Southern Africa Terminal and Service Update Week 16

28 四月 2025

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Strong winds over the Easter weekend resulted in 2-3 days of stoppages at CTCT and berthing delays. The line is recovering with better weather forecast this week. All other services and terminals remain in green status across Southern Africa and Islands.

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Ports and Terminals Situation

Terminal	Commentary
Terminal Cape Town CTCT	Commentary Waiting time has decreased, 1-8 days waiting time. Strong winds blew over Easter Weekend – forecast is good this week.
Terminal Cape Town MPT	Commentary No waiting time.
Terminal Port Elizabeth PECT	Commentary No waiting time. Intermittent strong winds expected for week 16/17, with a risk of the terminal going windbound. Terminal maintenance planned.
Terminal Port Elizabeth COEGA	Commentary No waiting time. Intermittent strong winds expected for week 16/17, with a risk of the terminal going windbound.
Terminal Durban DCT Pier 2	Commentary No waiting time. Clear week ahead with no stoppages.
Terminal Durban Pier 1	Commentary 0-3 days waiting time. Clear week ahead with no stoppages.
Terminal Reunion (Port Reunion)	Commentary 2- 3 days waiting time. Terminal maintenance planned.
Terminal Namibia (Walvis Bay)	Commentary 0-1 days waiting time. Terminal recovered.
Terminal Mozambique (Maputo)	Commentary 1 day waiting time. Weather is clear for week 16 and 17 as well. Terminal maintenance planned.
Terminal Mozambique (Beira)	Commentary 0 days waiting time. Weather is clear for week 16 and 17 as well.
Terminal Madagascar (Toamasina)	Commentary No waiting time, productivity target met.
Terminal Rail DUR to JNB (City Deep and GLO Denver)	Commentary Rail services are fully operational
Terminal Rail JNB (City Deep and GLO Denver) to DUR	Commentary Rail services are 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 Tight 20’ dry stock levels DURBAN and JOHANNESBURG – priority list in place. JNB 20 GP Equipment Priority List DURBAN 20 GP Equipment Priority List CAPE TOWN 20’dry stock – good stock levels 20’ and 40’ dry. JOHANNESBURG- good stock levels 40 dry

Vessel Operations

Service	Commentary
Service SAECS (278)	Commentary COEGA: Santa Isabel 7 days late DURBAN: Santa Isabel arriving late will cause delays. Expect recovery in week 20 CAPE TOWN: Some wind stoppages and productivity constraints.
Service AMEX (040)	Commentary DURBAN: Berthing on ADHOC basis PORT ELIZABETH: Oslo Trader 216N 7 days late CAPE TOWN: Delays due to weather and congestion. MSC Ariana III 512N 9 days late. Filotimo 514N is 6 days late.
Service SAFARI (160)	Commentary PORT LOUIS: Terminal recovered. On time for both IMPORT and EXPORT calls DURBAN: Waiting time 0 days.
Service CPT Express (163)	Commentary PORT LOUIS: Terminal recovered. CAPE TOWN: Terminal recovery expected in week 22
Service MW1 and PROTEA (251)	Commentary MESAWA (MW1) CAPE TOWN: CMA CGM Kribi 2-day delay COEGA: No concerns PROTEA – On schedule
Service M Express (164)	Commentary REUNION- All vessels arriving late from Asia. No operational challenges MAPUTO- waiting time 0 days. BEIRA- waiting time 0 days
Service IOI (293)	Commentary PORT REUNION: 2 day waiting time PORT LOUIS. No waiting time

Service	Commentary
Service Export Bookings	Commentary Fully open for business on all services – no constraints SAECS 278 – reopened for SPOT 20’s and DG bookings AMEX – open for SPOT
Service Import Booking	Commentary Fully open for business on all services – no constraints

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