Meet the Port of Cape Town’s first black female manager
CAPE TOWN – The Port of Cape Town had a difficult year last year and is at the point of maturity with some infrastructure 40 years or older, according to the port’s first black female manager, Mpumi Dweba Kwentana, appointed last year as Port Manager.
She was a keynote speaker at an event in Cape Town this week hosted by the Exporters Club Western Cape together with Transnet Ports Authority Cape Town.
Kwentana was formerly the port manager at the Port of Ngqura in the Eastern Cape.
She said the port’s marine infrastructure and the Marine Department was key in promoting growth and very central in jobs needed in the country.
Highlighting activities for last year, she said it had been a difficult year for the port.
“It has not been a good year for us as a port and as a business at large and as Transnet. We find ourselves having to lose volumes.
“To reflect, the Port of Cape Town has never been in this position for the past five years where we have lost significant volumes in the container market and have lost significant volumes in the liquid bulk sector. This year we saw ourselves having to rely on the great bulk and other adhoc commodities that have been handled in the Port of Cape Town.”
She said looking at the age of the port, she said the infrastructure was old with some having reached its lifespan.
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