Industry can expect improved terminal productivity as ICTSI rolls out best practices learnt through its extensive experience.
Just six years ago, Durban Container Terminal ranked as the 63rd best container terminal worldwide. In 2022 the picture looked vastly different, with the terminal ranking 341st out of 348 ports and terminals, as measured by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence’s 2022 Container Port Performance Index .
will operate the terminal, rolling out best practices learnt from its extensive experience from 34 terminals globally. Infrastructure upgrades Infrastructural and container handling equipment upgrades can be expected as soon as possible, ensuring that will be operating in and surrounded by the current Transnet processes, infrastructure and access challenges into and out of the port. There is currently a lack of proper road capacity, exacerbated by inefficiencies in yard and vessel operations. This delays truck entry into the relevant terminals to load and offload cargo.
to perform high levels of dual cycling, which is the process of discharging a container and loading a different container in one crane move. Linked to efficient dual cycling is efficient yard planning, with the least number of non-billable container moves while ensuring the shortest travelling distance from the yard to the vessel under operations. Landside customers can expect an efficient vehicle booking system supported by gate automation, limiting gate-in and gate-out delays.
’s equipment is aged and, in some instances, has not been well maintained. One of the most exciting changes expected is an improved e-commerce platform for container booking services, payments and receipts, minimising delays experienced with manual interaction. These include container examination, hazardous sticker removals, obtaining container photos, container fumigation and requesting verified gross mass certificates.
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