City Deep gets a bad rap for congestion

The City Deep inland port
is not congested – in fact it
has not been congested for
months.
According to Frans
Seloane, executive
manager: operations
container and automotive
business unit, the TFR
facility is often wrongly
accused of being congested
when in fact other depots
within the City Deep
precinct are to blame.
“People often forget that
there are several private
container depots within the
City Deep precinct along
with the TFR terminal.
Any congestion on the
road caused by one of the
other depots does not mean
that City Deep container
terminal run by TFR is
congested and to blame.”
According to Seloane
the average turnaround
time of a truck entering
and exiting the TFR
facility is about 30
minutes.
“Some two weeks ago
there were claims that TFR
container terminal was
congested and trucks were
not able to move, while it
was actually a company
next door that had stacked
containers and was causing
a road blockage,” says
Seloane. “We do have peak
times, but even then the
longest a truck is in this
premises is 40 minutes.”
Seloane says congestion
on the roads outside and
near the facility cannot be
laid at the TFR container
terminal’s door. “One must
remember our terminal
only handles containers,
while some of the other
depots in this precinct
handle bulk and breakbulk
as well as containers which
means they have several
more trucks on the roads
around here than we do.”