The South African deciduous fruit industry has escalated its operational engagement with Transnet and is considering legal remedies due to the ongoing operational failures at the Port of Cape Town.
According to the fruit industry body Hortgro, this follows sustained, material underperformance at the Cape Town Container Terminal CTCT, which is continuing to cause significant and measurable harm to the export economy.
Hortgro said in its latest newsletter that it was quantifying the direct and indirect losses of income to producers arising from unacceptable levels of unsound fruit in markets, discounted prices, additional expenses incurred to divert to other ports, and the forced utilisation of conventional vessels.
