State-owned freight logistics utility Transnet has initiated a process through which it aims to test whether international port terminal operators have the appetite to partner with it to improve the functioning of two underperforming container terminals at the ports of Durban and Ngqura respectively. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced on Monday that a request for information (RFI) would be released for the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 operation, as well as the Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT) as part of a broader process of port reform that includes securing new private funding and expertise.