The Citrus Growers Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has been engaging closely with government and stakeholders across the citrus value chain on efforts to return the Durban port back to full functionality, following the catastrophic rains and flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. We are pleased that there has been significant progress achieved over the past week with the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Transnet and Ethekwini Municipality working speedily to repair the extensive damage caused by the flooding. In this regard, these government entities have managed to reopen Bayhead Road, which is the main feeder road to the container port terminals. The flooding had caused a length of two ingoing lanes of Bayhead Road, over a canal, to wash away. Thankfully the outgoing lanes weren’t severely impacted and once these had been assessed in terms of safety, the lanes were reopened (ahead of schedule), under strictly controlled conditions, so cargo could move in and out of the port.