The Cape Town Container Terminal continues to implement mitigation measures to deal with the impact of adverse weather conditions on operations. The terminal has been impacted by weather challenges since November 2022 with 584.76 hours of windspeeds ranging from 80 to 120 kilometres (km/h) per hour.
This has had an impact on vessels on the quay and those waiting at anchorage. Productivity has also been impacted although the terminal continues to assist vessel operations and landside where feasible despite windy conditions. In line with the terminal’s safety operating procedure (SOP), the terminal cannot operate beyond wind speeds of 80km per hour to ensure the safety of the employees and equipment.
The terminal is currently at the peak of deciduous fruit exports and has serviced 79 vessels, loading 94 204 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) destined for various locations across the globe.
“As the Cape Town Container Terminal, we will continue doing our best in keeping the terminal operational and serving our customers, despite the consistent weather disruptions. We have put measures in place to boost productivity and reduce berthing delays through maintaining maximum manning levels of seven gangs” said Andiswa Dlanga, TPT in the Managing Executive Western Cape.
She added that there was close monitoring and wind recovery, noting that equipment availability and reducing the duration of downtime would determine the success of mitigations that the team were employing. “We are also exploring options to optimize productivity even in windy seasons” she said.
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Mbali Mathenjwa
Transnet
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