New Cape Town port services manager talks to Ray Smuts
THE EPITHETS 'super-duper landlord', 'supercharged estate agent' and 'enforcer' sit well with Malcolm Green because that is exactly what Portnet expects of him in his new post as port services manager for Cape Town.
His major quest is to optimise space and land, We will be carving the port into manageable little chunks, actively looking for tenants and working closely with our business units to help optimise land they currently occupy.
What Green's challenging new position, effective July 1, really boils down to can be defined by three capital P's - Productivity, People and Profits - which translates into greater all-round efficiency, leading to more satisfied customers and richer pickings for Portnet.
Divisionalisation of the authority's structure effectively splits management in two; port operations and port authority and it is the latter with which Green is charged.
The new job effectively entails becoming a super-duper, super-charged, landlord, an estate agent, if you will. This is my land and I have to look at it being effectively utilised and put to good use.
That means we will be looking for tenants to occupy space or buildings but we will not give away terminals. What is more, International Harbour Services (IHS), the only private enterprise within the port, will remain that way.
Will his new position entail more butt-kicking, I wanted to know. Er, in a different way. It will be my function to market the port and look after it, the interests of Cape Town and the State.
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