After a week where both terminals were heavily impacted by wind, the good news is that the grape exports for this season increased by 22% .
All in all, it has been a good deciduous fruit export season, taking cognisance of the delays experienced wrt equipment & weather challenges.
Week 9 saw 1539 TEU moving against an estimate of 1444TEU – season 22/23 saw 1333 TEU.
Week 26/2 – 3/3 stats as follows:
- CTCT : 7641 TEU handled target 12616; 12 GCH 19 SWH – 26 + 27th February terminal windbound & 2nd March 7 hours – 53 hours in total; 16%-night moves; 408 Rail moves
- CTMPT : 1717 TEU target 1592 17 GCH 19 SWH (*same at CTCT!!!) 39 hours wind delay 964 Truck gate moves TTAT 12 minutes
- FPT : Berth Occupancy : 57% 7 vessels handled 4 Multi Cargo 1 Fruit 2 Dry Bulk; 846 TEU, General Cargo B/B : 280.75 MT; Dry Bulk : 24637.56 MT; Fruit: 6069 pallets
- Equipment : 8 out of 9 STS operational, LC9 out; 24 RTG + 1 due back yesterday – 4 of 7 imported non- operational, low productivity in part due to equipment overheating earlier part of the week
NOTE FOR EXPORTERS:
EWC is addressing the late firm stack notification with TPT and are in the process of putting in place the minimum requirements from industry, so should you have any comments/thoughts on this, please drop me a mail.
Deadline for submission is Monday 18th March.
This in particular with reference to the USA stacks when the SI cut off is 48 hours prior to vessel arrival.
Together we can!
Yours in exporting.
