Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) is working hard at trying to find solutions to Cape Town’s wind problems, according to TPT chief executive Karl Socikwa. Socikwa told FTW that calls by the industry to replace the new Rubber Tyre Gantries (RTG) used in the stack with the old straddle carriers were not feasible. He said in all probability a combination of RTGs and straddle carriers would be deployed at the Port of Cape Town. And while the port's investment plans do include straddle carriers, this will take some time. “A quicker solution is to move the straddle carriers from the Port of Durban where they are not being utilised any more to Cape Town. We have a shipping line which has offered to move them for us free of charge and this is being considered very seriously.” In January alone the port was wind bound for more than 250 hours.
