DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.:1941
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 July 2010
1941. Mr G R Krumbock (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises:
(1) Whether, as a result of the recent Transnet strike, any containers were
diverted to Brazil and/or delayed prior to unloading; if not, why not; if
so, what are the relevant details;
(2) Whether any such containers contained equipment, training material or
any other goods required by the 2010 Fifa World Cup Soccer teams, advance
parties at team base camps or any other 2010 Fifa World Cup Soccer
tournament related venues; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2329E
REPLY
(1) Yes, 13 (thirteen) vessels chose to bypass South African ports, and
this translated to 6 630 containers being diverted to Brazil. Furthermore,
in order to avoid berthing delays, certain shipping lines decided to bypass
South African ports en route to Brazil.
(2) Transnet is not in a position to indicate whether these containers had
equipment, training material or any other goods required by the 2010 FIFA
Soccer World Cup teams, advance parties at team base camps or any other
World Cup venues. During the Transnet strike a formal communication process
between Transnet Port Terminals and the FIFA Soccer World Cup Local
Organising Committee was established to expedite the delivery of containers
destined for the tournament.