Transnet's First Profit in Four Years Is an Asset Sale, Not a Turnaround
Transnet's R4.6bn profit — its first in four years — rests on the R12.5bn ICTSI terminal sale. Strip it out and the…
Read more →Durban's Backlog Is Now a Demurrage Bill — and Importers Are Paying
A software switch at Durban's biggest terminal has cut throughput by a quarter, and the cost of the delay is landing on…
Read more →Durban's 'Most-Improved' Terminal Chokes After Its Software Switch
A mid-August system cutover at Durban Gateway Terminal cut weekly throughput 26% and pushed vessel waits past 12 days — on the…
Read more →Port Tariffs Head Back to Hearing — Budget the Cap, Not the Ask
The Ports Regulator is hearing TNPA's 2027/28 and 2028/29 tariff case now, after 7.57% already landed in April. Here is the number…
Read more →Durban's Queues Return as the Natal Corridor Goes Dark for Nine Days
Transnet closes the Durban–Gauteng rail line for maintenance from 25 August just as vessel queues creep back to Durban — a squeeze…
Read more →A Saudi Bid for Cape Town's Fruit Quay Carries Chinese Equity
Saudi operator RSGT is weighing a 25-year Duncan Dock concession. COSCO owns a fifth of it — and nine of Cape Town's…
Read more →Transnet's Fuel Charge Falls to R52 a Box — But It's Now a Moving Target
Transnet's container fuel surcharge drops to R52 for August, back where it started — proof the "short-term" levy is now a permanent,…
Read more →Transnet's R52 Fuel Levy: A Cut That Cements a Permanent Cost
Transnet's Fuel Neutrality Charge falls to R52 a container on 1 August — but the cut only returns it to its floor,…
Read more →SA Ports Break the 100,000-Container Week — But Cargo Still Stalls Inland
Transnet moved a record 100,158 TEUs in a single week, yet peak-citrus reefer delays and landside bottlenecks mean the quayside win has…
Read more →Cape Town Named World's Worst Container Port — and You Pay for It
The World Bank's 2025 Container Port Performance Index ranks Cape Town last of 400+ ports. For ZA importers that bottom spot is…
Read more →Durban Named World's Most Improved Port — Just as ICTSI Takes Over
The World Bank named Durban the world's most improved container port. We assess whether ICTSI's six-month-old privatisation can build on a recovery…
Read more →South Africa's Cape Shipping Windfall Is Sailing Past — Now Suez Reopens
Cape diversions jumped 112% during the Red Sea crisis, yet SA's bunker volumes fell. With carriers returning to Suez, the window to…
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