The multi-disciplinary Port of Durban Decongestion Task Team continues to collaborate on efforts to alleviate congestion at the Port of Durban and its surrounding road networks, which negatively impact communities in and around the port’s Bayhead Precinct.
Among the solutions mooted are synchronising the operating hours of back of port container depots with the port’s 24/7 operating hours, and introducing a holistic truck booking system that could provide an integrated view of expected truck...
The COVID-19 national lockdown has seen the Port of Durban harness the power of technology to bring together a range of stakeholders to address port issues.
Every day the port has held a Daily Virtual Stakeholder Operations meeting which is led by GM: Port of Durban, Moshe Motlohi and includes representatives of shipping lines, all terminal operators, the trucking fraternity and depots.
The meeting enables every stakeholder to be kept up to speed with daily operational plans and to address...
http://www.sashippingnews.com/2020/06/18/port-of-durban-collaboration-powered-by-tech/
The first green shoots are emerging from various initiatives undertaken by the multidisciplinary Port of Durban Decongestion Task Team in recent months to relieve traffic pressure and congestion in the port’s Bayhead Precinct and surrounding road networks.
The precinct leading to the port’s Durban Container Terminals (DCT) and other private depots is served by a single main entry motorway, Bayhead Road, which has been plagued by heavy truck traffic congestion attributed mainly to operational...
http://www.sashippingnews.com/2020/05/20/port-of-durban-decongestion-efforts-bearing-fruit/
The port city of Durban’s status as a leading cruise destination was cemented on Saturday, 16 November with the arrival of the MSC ORCHESTRA cruise liner on her maiden voyage to South African shores, as well as a sod turning ceremony to mark the start of construction of the new Durban passenger terminal.
General Manager: Port of Durban, Moshe Motlohi, said the port’s cruise sector developments reflected growing confidence in Durban as a cruise prospect.
“We thank MSC Cruises for continuously...
http://www.sashippingnews.com/2019/11/19/msc-orchestra-welcomed-for-2019-20-durban-cruise-season/
This week Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) and Transnet Ports Terminals (TPT), through the Port of Durban, welcomed the first vessel to arrive at the port on the new MIAX (Middle East-India-Africa Express) service recently introduced by Hapag-Lloyd and its alliance partner, Ocean Network Express (ONE).
The container vessel, MV NEW JERSEY TRADER, was welcomed into port on 5 November with a ceremonial tug spray and plaque exchange. The vessel was built in 2011 and flies the flag of Malta.
Ha...
http://www.sashippingnews.com/2019/11/07/port-of-durban-welcomes-first-vessel-on-new-miax-service/
The cruise season has drawn to a magnificent close in both the Eastern and Western Cape with the state-of-the-art VIKING SUN calling at the Ports of East London, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town.
This was the vessel’s maiden voyage to the country and also the very first time that her Switzerland-based owner Viking Ocean Cruises has ever included South Africa on its global itinerary.
Flying the flag of Norway, VIKING SUN first arrived in Durban on Friday, 12 April. In East London on Monday, 15 April...