Steps being taken to improve turnaround at DCT Pier 2 ahead of the citrus season

The Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 is prioritising fluid terminal operations ahead of South Africa’s citrus season, and the terminal is providing a rail link solution for its customers’ import containers to a back-of-port facility 7 km from the terminal as a means of reducing the number of trucks entering the terminal. Since the beginning of January, customers have been collecting their containers at the back-of-port facility with minimal waiting times and flowing roads in the vicinity. The back-of-port initiative is aimed at clearing terminal stacks much quicker, which will, in turn, encourage improved vessel turnaround time with created capacity, State-owned Transnet Port Terminals Durban Terminals managing executive Earle Peters says.