SOUTH African state-owned freight and ports company Transnet announced that its port container volume in the six-month period to the end of September totalled 2.34 million TEU, a 2.3 per cent increase from the 2.29 million TEU it handled in the same period last year.
According to the company, the increase was due to a "marginal increase in import and export containers, in line with the subdued economic activity", the container management reports.
The firm also announced improvements in ship turnaround times in September 2015 compared to March this year at most of its container terminals, including those at the Port of Durban which handled 2.7 million TEU last year. Turnaround time at the facility dropped 6 per cent from 51 hours in March 2015 to 48 in September this year.
However, at the Port of East London, Transnet's facilities saw a 30 per cent increase from 50 hours in March this year to 65 in September 2015.
The company's Ngqura terminals recorded a 23 per cent drop from 34 to 26 hours during the same period, while its Cape Town facilities showed an 11 per cent decrease from 27 to 24 hours and its Port Elizabeth operations registered a 19 per cent drop from 26 to 21 hours.
The average moves per ship working hour (SWH), which is a measure for terminal productivity, recorded an increase from 42 to 62 moves at the Ngqura Container Terminal, while Durban's Pier 1's moves increased from 47 to 50 and Pier 2's moves from 59 to 62.
CONTAINER
03 November 2015 - 22:19
Box volume up slightly at South Africa's Transnet
SOUTH African state-owned freight and ports company Transnet announced that its port container volume in the six-month period to the end of September totalled 2.34 million TEU, a 2.3 per cent increase from the 2.29 million TEU it handled in the same period last year.
CONTAINER
03 November 2015 - 22:19
Box volume up slightly at South Africa's Transnet
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