The Citrus Growers Association plans to move some of its citrus off the road to rail following the truck attacks seen in parts of South Africa in the past two weeks.
The Citrus Growers Association plans to move a tonne of goods onto rail transport.The organisation's CEO said criminality might be one of the challenges the association will face when trying to implement the new strategy.The Citrus Growers Association plans to move some of its citrus off the road to rail following theThese attacks have impacted the agricultural sector, leaving the citrus industry to deal with high transport costs.
"It is concerning that as we approach the peak of deliveries of citrus to the port, criminals are now torching trucks on our major routes," he said in a statement. "What this economic sabotage does, is increase the cost of transport – through higher insurance premiums, additional security measures, and replacement of vandalised equipment. These increased costs are passed on to consumers of the transported goods.
An analysis by logistics development manager at CGA, Mitchell Brooke, revealed that there were some 2 200 trucks on the road on a weekly basis transporting citrus from the northern regions. There was also a further 1 200 in the Eastern Cape and 1 000 in the Western and Northern Cape.
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