Durban Port

The new rubber-tyred gantry cranes and straddle carriers will boost efficiency at the port, Transnet chief executive Michelle Phillips said

eThekwini metro is pulling out all the stops to make the Durban area once again attractive for business and leisure

His business has been recognised for its role helping Transnet fix its equipment woes to clear port backlogs

Plans are underway to develop new container terminals at the ports of Richards Bay and Durban, and to relocate the SA Navy Base from Salisbury Island

The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement creates the world’s largest free trade area by number of countries

Dock workers are demanding transparency over Transnet’s partnership with the Filipino container company and an assurance there will be no retrenchments

Recently, there were 63 vessels at anchorage, of which 20 were awaiting a berth at the container terminal

Toyota vice president Nigel Ward says the province has developed resilience in the face of disease, civil unrest and floods

eThekwini businesses have urged the minister to fire executive members of the board, saying they are responsible for service delivery failures at the port

Ships are going in and out of the harbour and and the backlog of 8 000 to 9 000 containers is expected to be cleared in the next five to six days

Companies are having to deal with operational and supply-chain disruptions that come less than nine months after the riots in July.

The president disclosed a development U-turn but the Special Economic Zones and China’s carbon intensive interests are likely to prevail