Dear Colleagues
As we were about to go to press, the latest World Bank CPPI 2025 report dropped into my inbox!
Below is the comment on our beloved port:
Cape Town illustrates how vessel turnaround times can worsen even when broader congestion
indicators fluctuate. Persistent weather-related disruption, combined with equipment reliability
issues, led to high variability in ship times in port despite periods of easing supply chain stress. This
deterioration was accompanied by a decline in berth utilization, suggesting that vessels increasingly
accumulated time outside productive berth operations. In response, Cape Town has introduced a
predictive wind model developed with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to reduce
weather-related disruptions, a helicopter piloting service to improve ship access during high swells,
and a digital technology platform for cargo planning. The port’s CPPI trajectory underlines how
structural exposure to external conditions can dominate performance outcomes, independent of global demand cycles.
We are at number 400 with Durban now number 398 in Global rankings, so we have a long way to go
The good news this week is the vast improvement we have seen at the Cape Town Multi- Purpose Terminal (CTMPT) which shows what we can achieve.
Let’s get straight to the stats for week 01 – 07 June:
• CTMPT: 2999 TEU handled 1728 target (Monday 1st June 754 TEU handled); 13 GCH target 16; 18 SWH target 19; 41% night moves; 43 hours wind delays
• CTCT : 14982 TEU handled 16025 target; 16 GCH target 22; 34 SWH target 38; 45.6 hours wind delays and 2 hours fog; 34% night shift; 46% stack occupancy 565 rail moves
• FPT: Stack Occupancy 77%; 6 vessels handled: 2 Multi cArgo, 1 Container;1 Dry Bulk; 1 Dry Bulk Direct Ops; Layby : 1; 1918 TEU handled; 9425 MT Dry bulk, 15163.92 mT dry bulk direct ops; B/B 322.35 MT; B/B Fruit 2457 pallets
• Fruit : a drop of 30% of pome fruit in weeks 10 – 23 has ben recorded due to the mid East War; citrus down in week 23 as a result of the recent floods
• Equipment : 7 out of 9 STS operational, LCL 4 comng back nst on 12th; 32 RTGS operational
Please clear your diaries for Thursday 25th June for our next soiree when we host Gavin Kelly, CEO of RFA and Clifford Evans, our Custom Specialist, who will try and untangle the concerns of the PVoC requirement for Chinese imports.
Your invitation will be in your inbox tomorrow and we are also in the negotiating phase for July function which is still under wraps – so watch this space!!!
Enjoy the extra long weekend that lies ahead! Drive safe!
Yours in exporting…..
