News / Transnet set to unveil 'roadmap' to end shipping delays now at crisis point

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Yesterday, South African minister Kumbudzo Ntshavheni addressed a roadmap to end the logistics crisis in South Africa that has seen containerships stuck at anchorage for weeks. 

The South African government is being held accountable for a failure to invest in port and rail operator Transnet.

This has led to extensive shipping delays that are now at “crisis level”, according to Paul Hardman, chief operations officer of the Citrus Growers’ Association, which, he says, relies on smooth cargo movements to ship perishables. ...