TRUCK CONGESTION AT DURBAN PORT PERSISTS

With a major decline
in the traffic volumes
of containers to and
from Africa’s major
Port of Durban, you’d
expect truck turnaround
timing to have improved
enormously from the
congestion it had been
experiencing.
But that’s anything
but the case, according
to Kevin Martin, MD of
Freightliner Transport.
“Indeed,” he told
FTW, “it’s a devil of a
lot worse at the Durban
Container Terminal
(DCT) Pier 2.
“For example, just
last week, there were six
vehicles – all clocked in
on the booking system
– and their average
turnaround time was
19 hours. The type of
situation that threatens
to put truckers out of
business.”
Trying to find a
solution to this problem,
the port users, through
various forums, are
working with Transnet
Port Terminals (TPT).