Port of Cape Town ready for fruit import & export season

CAPE TOWN - Transport Minister Barbara Creecy said it was all systems go for a productive fruit import and export season.

The Port of Cape Town has been marred by long trucking queues and delays with shipping vessels waiting for weeks to offload their cargo.

In winter, farmers and traders worldwide faced losing their export quality produce because of delayed logistics and slow turnaround times at the port.

Broken equipment and strong winds are some of the challenges attributed for the delays experienced at the Port of Cape Town recently.

And as the fruit industry gears up for a bumper summer season, Creecy said that over 70 new pieces of equipment had been acquired to help ease the load.

"And this new equipment is helping us with the stacking of containers, with the loading and unloading of ships."

Creecy added that a lot of work had been done to shorten delays at the port.

Port of Cape Town ready for fruit import & export season - Creecy

The Port of Cape Town has been marred by long trucking queues and delays with shipping vessels waiting for weeks to offload their cargo but Creecy said that a lot of work had been done to shorten delays at the port.