Tempting fate!

In preparation for the switch-over from the old COSMOS system and following the final vessel discharging and loading at DCT: Pier 2 on Friday 25 March, all TPT-operated terminals in Port Elizabeth, Ngqura, Cape Town and Durban will cease operation at 18.00 the following day.

In its statement, TPT said, ‘DCT is one of the biggest and busiest container terminals in the Southern Hemisphere. Teething problems and delays around the changeover are a real possibility for which the port operator must be fully prepared’.

The computerised web-based Navis operating system will govern the movement of all container logistics and operations in the terminal from gate-to-yard-to-vessel and if all goes smoothly, all the facilities will resume operations at 06.00 on Sunday 27 March.