Southern Africa Terminal and Service Update Week 05

30 一月 2025

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We continue with the much-improved operational environment in South Africa: minimal waiting time, low terminal, and yard density, plenty of depot capacity and an improving equipment position. The Southeaster, largely absent through summer, made an unwelcome appearance in Cape Town this week, but overall, it’s a positive operational picture. With business South Africa back from vacation, throughput has increased, and we are seeing some limited pressure on port and landside infrastructure. Our services remain on schedule and fully open for business.

Further afield, on a positive note, the political situation in Mozambique has eased – Beira and Maputo, however, still has high waiting time. Port Louis is recovering from the low productivity and the delays of Q4 last year and waiting time has reduced.

Finally, the clock counts down on the go-live date of our Network of the Future – the replacement for 2M. We launch 01st February!

Ports and Terminals Situation

Terminal	Commentary
Terminal Cape Town CTCT	Commentary 0-1 day waiting time, limited wind delays, services on schedule
Terminal Cape Town MPT	Commentary No waiting time, limited wind delays, services on schedule
Terminal Port Elizabeth PECT	Commentary No waiting time, some wind delays. Terminal maintenance planned.
Terminal Port Elizabeth COEGA	Commentary No Waiting time, some wind delays, services on schedule.
Terminal Durban DCT Pier 2	Commentary Significant improvement going into 2025. Max 0-2 days waiting time; productivity close to target.
Terminal Durban Pier 1	Commentary Significant improvement going into 2025. No waiting time: productivity target met.
Terminal Port Louis (Mauritius)	Commentary 0-1 day waiting time
Terminal Reunion (Port Reunion)	Commentary 0-2 days waiting time
Terminal Namibia (Walvis Bay)	Commentary 0-1 waiting time, productivity close to target
Terminal Mozambique (Maputo)	Commentary Political situation beginning to ease, some equipment and labour supply side constraints
Terminal Mozambique (Beira)	Commentary Political situation beginning to ease, some equipment and labour supply side constraints
Terminal Madagascar (Toamasina)	Commentary No waiting time, productivity meeting target
Terminal Rail DUR to JNB (City Deep and GLO Denver)	Commentary Rail services are now fully operational
Terminal Rail JNB (City Deep and GLO Denver) to DUR	Commentary Rail services are now fully operational

Terminal	Commentary
Terminal Depots	Commentary No restrictions on empty turn ins – all depots available Please refer to our to our local information pages and our daily advisory for our latest empty turn in depot information
Terminal Equipment	Commentary CAPE TOWN 40’dry stock has recovered, and the priority allocation list has been suspended. JOHANNESBURG and CAPE TOWN 20’dry stock – good stock levels

Vessel Operations

Service	Commentary
Service SAECS (278)	Commentary Service on schedule all ports
Service AMEX (040)	Commentary Service on schedule all ports.
Service SAFARI (160)	Commentary Service on schedule – 0 waiting time Durban DCT P2. Service upgrade with replacement vessels phasing in Asia
Service CPT Express (163)	Commentary Service on schedule
Service MW1 and PROTEA (251)	Commentary MESAWA (MW1) – some delays in West Africa: MAERSK Colombo 501E delayed CAPE TOWN (CTCT) and for COEGA (NCT)-delayed but can still make Jebel Ali. PROTEA – On schedule DURBAN DCT
Service M Express (164)	Commentary Some delays in MAPUTO and BEIRA, as the political situation is beginning to ease. Service will omit PORT LOUIS calls to recover schedule into Asia Pacific (SGSIN and MYTPP). Will reinstate call from February
Service IOI (293)	Commentary 1-2 day waiting time into PORT REUNION and PORT LOUIS. On time into TOAMASINA.

Service	Commentary
Service Export Bookings	Commentary Fully open for business with some minor constraints SAECS 278 – short term closure on SPOT 20’s and DG through grape peak – next 3 sailings
Service Import Booking	Commentary Fully open for business on all services – no constraints

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