Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has been working overtime to clean up bags of plastic pellets thrown into the sea as a result of the mega storm that lashed parts of the KwaZulu-Natal province earlier this month. The bags of plastic pellets...
Transnet National Ports Authority has suspended all vessel movements in the Port of Durban due to inclement weather. The inclement weather is also expected to disrupt operations at the Port of Richards Bay. Transnet’s marine services team and...
Pamela Yoyo has been appointed as new terminal manager at the Port of Cape Town, taking over from Brenda Magqwaka who has been transferred to the Port of Durban where she has taken the position of containers general manager. A Transnet Port...
The Transnet National Ports Authority on Friday has said that it is anticipating disruption of business by berthing staff at the Port of Durban, starting today (12/01/2015) at 06:00. “This,” said port manager, Moshe Motlohi, “is not a union matter,...
Just after 3 am on Friday 3 October a tanker, the MT Pacific Quartz, carrying diesel was suspected to have touched bottom off the North Pier at the Port of Durban. According to a statement released by Transnet National Ports Authority, the tanker...
The Italeni has sailed into the Port of Durban to assist in handling dredged material at South Africa’s ports. This new 750 m3 grab hopper dredger is part of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) Dredging Services R2 billion programme to...
Italeni is the name of the new grab hopper dredger on its way to the Port of Durban. The Italeni has been designed and built to achieve low maintenance costs and the vessel will replace the current grab hopper dredger, CRANE, which was recently...
A major shuffle of harbour masters is taking place at Transnet National Ports Authority’s eight ports. The shuffle has been necessitated by Captain Dennis Mqadi, Harbour Master port of Durban, taking a new tack with a promotion to Executive...
The Port of Beira is aiming to take fertiliser headed for Zimbabwe and Zambia away from the port of Durban. This follows the announcement of the construction of a new fertilizer terminal at the port of Beira, which is due to begin in March. Costing...
