LETTER: Maritime sector on the rocks

It's just another item to add to the long list of issues waiting to fail, about to fail or having already imploded

Coastal shipping regulation encourages the growth of South African maritime services tailored to agricultural exports — potentially providing better service reliability, prioritisation of perishable cargo and better port integration, says the writer. Picture: REUTERS/PHIL NOBLE
Coastal shipping regulation encourages the growth of South African maritime services tailored to agricultural exports — potentially providing better service reliability, prioritisation of perishable cargo and better port integration, says the writer. Picture: REUTERS/PHIL NOBLE

The looming crisis in the maritime sector refers (“SA in troubled waters for maritime disasters, experts warn”, May 27).

Just another critical item to add to the long list of issues waiting to fail, about to fail or having already completely imploded — proudly brought to you by the ANC and its inability to plan, maintain and co-operate with support mechanisms that a functioning country would reasonably be expected to have ready and prepared.

Eish, we all say. What next ... SA Inc continues to set the bar lower and lower. True to form for revolutionary governments that don’t know what’s really important, like serving the country that voted them into power.

Dylan Allison

Via BusinessLIVE

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