Dear Colleagues
What a tumultuous few week this been!
After the city hosting the largest Mining Indaba to date, the opening of Parliament & subsequent SONA, and Donald Trump still trying to comprehend what AGOA is all about, EWC carries on quietly behind the scenes.
The demise of SAAFF’s Western Cape Chapter has raised more questions than answers and we are still trying to understand the reasons behind this, as our chapter was extremely pro-active, in particular with their engagements with SARS
The Western Cape is different from the other provinces, in every way, not only politically but functionality as, dare I say, the only province that works!!
This is part of EWC’s success as we focus on this region and have done so for the past 46 years! We are here for YOU!!!
In our quarterly PCC (Port Consultative Committee) yesterday, we were aware of the importance of EWC’s engagement with DoT , as we represent the cargo owners, freight forwarders, road hauliers & landside logistics, on the PCC.
The EWC presentation included, inter alia, the truck booking system, trucker delays at the terminals, stack days over weekends, communication issues, vessels bypassing PoCT and communication (or lack thereof) with the shipping lines.
We have now put on the table to TNPA that EWC facilitates an imbizo with ALL stakeholders on board to iron the issues that can be resolved if we all work together! Watch this space for further details.
The stats for the terminals for week 8 (16 – 23 February as follows):
• CTCT : 17515 TEU handled 13373 target; 14 GCH target 19; SWH 31.3 target 40; 4092 TEU moved on 20th ; 27 hours fog & 11hours windbound; 779 rail moves – vast improvement
• CTMPT : 2064 TEU handled 1008 target; 13 GCH target 16; 22 SWH target 19
• FPT : 92% berth occupancy : 8 vessels handled, 5 multi cargo; 2 container, 1 Breakbulk; 3165 TEU, 3305.67 MT Dry Bulk, Dry Bulk Direct Ops 3305.67 MT; B/B General : 3437.62 MT; 8719 pallets fruit
• Fruit : YTD : 28967 containers; + !% increase from 24/25 season; grapes should conclude in week 14
• Equipment : 32 RTGs operational, the 1st 5 of the last 10 of the new RTGs will be phased in the1st week of March and the last remaining 5 from 16th March
AGOA update : this will be included in our Agenda for our March event on Wednesday 18th, invitations to be circulated shortly – please diarise the date
Kind Regards
Sincerely
Terry
