Draft%20White%20Paper%20National%20Commercial%20Ports%20Policy%20Comments%20by%20CSIR(Environmentek/Transportek)

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Draft White PaperNational Commercial Ports
PolicyComments by CSIR(Environmentek/Transporte
k)
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Comment 1 Policies

• Reference is made a number of policies
• Planning has undergone massive transformation
  over the past 5 to 7 years moved from purely
  focusing on spatial aspects to integrating public
  participation, environment, and budgeting

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Recommendation 1

• National Environmental Management Act (Act No.
  107 of 1998) (NEMA)
• Local Government Transition Act (Act 209 of 1993)
• Municipal Systems Act (Act 32 of 2000)
• White Paper on Spatial Planning and Land Use
  Management (2001)
• Integrated Development Planning (IDP) Regulations
  (draft at present)
• Include a discussion of Integrated Development
  Planning
• (Discussed in more detail in comment 6 7)

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Comment 2, 3 4 Vision, Goals, Objectives
Principles

• The vision statement does not refer to
  sustainability or sustainable development
• Sustainability mentioned in Goals but not carried
  through into objectives and principles

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Recommendation 2, 3 4

• Ensure proactive integration of social, economic
  and biophysical environmental aspects during the
  early stages of port planning and throughout the
  port development cycle including the planning,
  design, construction, operation and
  decommissioning of port developments.
• Ensure proactive communication and consultation
  with all port stakeholders early on in the port
  planning stages.
• Ensure that strategic port planning is closely
  aligned with the integrated development planning
  process of the associated city.

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Comment 5Competitive position of SA commercial
ports

• Number of factors affecting the competitiveness
  of SA ports are discussed environmental issues
  are excluded.
• Case Studies
• Port of Durban Container Terminal
• Port Richards Bay Coal Terminal
• Port of Saldanha Oil Terminal

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Recommendation 5

• Add environmental constraints to the list of
  constraints
• (this will ensure that the issue is considered
  when considering competitiveness of SA Ports)

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Comment 5 (2)Environmental Sustainability

• A reference is made to
• The Governments new policy on environmental
  management.
• Correct reference
• National Environmental Management Act (Act No.
  107 of 1998)
• Environmental Conservation Act (Act No. 73 of
  1989)
• Use of Environmental Management tools

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Recommendation 5 (2)
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Comment 6 7National Development Strategy for
Commercial Ports

• This policy advocates port and city co-operation
  through planning structures that will be
  facilitated and enabling of that particular
  intent.
• NPA as a planning and development co-ordination
  body
• Ensuring that planning of each port is localised
  as much as possible..

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Recommendation 6 7

• Links between Port Planning and Integrated
  Development Planning
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• Port planning should be closely linked to the IDP
  planning process as specified in the Municipal
  Systems Act (Act 32 of 2000).
• The NPA of each port should be represented on the
  steering committees of port-city IDP processes.
• Legal aspects governing port-planning processes
  should be investigated in detail.

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Additional comments

• No mention of the moving South Africa Strategy
• SADC links between other ports and SADC ports
  policy

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Conclusion

• Integrating environmental and social issues
  throughout port policy, planning, construction
  and operation
• Integration of port planning with city planning
  (IDP) into a single integrated Port-City Planning
  process