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Nelson Mandela Bay slams Transnet for adding to delays at Port Elizabeth and Ngqura ports

Business chamber says a newly introduced booking system for trucks involves manual registration processes that are wasting more time in getting cargo to and from the ports

26 November 2023 - 00:00 By MAX MATAVIRE and DINEO FAKU

The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMBBC) in the Eastern Cape has slammed Transnet's newly introduced truck booking system, saying it has  resulted in huge logjams at the metro’s two ports — Port of Port Elizabeth and Ngqura — and called for the system to be scrapped...

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