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Port of Durban clean up operation. Photo: Transnet

Maersk’s Safari service maintained its scheduled call at South African container hub Durban yesterday, after the carrier had diverted two other ships due to severe infrastructure damage to port access roads in last week’s devastating floods.

The carrier’s decision to send the 8,400 teu Maersk Stralsund to Durban, rather than discharge its Asian imports at Port Elizabeth, came after port operator Transnet confirmed it had managed to reopen part of the access road.

The state-owned authority tweeted: “Phase 1 of Bayhead restoration complete ...