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Climate science can aid planning for Cape Townâs windbound periods When not wind-bound, the port of Cape Town can move 16,000 containers per week, but unfortunately the southeaster wind has been âexceptionally badâ at times this season, notes Terry Gale, chairperson of the Western Cape Exportersâ Club, which represents many in the fruit export industry (fresh produce is the majority of cargo exported from Cape Town). On late afternoon Wednesday 24 February winds of up to 90km per hour forced a closure of the container terminal, lasting for more than two days until its re-opening the following Saturday. As a result vessels were on average delayed by eight days and many shipping lines are bypassing Cape Town in order to keep to their windows at the subsequent ports to the east or to the north. ....
February 7, 2021 Transnet Source: Google Images South African freight rail and port company, Transnet announced it is switching its container transport strategy from road to rail in a bid to ease traffic congestion and improve efficiency at the Cape Town container terminal at the harbour, on Saturday, February 6. The transporter said it successfully tested a reefer container train, which ran from the Belcon Inland Terminal, in Bellville, to Transnet’s Cape Town Container Terminal. Transnet said the initiative brings much-needed relief on the roads and conveys goods to the ports more efficiently while lowering the cost of doing business. “The collaboration between two Transnet operating divisions – port terminals and freight rail – ....