Cape Town port prepares for another fruit export season
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.…
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Durban completes upgrade of key port access roads
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…
Building a more resilient citrus cold chain
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…
When the reefer doesn’t move: Managing temperature during delays
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. Post Views:…
Rail and the refrigerated container: Can SA take citrus trucks off the road?
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%…
Durban’s reefer bottleneck: Can the port handle the peak?
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…