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FRIDAY 19 March 2010 NO. 1902
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MAKING THE WORLD A SMALLER PLACE
FREIGHT & TRADING WEEKLY
The Freight Community’s Weekly Newspaper for Import / Export decision makers – on subscription
DoT denies high cube ban plan By Joy Orlek The National Department of Transport has denied claims that the ban on the transport of high cube containers is to be reinstated in KwaZulu Natal from March 25. This was confirmed by KZN Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI)
director John Schnell who described the information as ‘mischievous’. DoT spokesman Sam Monareng told FTW last week that he was not aware of any such plans. This follows an ‘unofficial’ warning received from the Road Freight Association that the start of the April
school holidays was D-day. “I believe the originators of the email are trying to pre-empt the situation to their advantage to secure a concession they are not entitled to on the basis of a precedent or what they claim to be a precedent. So the short answer is no – the ban will not be reinstated,”
Schnell told FTW. The row over the legality of transporting high-cube containers (with a travel height of 4.5-4.6 metres) on normal rather than lowbed truck trailers hit the headlines in December and threatened to bring the industry to a standstill. At the time the DoT said the
TPT vows to sort out Navis gremlins By Ray Smuts
of Navis gremlins. “Navis is used worldwide by many port operators so there should be no question of doubting its efficacy,” he added. “We have done an analysis of the issues affecting the stability, preliminary indicators pointing to two broad categories – technical and change managementrelated issues.” To page 16
Transnet Port Terminals Cape Town has acted with alacrity to address grave customer disquiet over the functionality of the container terminal’s new Navis terminal system headaches. Moshe Motlohi, the new container terminal executive, has assured priority attention of the highest order following a complaint by a member of the Cape Moshe Motlohi … ‘We have Town Harbour Carriers’ done an analysis of the issues Association over time and affecting the stability.’ money lostquarter as a consequence 00515 FTW page 2/3/10 6:24 PM Page 2
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height restriction legislation was introduced to ensure that trucks did not pose a hazard to other road users and was based on the height of some bridges. But the crisis was averted and a moratorium was placed on the ban, thanks to the intervention of the Durban To page 16