Good day, colleagues and interested parties
We are sharing the latest version of the cargo report.
The following highlights are worth noting:
- Durban Gateway Terminal – current situation:
- DGT remains in a serious operational crisis, with recent improvements in selected yard indicators insufficient to demonstrate a sustainable recovery in overall terminal performance.
- The marine backlog remains the dominant concern, with the anchorage queue increasing from nine to ten vessels, while the broader vessel pipeline continues to extend the recovery horizon.
- Yard conditions have improved from crisis peaks but remain volatile rather than normalised: stack occupancy fell from 69.1% to 63.8% and road imports on hand from 5,497 to 4,933, but these gains must be sustained against continued vessel inflows and backlog pressure.
- Throughput remains weak and inconsistent, despite a daily improvement in gate moves from 1,320 to 1,683; rail evacuation also remains far below what is required to relieve the system materially.
- The terminal is therefore not yet in recovery in any meaningful systemic sense: the vessel queue, reduced throughput and prolonged backlog continue to outweigh isolated positive movements in yard and reefer indicators.
- Industry is increasingly forced to manage around the disruption, through vessel diversions, alternative terminals, rail options, targeted GIR/hot-box interventions and commercial/customs mitigation, rather than relying on terminal recovery alone.
