'Another costly white elephant' 31 Aug 2001 - By Staff reporter Comments | 0 Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share to E-mail Print this page I'M OF the opinion that we are looking at another costly "white elephant". The massive intended funds to develop Coega should be used on the upgrading the present port operations in SA instead. Absolute waste of good money!! Ron Peterson, Samsung. Sign up to our mailing list and get daily news headlines and weekly features directly to your inbox free. Subscribe to receive print copies of Freight News Features to your door.
Increased vessel traffic, but where are the port calls? The Port of Cape Town, regularly bypassed by maritime vessels rerouted away from the Middle East. Source: Cruise Mapper 23 Apr 2026 Comments | 0