South Africa's major port of Durban, where last week’s devastating floods disrupted operations, is now functional.
The country's public enterprises minister, Pravin Gordhan announced on Tuesday (April 19) adding that a backlog of thousands of containers will be cleared within five to six days.
The floods caused extensive damage to roads leading to Durban port, one of the busiest shipping terminals in Africa and a key hub for exports like metals and agricultural commodities.
In an online briefing the minister said, fridges, logs and debris ended up in the harbour during the floods, but were all cleared after 72 hours of dredging.
He said that trucks could now access the port terminals, which were operating at between 60 per cent and 100 per cent capacity.
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