Hundreds of ships are congested,100,000 containers are stranded, and logistics crisis occurs in South Africa!
According to the latest statistics, as of November 30th, the number of containers stranded in the anchorages of Durban and Cape Town and waiting to berth in the open sea due to delay has far exceeded the number of 100,000 containers, and the cumulative number of container ships blocked has exceeded 100!
Recently, the South African Freight Forwarders Association (SAAFF) released an open letter entitled "Addressing Our National Logistics Crisis: A Message from SAAFF"! In the open letter, the association stressed:"The logistics bottleneck (congestion) of our port has reached a critical point! This is a National Logistics Crisis.
SAAFF also pointed out that Transnet, the operator of ports and railways, is one of the main causes of port congestion.
Transnet is actively seeking solutions to this critical situation, and has planned to increase the container handling capacity of Terminal 2 from 2,500 containers/day to 4,000 containers/day in the next three months. Similarly, the handling capacity of Terminal 1 is also planned to increase from 1,200 containers per day to 1,500 containers per day.
In addition, Transnet also announced a moratorium on cargo handling for trucks entering its Richard Bay port. Only trucks destined for designated vessels will be processed and cleared, as more than 100,000 trucks have gathered near South African ports due to the backlog.
At present, South African ports are trying to solve the serious congestion problem in Durban Port, but it is expected that the backlog of ships may not be cleared until February next year.
百船拥堵，10万集装箱滞留，南非发生物流危机！
最新统计数据显示：截至11月30日，因为延误滞留在德班和开普敦两大港口锚地及外海等待靠泊的集装箱货量，已经远超10万个货柜的数量，累计被堵的集装箱船舶已经超过100艘！
近日，南非货运代理协会(SAAFF)发布题为《Addressing Our National Logistics Crisis：A Message from SAAFF》的公开信！该协会在公开信中强调：“我们港口的物流瓶颈（拥堵）已经达到了一个临界点！这是一个国家性的物流危机("National Logistics Crisis")。
SAAFF同时指出，港口和铁路的运营公司Transnet是造成港口拥堵的主要原因之一。
目前Transnet 正在积极寻求应对这一严峻形势的解决方案，已计划在未来三个月内将2号码头的集装箱处理能力从2500个集装箱/天提高到4000个集装箱/天。同样，1号码头的处理能力也计划从每天1200个集装箱增加到每天1500个集装箱。
此外，Transnet还宣布暂停对进入其理查德湾港口的卡车进行货物处理。只有运往指定船只的卡车才会接受处理和清关，因为由于积压，超过10万辆卡车在南非港口附近聚集。
当前，南非港口正在努力解决德班港的严重拥堵问题，但是，预计积压的船只可能要到明年2月才能清除。
