TNPA presses ahead with MDS, defers Durban dig-out port development

The tide has turned for South African ports and the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is pressing ahead with its investment under Transnet’s Market Demand Strategy (MDS) notwithstanding poor economic growth. TNPA CEO Richard Vallihu told a TNPA business-to-business gathering in Durban on Monday that the TNPA board had approved the R70-million upgrade of Pier 2 at the Durban Container Terminal.