By Jacques du Preez During the past season, logistics, and in particular the functioning of the main ports from where we ship our fruit, have been a huge headache during the initial and further lockdown levels in South Africa and…
Currently, the industry is in a very precarious position with the current operational status of the Cape Town (CT) port. The industry, and country, is losing millions of Rands on a daily basis due to inefficiencies resulting in berthing delays…
Last season, Agbiz ran a pilot project (Genset project) with Transnet to create additional temporary plug-point capacity at the Port of Cape Town. The project was funded via donations from FPEF, SATI, Hortgro, the KAL Group and the Western Cape…
New management, more transparency, better cooperation, and ongoing improvements have helped to turn around the backlog at the Cape Town port (CTP) for fruit exports. It is, however, still a long road ahead to get port productivity on par with the…
Paarl, 8 November 2024 — Transnet’s Cape Town Terminals, including both the Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) and the Cape Town Multi-Purpose Terminal (CTMPT), are preparing for a successful deciduous fruit export season with a fleet boost of over 70…
Please note Hortgro’s Information Disclaimer on our Home Page. Hortgro owns the copyright of all content, and no information may be used or replicated without consent. Hortgro, representing the South African deciduous fruit (pome and stone) industry, has escalated its…
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp Just as the logistical chain was recovering after the unrest mayhem, Transnet was hit by a cyberattack that brought the major South African ports in Cape Town, Gqeberha, and Durban to a virtual standstill. Transnet declared a…
Cape Town, Wednesday – 12 February 2025 — Stakeholders in the export-orientated fruit value chain, together with the Western Cape Government and Transnet Port Terminals, are pleased to announce a new collaboration aimed at enhancing operations at the Cape Town…
By Jacques du Preez Despite all the meetings from the operational level to Minister Pravin Gordhan and the National Logistics Crisis Committee under the auspices of the President we are finding ourselves in a dire situation with all the ports…
Press release: 22 December 2025 Anger and frustration reached a boiling point in the South African stone fruit industry after multiple logistical blunders and unprecedented wind delays caused massive financial losses for growers. While the impact of the wind cannot…
All stops are being pulled out, to make logistics of fruit exports run as smoothly as possible, this season. Jacques du Preez, Hortgro’s General Manager: Trade and Markets, said that weekly meetings between Transnet and the various port stakeholders (the…
Logistieke uitdagings het weereens vir produsente en bemarkers slapelose nagte besorg. “Dit was seker een van die moeilikste seisoene wat ons nog beleef het,” het Jacques du Preez, Hortgro se algemene bestuurder van handel en markte, by die onlangse afsluiting…