South Africa's port and rail operator said it may take 30 to 60 days to clear a backlog following the end of a strike that crippled exports of metals, wine and fruit.
"We've estimated it will take between 30 and 60 days to clear the backlog," Transnet spokesman Mboniso Sigonyela said in an interview.
AP Moller-Maersk A/S, some of whose ships had been moored off-shore while they waited for the strike to end, will take "several weeks" to clear the backlog, said Fred Jacobs.
The country's fruit industry has suffered 1 billion rand in losses due to the labor action, according to Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson.
South Africa, which produces fruits ranging from grapefruit to plums, is the world's second- largest citrus fruit exporter after Spain.
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