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Logistics
Road/Rail Freight

Truck-staging turns Cape Town port into hellish experience

17 Jan 2023 - by Anton Marsh
Trucks queue outside the Port of Cape Town following the sudden introduction of the staging area. 
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Dust, frustration, delays and anxiety continue to define Transnet’s truck staging zone outside the Port of Cape Town.

One tenant, who borders the staging area, says the situation is a shambles.

The waiting time over the last few days seemed to have improved, but today it reverted to long queues with little to no movement.

Due to the increase in traffic in the area and the dirt roads the trucks use, the dust for the tenants has become a very real issue. Then, as the drivers get fed up with the delays, they start to hoot, creating noise pollution.

WATCH: This was the situation on Tuesday, January 17, outside the Port of Cape Town.

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