Transnet's Durban port deal with Filipino giant faces 11th-hour court showdown

05 Apr

Carol Paton

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Maersk shipping containers. (Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

An unsuccessful bidder for the 25-year contract to manage the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 is seeking to urgently interdict the award to the Philippines' International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI).

APM Terminals, a division of shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, confirmed on Friday that it has lodged papers in the High Court in Durban to prevent the contract between Transnet Port Terminals and ICTSI from going ahead.

In reply to questions on Friday, the company said:

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