Two trucks a minute loaded with containers will be able to enter the port of Ngqura, according to Solly Letsoalo, chief operating officer of Transnet Port Terminals (TPT). Letsoalo told a Port Elizabeth Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Percci) breakfast in Port Elizabeth that the truck gateway to Ngqura would be fully automated. Cameras will read the registration of the truck, the driver’s permit and the codes on the outside of the container. If everything tallies, and the paperwork has been done, the truck will go straight through into the container terminal. Separate holding areas have been built for trucks which do not have the required documentation before they get to the entrance of the port, and also for vehicles which have gone through the gate and which have not been cleared. This will minimise any delays for those loads which are properly documented. There will be four incoming, and four outgoing truck lanes, plus a separate entrance and exit for private vehicles.
