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| Biggest African port to be partially privatized, ICTSI involved |
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Date:2023-07-24 Readers:
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AFRICA's biggest harbour will be partly owned and operated by the Philippines' International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), a first for South Africa's national ports company.
ICTSI has been selected as an equity partner to run and expand Durban Container Terminal Pier 2. Almost three quarters of the freight volume moved through the eastern port goes through the terminal and it accounts for 46 per cent of South Africa's total port traffic, according to state logistics company, Transnet SOC Ltd.
The agreement "is a key catalyst for repositioning the Port of Durban as a container hub port", Transnet said in a statement, reports Bloomberg.
South Africa is seeking to boost private participation in its ports, the poor performance of which is a drag on the economy. In a 2021 World Bank index of container port performance, Durban ranked 364th out of 370 and two other Transnet ports were in the bottom ten.
Transnet will own a 50 per cent plus one share in a new company that will manage the terminal for 25 years and will seek to boost its annual capacity to 2.8 million TEU, from two million, it said.
Ultimately Transnet wants to boost Durban's total container capacity to 11.4 million TEU from 3.3 million.
ICTSI, which operates terminals across six continents, was one of six bidders for the contract, Transnet said. It didn't specify whether ICTSI will pay for its stake or whether it will have to fund the expansion.
An announcement on the port of Ngqura will follow, Transnet said.
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