Durban Pier 2 development 'delayed by misdirection'
Durban’s Pier 2, South Africa’s main container gateway, continues to be regularly beset by severe ...
Severe congestion in South Africa’s ports is forcing shipping lines to omit the country from their services.
Currently 96 vessels are waiting at anchor outside ports, costing the economy R98m ($5.32m) a day, according to the South African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF).
Maersk is among the lines skipping calls; earlier today it warned of long waiting times at Durban and noted that “CMA has triggered a Cape Town omission on the APL Houston eastbound voyage due to berthing congestion in Cape ...
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