'Disastrous' gridlock hits S. Africa's busiest port

More than 60,000 containers are stuck at sea waiting to be offloaded at South Africa's biggest port amid gridlock blamed on bad weather and equipment failures that is damaging the poor economy, according to business and political groups.Transnet has said the delays in Durban are the result of bad weather compounding breakdowns, ageing equipment and other issues.

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