Improved road access to DCT gets the thumbs up

ALAN PEAT THE THIRD lane on the access road to the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) – designed to provide a by-pass to the other container depots and facilities – has now opened. It had certain teething problems, like getting congested with trucks also heading for the DCT, according to Ravi Reddy of container road hauliers, International Delivery Company (IDC). This, he told FTW, due to only a limited supervision of the use of the new lane soon after it opened. However, it now seems to be working well, according to Kevin Martin of Freightliner, and a committee member of the Durban Harbour Carriers' Association. SA Port Operations’ (Sapo) personnel have been policing the new lane a lot more strictly than in the early period of operation, he said. “According to my operations people there were some guys using the new lane to jump the queue, but Sapo are now clamping down on this much more than they were at the beginning.”