Cape Towns ship repair facilities are beginning to benefit from shifting global shipping patterns, with two vessels originally scheduled for dry docking in the Gulf now set to undergo repairs in the Cape.
Serious efforts are under way to attract more vessels to Cape Town for dry docking, says Terry Gale, chairman of the Capes Port Liaison Forum PLF, an initiative of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The Port of Cape Towns Sturrock Dry Dock is the biggest in the Southern hemisphere and we are ideally positioned to become a major ship repair hub if service delivery remains strong, said Gale.
