Bridges have been swept away and swollen rivers ...