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The Port of Durban is a “construction site”, with multiple projects under way, including upgrading access roads and plans for a multi-purpose terminal, a liquid bulk terminal and a recreational waterfront.
BUSINESS

Durban Port developments gather momentum

New container terminals, expansion of the car terminal and a waterfront development are on the cards

  • Lyse Comins
3 min read
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BUSINESS

Transnet forges ahead with R89bn logistics hub in KZN

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

  • Lyse Comins
4 min read
Portia Joy Derby, chief executive officer of Transnet SOC Ltd., at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images
COSATU

‘Significant progress’ during my Transnet tenure, says Portia Derby

Derby exits amid scathing reviews from organised business and, more recently, labour

  • Lesego Chepape
5 min read
The expansion of the Port of Durban will cost approximately R100-billion over 10 years/ (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)
COMMODITIES BOOM

Ports authority puts feelers out for Transnet private investors

The expansion of the Port of Durban will cost approximately R100-billion over 10 years

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read