News / Port Louis congestion threatens South Africa exports to Asia

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The fragility of South Africa’s container supply chains was again in evidence after Cyclone Belal, which swept across the Indian Ocean in January, severely disrupted operations in the Mauritius transhipment hub of Port Louis.

It exposed the vulnerability of being dependent on a transhipment terminal in a third country.

Carriers’ frustration at delays in South Africa’s main gateways of Durban and Cape Town have led to series of service adjustments, the most prominent of which was the decision by Maersk to drop ...