Southern African Ports

EENI- School of International Business

Subject - The Ports in Southern Africa: the Port of Durban, Richards Bay, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, and the Port of Walvis Bay. Syllabus:

1. The largest ports in Southern Africa
2. South Africa: The Port of Durban
3. Other Ports in South Africa: Richards Bay, East London, Ngqura, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay, Cape Town, and Saldanha
4. Namibia: The Port of Walvis Bay

The objectives of the subject “The Southern African Ports” are the following:

1. To know the largest ports in Southern Africa
2. To analyse the main features of the Southern African Ports

Sample of the subject - The Ports in Southern Africa

Description of the Subject: The Southern African Ports

Estimations of distances and times between (in nautical miles - Nm):

Nm: nautical miles.

The Southern African region consists of seven countries:

1. Countries with Sea Access of Southern Africa: Namibia and South Africa
2. Landlocked Southern African Countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

The Trans-African Highways related to the Southern African Countries:

1. North-South Corridor: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
2. Cairo-Gaborone Corridor: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
3. Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor: Namibia
4. Beira-Lobito Corridor: Zimbabwe and Zambia

The Southern African Ports belongs to the Southern African Economic Area of the African Civilisation.

Integration and regional institutions in the Southern African region:

1. SACU (Southern African Customs Union)
2. SADC (Southern African Development Community)
3. COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa)
4. Tripartite FTA COMESA-EAC-SADC

Maritime Transport in Africa