Ngqura to get two more gantries

Two additional gantries will be deployed in the port of Ngqura “with immediate effect”, according to Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba. He was speaking in Port Elizabeth after a meeting with the automotive industry. There are plans for another two ship-to-shore gantries, which will bring the total in Ngqura to 10. FTW understands that the shipping industry has been lobbying hard with government at ministerial level to add more gantries to the Ngqura fleet as the port was starting to suffer from congestion. The lengthening and dredging of the quayside to accommodate four post Panamax vessels at a time paved the way for the addition of new gantries.