Shipments of SA sugar resume after storm-related repairs to terminal
SWEET EXPORTS Sugar is being exported to the European Union, China and Japan
Photo by Duane Daws
A shipment of 31 000 t of bulk raw sugar was dispatched to London, in the UK, from Durban’s Maydon Wharf, in South Africa, earlier this month.
This shipment aboard the cargo ship Centurius marks the third export of sugar to a European Union (EU) country after the entry into force of the new Southern African Development Community- (SADC-) EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on October 1, 2016.
Centurius berthed at the Maydon Wharf on November 1 and is also the first ship to dock at the sugar terminal, following the repair of minor damage caused by a storm in October, which slowed down operations at the port.
Although there was some damage to the port, the sugar terminal and storage silos were only cosmetically damaged, with one of the silos losing a door, owing to excessive winds, says South African Sugar Association commercial director Judith Wilson.
Owing to the nominal damage to the terminals, ships that have to be loaded with sugar can be filled at the normal speed. She says the sugar terminal can load a cargo ship to capacity in two-and-half days, forgoing delays caused by rain or heavy mists.
“Whenever it rains they close the hatches so that the sugar doesn’t get wet, which . . . is up to the shipmaster to make sure that the product gets to its destination in good condition . . . ”
Wilson highlights that the Western Baltic, destined for China, was scheduled to take in sugar cargo on November 4, while loading of King Beans, destined for Japan, was scheduled to start on November 7.
Centurius’s 31 000 t load is part of the new yearly quota access of 150 000 t of duty-free raw cane sugar, of which 50 000 t can be refined, allocated to South Africa under the new SADC-EU EPA.Comments
Research Reports
Projects
Latest Multimedia
Latest News
Showroom
Supplier & Distributor of the Widest Range of Accurate & Easy-to-Use Alcohol Breathalysers
VISIT SHOWROOM
Developed to exceed the latest EN 15964 standards for police breathalysers proving that it will remain accurate and reliable for many years to come.
VISIT SHOWROOM
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation
