Cape Town Container Terminal sets record for highest load within one vessel

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Cape Town Container Terminal Cape Town Container Terminal recorded the largest number of refrigerated containers that have ever been loaded onto one vessel, at 1,726 at the time that Vessel Santa Rita sailed off towards Europe to take South Africa’s annual exports of fruit. The prior record was 1,711 during the year 2021.

To meet both needs of the seasons and guarantee effectiveness to meet the demands of both seasons, Cape Town Container Terminal Cape Town Container Terminal had create a recovery strategy. “This achievement is the culmination of all our efforts as well as the confirmation that our ramp up strategies are moving in the correct direction. Terminal is getting assistance from all areas of Transnet operation and from our team in the terminal all through to the top management levels,” stated the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Western Cape, Oscar Borchards.

The terminal is situated at the height of the season, which closes at the end of March. South Africa exports grapes, apple, peaches, plums and pears in addition to other fruits. The management team to collaborate with employees in order to provide assistance while making sure that the personnel, equipment and systems are in sync. Borchards stated that the walks and the presence of management personnel on the job is in intent of identifying efficient methods to work, which includes monitoring shifts closely and ensuring that plans are completed efficiently.

“Communication to all of our stakeholder groups is the foundation of our work as industrial captains expressing their gratitude for their efforts to collaborate in solving problems as a group,” said Borchards, saying that the team was planning to stay in contact with the players in the role of.

Cape Town Container Terminal Cape Town Container Terminal currently has three vessels berthed and two anchoring and two at anchor. The planned volume is 16 115 equivalent units of twenty feet (TEUs) scheduled for loading in the next week.

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Andiswa Mesatywa

Transnet

Tel: +27 827518841

Email: andiswa.mesatywa@transnet.net

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