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Provincial Agriculture Minister meets with fruit industry on Port of Cape Town challenges

Pressure mounting for privatisation of Cape Town port

While it is clear that privatisation is the only solution to the challenges in the Cape Town port, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing has welcomed steps taken by the Western Cape government to mitigate risks for the current fruit harvesting season.

Pressure mounting for privatisation of Cape Town port

Climate science can aid planning for Cape Town’s windbound periods When not wind-bound, the port of Cape Town can move 16,000 containers per week, but unfortunately the southeaster wind has been “exceptionally bad” at times this season, notes Terry Gale, chairperson of the Western Cape Exporters’ Club, which represents many in the fruit export industry (fresh produce is the majority of cargo exported from Cape Town). On late afternoon Wednesday 24 February winds of up to 90km per hour forced a closure of the container terminal, lasting for more than two days until its re-o...