Transnet launches Cape Town cold store

Built by Transnet at a cost of R45m (US$6.3m), construction of the new facility started in November 2007 and was completed in stages, with final commissioning and testing taking place earlier this year.

Nosipho Damasane, Transnet Port Terminals’ recently appointed COO, described the new facility as Transnet’s solution to the outdated cold stores in the fruit export logistics chain.

“A world-class fruit exporting country such as South Africa requires the services of a world-class cold storage resource. The MPT Cold Store makes this a reality with its high-tech equipment,” she said, adding that the 24-hour facility was situated in the most convenient place in the logistics chain – directly on the quayside.