The Port of Durban is in the bottom three of the world’s 351 container handling facilities in a World Bank index
A loading crane straddles a freight rail track at a Transnet’s container handling terminal. Picture: BLOOMBERGLast week, Transnet groaned under a cyberattack, bringing three ports, including the critical Durban Harbour, to a standstill and forcing the state-owned logistics group to declare a force majeure.
It is unclear if the cyberattack, which paralysed Transnet’s IT system responsible for clearing goods in and out of SA, and the insurrection are linked. However, authorities and some cybersecurity experts say the insurrection and the cyberattack are not connected. The list of SA companies that have been targeted is long: from City Power of the Johannesburg city council and the Civil Aviation Authority to Life Healthcare and Nedbank. But the scale of the impact of the latest attack on Transnet is unprecedented.
The effect of the attack will be felt across all major players of the economy for a while longer even as Transnet lifts the force majeure because it will take time to clear the backlog. According to the SA Freight Forwarders, an industry body group, 170,000 cargo containers have been delayed.
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