Big drop in liquid bulk volumes at CT

Container and bulk volumes are
on a downward spiral at the Port
of Cape Town with a particularly
significant decrease in liquid
bulk.
Transnet National Ports
Authority said it had been in
discussions with its customers
to determine the reasons for
the drop in volume, but nothing
specific had been pinpointed as
the cause.
“Part of the reason is believed
to be because diesel sales in
particular are down and also
that there’s been lower demand
from Eskom, but that cannot be
confirmed,” a spokesman said.
The port, also for the first time
in months, has no oilrig berthed
after the two rigs that were in the
port departed during June.
“The next booking for a
rig at the port is only towards
the end of the year and is only
expected in November,” said the
spokesman.