Report on the state of Southern African citrus export logistics and shipping 2024

The South African import and export logistics environment is constrained by the lack of use of rail transportation linking to road transportation, coupled to underperforming Transnet state-run container terminals. Equipment failure at the terminals has been widespread and it is very likely to persist for the time being. This dilemma is a major constraint for the exporting of citrus since 95% of exports are by way of containerization. Although significant investment has been made in cold storage capacity along the Eastern, Central and Western corridors set out to provide much needed capacity, the biggest constraint in the logistics chain lies in the challenge of delivering containers to the terminals in an acceptable timeframe. This report seeks to take a ‘snapshot look’ at the past season’s logistics and shipping and highlight some of the interesting events and also aims to hone in on some of the prevalent challenges …

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