Port of Durban (South Africa)

The Subject “Port of Durban” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Logistics Courses: Transport in Africa, Maritime Transport.

Course: Business in Southern Africa.

Masters (MIB): Transport in Africa, Business in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate (DIB): African Business, Global Logistics, World Trade.

Learning materials in or Port de Durban. Summaries in Porto de Durban Puerto de Durban.

Ports in South Africa.

South African Ports:

1. Port of Durban (South Africa);
2. Other South African Ports: Richards Bay, East London, Ngqura, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay, Cape Town, and Saldanha;
3. Related agency of the South African Government: Transnet SOC Ltd;
4. Managing of the national port system (eight commercial South African Ports): the Transnet National Ports Authority.

Port of Durban:

The Port of Durban is the largest South African Container and cargo port and one of the busiest ports in Africa.

1. The Port of Durban is the second-largest container port in Africa (the first is Port Said - Egypt);
2. Is the largest port in the SADC region (Southern African Development Community);
3. Gateway to the South African landlocked countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), Zambia, and Zimbabwe;
4. Capacity: 2,568,124 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) (2012);
5. 2.9 million containers;
6. Port expansion project: 20 million of containers;
7. Durban Car Terminal;
8. 58 berths (depths up to 12m.);
9. Bunkering Services system;
10. Commercial fishing: Maydon Wharf;
11. King Shaka International Airport.

Gateway to the South African landlocked countries:

Durban-Maseru (Lesotho).

1. Distance by road: 552 kilometers;
2. Estimated time: 5 h 43 min;
3. Main cities:
   - South Africa: Pinetown, Pietermaritzburg, Harrismith, Clarens, and Ladybrand
   - Frontier South Africa-Lesotho
   - Lesotho: Maseru.

Port of Durban-Mbabane (Swaziland).

1. Distance by road: 537 kilometers;
2. Estimated time: 6 h 9 min;
3. Main cities:
   - South Africa: Richard Bay-Mkuze
   - Frontier South Africa-Swaziland
   - Lesotho: Big-Bend-Maseru.

Port of Durban-Harare (Zimbabwe).

1. Distance by road: 1,674 kilometers;
2. Estimated time: 18 h 15 min;
3. Main cities:
   - South Africa: Johannesburg, Pretoria
   - Frontier South Africa-Zimbabwe
   - Zimbabwe: Masvingo-Harare;
4. Alternatives: Port of Maputo and Port of Beira (Mozambique).

Port of Durban-Lusaka (Zambia).

1. Distance by road: 2,165 kilometers;
2. Estimated time: 24 h;
3. Main cities:
   - South Africa: Johannesburg-Pretoria
   - Frontier South Africa-Zimbabwe (Harare)
   - Frontier Zimbabwe-Zambia
   - Zambia: Masvingo-Harare;
4. Alternatives: Port of Maputo, Port of Beira (Mozambique), and Port of Lobito (Angola).

Port of Richards Bay.

1. Deepwater port;
2. Richards Bay Coal Terminal;
3. Rail link to the hinterland (KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, and Mpumalanga);
4. Bulk port (80 million tones /year) - 60% of the seaborne cargo of South Africa;
5. Distance to Maputo: 465 kilometers;
6. Distance to Durban: 160 kilometers.

Port of East London.

1. Commercial river port;
2. Eleven commercial berths;
3. Distance to Durban: 460 kilometers;
4. Distance to Cape Town: 950 kilometers.

Port of Port Elizabeth.

1. Multi cargo port;
2. Container Terminal;
3. General cargo;
4. Dry bulk, bulk liquid;
5. Fishing industry region.

Port of Ngqura.

1. Opened in 2012;
2. Transhipment Hub;
3. Container Terminal;
4. Manganese loading facility;
5. Deepwater port;
6. Located at 20 kilometers of Port Elisabeth.

Port of Mossel Bay.

1. The smallest South African commercial port;
2. Petroleum and fish industries;
3. Access to Western Cape hinterland.

Port of Cape Town.

1. Container traffic (West - East routes);
2. Fishing industry.

Port of Saldanha.

1. The deepest natural port in the region;
2. Distance to Cape Town: 140 kilometers;
3. Iron one;
4. Oil terminal;
5. Excellent Road and Rail links.

More information about South Africa (EENI African Business Portal).

1. Transport and Logistics in South Africa;
2. Bloemfontein;
3. Ekurhuleni.

The Port of Durban belongs to the Southern African Economic Area (African Civilization).

South African Trade Agreements: COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement, Indian-Ocean Rim Association, European Union, Africa-BRICS, India-Africa, China-Africa...

Trans-African Roads related to the Port of Durban:

1. Cairo-Gaborone Corridor;
2. North-South Corridor;
3. Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor.

African Regional Economic Communities:

1. SACU (Southern African Customs Union);
2. SADC (Southern African Development Community);
3. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement.

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