Transnet Freight Rail operations have been disrupted by a power outage which affected some parts of Richards Bay yesterday evening (Thursday) and in the early hours of Friday morning.
As a result of the outage, Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) was unable to offload trains for approximately 10 hours, resulting in a 50% wagon capacity for Friday’s production plan.
‘A catch-up will be done over a few days, and a revised plan has been communicated to impacted customers,’ said Transnet spokesperson Ayanda Shezi.
Power outage affecting Meerensee, Port, RBCT and few other areas is being attended to. City has dispatched a team to work on the fault. A Minimum of 4 hours is estimated @ZOPublications pic.twitter.com/1VgSiV5KSR
— uMhlathuze (@UmhlathuzeM) August 12, 2021
Kindly note team repairing the broken guard wire in Polaris is forced to switch off the entire Richards Bay except for the Port. This is due to inclinent weather interrupting the equipment used to fix the broken guard cable. This will take approximately an hour @ZOPublications pic.twitter.com/nVuq9urlg7
— uMhlathuze (@UmhlathuzeM) August 12, 2021
