A.P. Moller - Maersk suspended some operations at SA’s biggest port because of damage caused by flooding that left dozens of people dead. It closed its Durban offices & asked employees to work from home for the rest of the week. Moneyweb KZNFloods
AP Moller-Maersk A/S suspended some operations at South Africa’s biggest port because of damage caused by flooding that left dozens of people dead. Maersk, the world’s biggest container line, closed its Durban offices and asked employees to work from home for the rest of the week, according to a statement on its website. Depot and warehouse operations are suspended, and there is no access to the Durban terminal because of “significant damage” to an access road, it said.
Durban is part of the eThekwini municipality, the largest in the KwaZulu-Natal province, which is the second-biggest contributor to South Africa’s $429 billion gross domestic product. The Port of Durban is sub-Saharan Africa’s largest container hub. It handles 60% of country’s shipments and also transports goods and commodities to and from nations in the region as far north as the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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