# South Africa: Labor court stops striking workers at troubled Port of Ngqura

> Transnet obtained a Labor Court interdict to halt an illegal go-slow strike at the Ngqura Container Terminal in South Africa, ordering workers to raise performance levels. Operations had been disrupted by alleged radio interference, and the citrus industry reports severe export impacts from low crane and cold storage capacity.

- Date: 2019-07-15 · published 2019-07-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58111-south-africa-labor-court-stops-striking-workers-at-troubled-port-of-ngqura
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

The court order may ease the Ngqura backlog, but continued congestion still raises shipping costs for South African exporters, a limited factor for global feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Sources

- freshfruitportal.com: https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2019/07/15/south-africa-labour-court-stops-striking-workers-at-troubled-port-of-ngqura/

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