Transnet has fully restored operations at the Ports, which enables the country supply chain and logistics system to resume normal operations. This is good news for the economy, as the Transnet ports and rail system are the backbone of the economy.
The main system responsible for the container operations – the NAVIS N4 terminal operating system – has been fully restored and customers are now able to access the customer links to facilitate imports and exports. The remaining systems will continue to be brought up in a staggered manner, to minimize further risks and interruptions.
Transnet Port Terminals, in collaboration with the shipping lines is facilitating the evacuation of urgent containers for the automotive, FMCG and agricultural sectors.
As of 27th of July, the Durban container terminals are fully functional on NAVIS with a few other interface systems progressing well. This has brought back both the waterside and land side operations and the truck booking system were activated on 28th July 2021.
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The vessels are operating alongside the berths and the shipping lines and cargo owners have partnered with the terminal management to ensure efficiencies are increasing.
In the Eastern Cape the container operations working with some of the IT functionalities are still being restored and the vessels are working in parallel with the manual processes. The Western Cape is full restored and some of the IT functions still being restored.
On the 29th of July the stack registration was completed, and this will result in speeding up of the evacuation of containers in the Cape Town terminal.
Data has not been compromised in all the Transnet operations.
The Bulk, Break Bulk, Automotive sectors which include Iron Ore, Coal and Manganese, cars and some of the agricultural commodities that use the General Cargo system (GCOS) switched immediately to manual. This resulted in minimal operational disruptions in these operations across the port system.
Rail operations also continue to run on schedule, as per the train plan. Business continuity plans are in place to ensure safe operations during this time.
