date:Mar 20, 2014
urban route.
The higher routing cost via Cape Town will therefore need to be absorbed by users, hence the need for Dole to team up with as many shippers as possible.
Mr Connell explained that shipping companies would derive significant positioning advantages from the new intermodal connection at Cape Town, especially given that port congestion in Durban was only likely to increase as quayside construction work got under way.
Two shipping lines, Maersk and MSC, are believed by industry insider