Economic Sector Support: Research and Events: 4th Annual Port of Cape Town Stakeholder Engagement

Fourth Annual Port of Cape Town Stakeholder Engagement 

On Friday, 20 January 2023, the fourth annual Port Stakeholder Engagement was held, bringing together representatives from across the port logistics value chain, experts in maritime transport as well as the senior leadership of Transnet.

Improvements at the Port of Cape Town over the last year included:

• Improvements in performance indicators, such as average vessel waiting time at anchor, improving from approximately 4.3 days in the first half of 2022, compared to an approximate average of 1.5 days in the second half of the year; and the average total turnaround time of 9.7 days in the first half of 2022, improving to an approximate average of 5 days in the second half of last year;

• The addition and operationalisation of the nineth ship to shore crane in November last year, which provides additional capacity to allow maintenance schedules to be kept without compromising crane deployment;

• The increased Rubber Tyred Gantries (RTG) fleet, which should be up to 24 by the end of this month and the arrangements made by Transnet Port Terminals to bring equipment manufactures and a larger stock of spare parts on site which should go some way to mitigate the impacts of RTG breakdowns;

• The installation of two upgraded hydraulic short tension units which will significantly reduce the negative impact of ranging during the next citrus export season;

• The achievement by Cape Town Container Terminals on their record performance of moving almost 20,000 TEU's in the week starting 18 July last year; and 

• The collaborative efforts of port stakeholders to encourage the use of night shifts in the Cape Town container terminals has resulted in a record 17% utilization during the second week of December 2022, up from just 4% previously.

Recommendations

• Building on what has worked, including intensified collaboration on top priorities, including equipment augmentation, reduced transporter congestion, and two-way communication; 
• The integration of logistics planning among agencies, including wind mitigation and nightshift utilisation;
• The need to agree upon and jointly pursue appropriate best practice performance targets;
• Investigate suitable opportunities for private sector participation in the port logistics chain, including virtual ports and cool ports;
• Explore inland terminal development and Salt River Back of Port facility;
• Collaborating to achieve the high growth scenario for the Port of Cape Town which anticipates 26% export growth, 20 000 more direct and indirect jobs, and an additional 0.7% contribution to the Western Cape Gross Domestic Product, by 2026; and
• The establishment of full-time project management capacity to drive the achievement of collective goals.

Delegates attending the 4th Annual Port of Cape Town Stakeholder Engagement

Click on the links below to view presentations:

• Western Cape Government Presentation
• Transnet Presentation
• TFR Belcon Development Presentation

Related Links 

• Transet National Ports Authority Cape Town 

SPEAKERS

For more information, please contact:

Glen Steyn 

Project Manager

Glen.Steyn@westerncape.gov.za

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