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Rankings place SA ports among world's worst

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June 28, 2024

In the recently released World Bank and S&P Container Port Performance Index 2023, the Port of Cape Town fell from 347th place in the 2022 rankings, when only 348 ports were ranked, to the bottom of the list at number 405.

- Glenneis Kriel

Rankings place SA ports among world's worst

Ngqura (Coega) fell from 340 to 404, Durban from 343 to 398, and Gqeberha from 291 to 391. South Africa was outperformed by ports in neighbouring countries, with Maputo in Mozambique ranking 325th and Walvis Bay in Namibia ranking 380th.

Chris Knoetze, managing director of Link Supply Chain Management, a logistics company co-owned by TruCape, said in a statement that recent staff changes at Transnet and the activation of the terminal recovery plan over the past six to eight months were having an effect.

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