DurbanThe main terminal handled 30% less cargo after a mid-August software switch.
It handles more than 60% of South Africa’s containers, the transport minister’s team estimates.
A 12-hour changeover to the Navis N4 system ran on for over a month, the freight forwarders’ association said.
Volumes rose 35% in the week to 13 September, reaching about 85% of target.
A presidential delegation was reported headed to Durban in August, but the government has issued no statement.
How each outlet framed it
- Daily Maverick leans critical
- details month-long Navis N4 system migration failure at ICTSI-run terminal, disrupting harbor operations beyond planned 12-hour window; cites freight forwarder's 'most serious constraint in years' assessment
Sources: Daily Maverick