Thursday, May 17, 2007

New S.Africa container terminal ready by 2009 - minister

(Reuters) - A new eight billion rand government-owned container terminal on South Africa's eastern coast should be operational by 2009, Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin said on Thursday.

In a media briefing in Cape Town, Erwin said the facility at Coega, located near Port Elizabeth, could have four landing berths and handle six million containers per year, double the capacity originally forecast.


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