Following the completion
of the new licensing process
for terminal operators,
Transnet National Ports
Authority has set up
performance agreements
that will see terminal
operators
held
responsible
for
operational
effectiveness
and
productivity,
TNPA general
manager
strategy, Nico
Walters, told
delegates at
last week’s SA
Association
of Freight
Forwarders
conference in
Johannesburg.
Terminal operator
performance standards
(Tops) are described as
informed and expected
levels of performance for
specific terminals and are
addendums to the licence.
“To efficiently
exercise oversight on
port operations, TNPA
has appointed a senior
operations manager
across the port who will
oversee and monitor the
day-to-day delivery of safe,
secure,
sustainable
and efficient
integrated
water and
landside
operations,”
said Walters.
The Tops
will be
assessed on
a quarterly
basis and
reviewed
on an
annual
basis, he
added. “Port
operations centres will be
established so that at any
time people can look at
what’s happening within the
port – and with that goes
a fully f ledged oversight
function to ensure we have
utilised our assets properly.”
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The terminal
operator performance
standards will
be assessed on a
quarterly basis and
reviewed on an
annual basis.
– Nico Walters
