Bulk exports out of the Port of Saldanha, which is mostly iron ore, slumped by 4,3% in September to 3,5 million tonnes.
According to Business Live, it plunged by 22,3% to 4 million tonnes in August, after rising by 23,6% to 5.3 million tonnes in July.
Bulk export volumes for South Africa fell by 7,3% year on year in September, to 13,8 million tonnes.
It dropped in August, with 7,2% to 11.7 million tonnes, after surging by 34,5% in July to 15,6 million tonnes,
This brought the increase for the first nine months to 5,1% year on year, showing that mining and agricultural bulk exports were boosting the South African economy.
Transnet states, in a report to investors, that the loading rate at Saldanha Iron Ore Terminal increased 4,2% from an average of 8 215 to an average of 8 564 tonnes per hour.
Storage at the Saldanha Multi-Purpose Terminal has increased capacity by 0.8 mtpa as a result of the completion of a new warehouse.
