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Durban shippers’ congestion despair

Shippers, fed up with delays in container processing at Durban Container Terminal, have threatened to impose a surcharge. Just last month, an MOL ship was delayed by 200 hours, however the average wait is around three days.

In 2002, shippers  imposed a $100 per box surcharge in Durban because of delays of  up to 60 hours, but this was removed in May 2005 when delays  dropped to 16 hours for three months running.

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