Industry is working hard to secure a meeting with transport officials to discuss the lifting of a moratorium on the movement of high cube containers.
According to Gavin Kelly, spokesman for the Road Freight Association, there has been no change in the Department of Transport’s stance on high cubes.
From January 1 next year the movement of high cube containers in the country will be restricted to a height of 4.3m as per legislation. Measuring 2.9m, high cube containers, when transported on the back of a normal transport vehicle, exceed the height of 4.3m as prescribed by South African law and measure in at around 4.6m.
A moratorium implemented in 2011 currently gives blanket exemption to all ISO containers where the overall height exceeds 4.3m.
“There is no change on this issue,” said Kelly.
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