Truck congestion on N2 angers communities

RICHARDS BAY - Community groups are forcefully moving trucks lined up at Richards Bay.

The N2 leading to the port has been in a log jam for weeks.

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Transnet’s poor rail performance on the northern corridor has forced exporters to move coal to Richards Bay by road.

Deputy president of the Zululand Chamber of Commerce, Mike Patterson, says there are chaotic scenes outside the port.

Patterson says one of the biggest reasons the congestion has intensified is the spike in global demand for South Africa's coal.