Dredging well under way at Cape Town container terminal

News – September 24, 2010

i.Africa rpeorts that a R5.4-billion, five-year expansion programme at Cape Town container terminal continues to transform South Africa’s second largest container facility into a modern facility that will be capable of handling nearly double its existing cargo capacity by 2012.

Major dredging, deepening and refurbishment work on the second of four berths is well underway and will be completed by May 2011. The first 100m of Berth 602 has been handed over recently to terminal operations.

Coupled with the already refurbished Berth 601, this affords the terminal 420m of berth space to accommodate one large 305m vessel along its long quay.

Transnet Port Terminal’s (TPT) Western Province Terminal Executive, Velile Dube told iAfrica:

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