Here's an update on the strike situation in South Africa

+++Update: October 20, 2022+++

Transnet SOC Limited (“Transnet”) and the company’s majority union UNTU have reached a three-year wage agreement, applicable for the period of April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025, in a process mediated by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). This ends the current industrial action by UNTU members with immediate effect.

Landside and waterside operations have resumed, but staff availability is still limited, resulting in low productivity. TPT’s focus areas are the return to work, addressing the backlog across the terminals and the implementation of recovery plans. We are continuously working on alternative solutions to minimize disruptions for your cargo planning.

To view the affected vessels, please remember to visit our Operational Updates *

With reference to the October 11, 2022 update, we offered 7 days' additional detention free time over the contractual free time for all container types. This free time has been increased by an extra 9 days, and thus offering 16 additional days on top of the contractual free time from October 6, 2022 to October 21, 2022. Any leniency on Terminal Storage will be aligned with relief offered by Transnet’s announcement.

+++Update: October 11, 2022+++

Every day, containerized cargo moves through South African ports. Therefore, here's an update that might affect your cargo planning, if your supply chain includes these ports.

Workers at South Africa's state-owned logistics firm Transnet are on strike, impacting freight rail services and South African ports. Several terminals remain non-operational and in addition to this, Transnet Port Terminals has formally declared the occurrence of an event of Force Majeure. Business continuity plans have been activated to maintain a level of operations.

With your cargo planning in mind, please refer to the table in our operational update with the affected vessels. It provides the list of vessels going through South Africa with their related services.*

While we are working on alternative solutions to keep the disruptions to your cargo planning at a minimum, we anticipate that the strike will have an impact on our local operations. With this in mind, from October 6, 2022, we would like to offer 7 days additional detention free time over the contractual free time for all container types. Any leniency on Terminal Storage will be aligned with relief offered by Transnet’s announcement.

We regret any inconveniences that this would cause you and your business and thank you for your understanding. If you should require additional information, please contact our customer service team at your location, who will guide you based on your individual situation.

* The affected vessels' table was a live update of the affected vessels per service. With the end of the situation, we the table is no longer available.