By Eamonn Ryan
Cape Town’s port problems cannot be solved inside the port gates. A proposed whole-value-chain ‘war room’ could change how the city’s fruit export logistics are managed.Read More »Cape Town port looks beyond Transnet with new supply-chain war room
By Eamonn Ryan
The Port of Cape Town is improving from its position of being the worst in the world to still being the worst in the world, but better.Read More »Cape Town port prepares for another fruit export season
By Eamonn Ryan
The eThekwini Municipality has completed a R127.9-million road rehabilitation programme that upgrades several key transport routes serving the Port of Durban, improving freight mobility to and from South Africa’s busiest container port.Read More »Durban completes upgrade of key port access roads
By Eamonn Ryan
South Africa’s citrus industry has demonstrated that it can produce and export enormous volumes of fruit. The more difficult question is whether the country’s logistics and cold-chain infrastructure can continue to scale at the same pace.Read More »Building a more resilient citrus cold chain
By Eamonn Ryan
A refrigerated container sitting stationary at a port may look like a logistics problem. From a cold-chain perspective, however, it is also a refrigeration challenge.Read More »When the reefer doesn’t move: Managing temperature during delays
By Eamonn Ryan
The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa has argued that rail reform is essential to the industry’s future competitiveness. Freight News reported in May that approximately 95% of South African citrus was being transported by road, with the industry warning that congestion and transport costs were becoming a significant risk.
Read More »Rail and the refrigerated container: Can SA take citrus trucks off the road?
By Eamonn Ryan
South Africa’s citrus export industry is once again testing the capacity of Durban’s logistics infrastructure. With citrus volumes reaching their seasonal peak, the port is experiencing congestion at precisely the point in the year when refrigerated containers are most critical.Read More »Durban’s reefer bottleneck: Can the port handle the peak?
By Eamonn Ryan
The refrigerated container arriving at Durban is only one part of South Africa’s citrus cold chain. Long before fruit reaches the port, it has already passed through a sequence of temperature-sensitive operations in which delays, inadequate cooling or poor coordination can affect the final product.Read More »From packhouse to port: Where does the citrus cold chain strain?
By Eamonn Ryan
South Africa’s citrus export season is reaching its most demanding point, with peak volumes placing renewed pressure on the Port of Durban and the wider logistics network. For the cold-chain sector, however, the issue is about more than port congestion. It is about how much additional time a temperature-sensitive product can spend moving through a system designed to keep it cold, but not necessarily to absorb unlimited delays.Read More »Peak citrus: Can SA’s cold chain keep up?
By Eamonn Ryan
A recent logistics podcast featuring EasyPost’s Lori Boyer and third-party logistics specialist Tevin Taylor concluded with one of its most practical recommendations: adopt a structured 90-, 60- and 30-day planning framework before peak season begins.Read More »How a 90-60-30 planning strategy can strengthen Africa’s cold chain