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Good news for the port of Cape Town? Cape Town was originally founded in 1652 "as a supply station for Dutch ships sailing to the Far East." i.e. as a half-way
by SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
Good news for the port of Cape Town?
Cape Town was originally founded in 1652 "as a supply station for Dutch ships sailing to the Far East." i.e. as a half-way point on this route around Africa. But then in 1869 the Suez canal opened.
- KineticLensman 3y agoGiven that the ships primarily being diverted are freighters / container ships travelling from the east to the west (and vice versa), it's not obvious why they should stop in Cape Town (since they don't need to refuel, and it makes no sense to unload at Cape Town). So no major benefit to Cape Town.
- thfuran 3y agoOnly if ships still stop halfway for supplies.
- rob74 3y agoNot really... the container ships will be steaming right by, they don't need to take on supplies like 3 centuries ago.
- lgleason 3y agoThey may need to stop to refuel. That said Durban had the bigger port these days. The bigger issue would be if Transnet has enough capacity to be able to handle the extra demand since it has had trouble with it's day to day operations lately.