Early kick-off for talks on port tariff hikes

In an attempt to overcome
the extremely short notice
given to port users of
the annual increase in
port tariffs, the Ports
Regulator is starting the
whole tariff methodology
process earlier this year,
according to CEO Riad
Khan.
This, he told FTW,
will be an early kick-off
for discussions with the
Transnet National Ports
Authority (TNPA) and
its customers on how to
calculate the various tariff
increase applications.
He hoped this would
lead to the whole tariff
methodology being
worked out to everyone’s
satisfaction by January
next year, so that the
previous short notice
given to port users of the
tariff increase application
would be avoided.
Khan also asked that
readers be encouraged to
register on the regulator’s
data base so that any
information being sent out
on the process would be
made available to them by
e-mail.