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South Africa’s minister for public enterprises yesterday confirmed that vessels were taking fruit from South Africa, that Durban harbour was currently “fully functional” and that the accumulated container backlog will be cleared within the next five to six days.
The damage to large quantities of reefer containers (not all of which will be able to be rehabilitated) at some KwaZulu-Natal container depots, which remain out of operation, presents a major headache to the fruit export industry, compounding already constrained equipment availability.