Port of Durban
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| Port of Durban | |
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| Country |  South Africa |
| Location | Durban,KwaZulu-Natal |
| Coordinates | 29°52′24″S31°01′28″E/ 29.8732°S 31.0245°E |
| UN/LOCODE | ZADUR[1] |
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| 2023 World Bank Container Port Performance Index | 399th (out of 405) |
| Website transnet | |
ThePort of Durban,commonly calledDurban Harbour,is the largest and busiest shipping terminal insub-Saharan Africa.[2]It handles up to 31.4 million tons of cargo each year.[3]It is the fourth largestcontainer terminalin theSouthern Hemisphere,handling approximately 4.5 millionTEUin 2019.[4][5]
Port statistics
[edit]- Durban is the busiest port in South Africa and generates more than 60% of revenue.
- It is the second largest container port in Africa (afterPort Saidin Egypt).
- It is the fourth largest container port in Southern Hemisphere. (First isJakartain Indonesia, second isSurabayain Indonesia, third isSantosin Brazil).
- The distance around the port is 21 kilometres (13 miles).
- Rail tracks total 302 kilometres (188 miles).
- The port has 58 berths which are operated by more than 20 terminal operators.
- Over 4,500 commercial vessels call at the port each year.
The port has recently been widened. The harbor entrance depth is now 19 metres (62 ft) in the approach channel decreasing to 16 metres within the harbour. The navigation width is now 220 metres (720 ft).
The port saw a drop of "5 per cent of the liner shipping services, 6.2 per cent of ship calls and 2.8 per cent of the deployed capacity" during the second quarter of 2020 due to the adverse impact of the globalCOVID-19 pandemic.[6]However, the maximum capacity of container ships calling at the port increased by 14.5 percent during the same time period.[6]
The 2022 World Bank Container Port Performance Index ranked Durban 341st out of the 348 ports surveyed.[7]In the 2023 report, the port slipped to 399th out of the 405 ports surveyed.[8]
Port facilities
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Berths
[edit]- Pier No. 1 Berth
- Pier No. 2 Berth
- Point and T-Jetty Berth
- Cross Berth
- Island View
- Bluff Berth
- Bayhead Berth
- Maydon Wharf Berth
Car terminal
[edit]Durban Car Terminalopened in 1998, with a capacity of 60,000 vehicles a year. In 2004 a 100-million-Randexpansion brought the number of bays to 6,500. This included a 380m bridge linking the terminal to the quayside, improving vessel turnaround time and improving security.
Cruise terminal
[edit]MSC Cruisesbases theMSCMusicain Durban from November to April every year. From the 2019/2020 Southern Africa cruise season MSC Cruises will be basing the newerMSCOrchestrain Durban.[9]Many other cruise ships pass through Durban every year, including some of the world's biggest, such as theRMSQueen Mary 2.
The tender to build the R215 millionDurban Cruise Terminalwas awarded to KwaZulu Cruise Terminal (Pty) Ltd which is 70% owned by MSC Cruises SA and 30% by Africa Armada Consortium. The terminal will be able to accommodate two cruise ships at any given time.[10]
Naval facilities
[edit]Naval Base Durban,situated onSalisbury Island,is part of the Port of Durban. Established during the Second World War, it was downgraded to a naval station in 2002. In 2012 a decision was made to renovate and expand the facilities back up to a full naval base to accommodate theSouth African Navy'soffshore patrolflotilla.[11][12]In December 2015 it was redesignated a naval base. It is the home port of threeWarrior-classinterimoffshore patrol vessels(formerly missile-armedfast attack craft) which will be replaced by a new patrol flotilla within four to five years.[13]
Expansion plans
[edit]In April 2021, South African officials revealed a $7 billion modernization and expansion plan of the port facilities in order to increase efficiency and improve its standing as one of Africa's best and biggest ports.[14]The program is expected expand port capacity from 2.9 million TEU to more than 11 million TEU by 2031.[14]
The plan has been criticized by labour unions over not being consulted on the construction contracts, and warned that the government's intention to partner with the private sector to complete the expansion could lead to job losses for a highly indebted state-owned company.[15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"UNLOCODE (ZA) - SOUTH AFRICA".service.unece.org.Retrieved28 April2020.
- ^"Africa's ports: The bottleneck: New investment alone will not fix Africa's ports. Governments need to deal with pilfering officials, too".The Economist.19 March 2016.Retrieved19 March2016.
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2013-10-21.Retrieved2013-10-14.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Port Terminals 2019"(PDF).TransNet.2019.
- ^"halong bay cruise overnight".Retrieved29 March2023.
- ^ab"COVID-19 and maritime transport: Impact and responses"(PDF).UNCTAD.
- ^Bank, World."The Container Port Performance Index 2022: A Comparable Assessment of Performance Based on Vessel Time in Port".World Bank.Retrieved2024-01-15.
- ^"Dead last among 405 ports – SA flies the CPPI rogues flag again".Freight News.2024-06-05.Retrieved2024-06-07.
- ^"MSC Cruises to replace Musica with Orchestra for 2019/2020 South African cruise season -".cruise-arabia.com.24 September 2018.Retrieved2021-07-28.
- ^Shirley le Guern (2017-05-30)."Preferred bidder for R215m Durban cruise terminal finally selected".engineeringnews.co.za.Retrieved2017-06-29.
- ^Engelbrecht, Leon (2012-02-27)."Navy may upgrade Naval Station Durban".defenceWeb.Retrieved2015-12-10.
- ^Helfrich, Kim (2013-09-23)."Naval Base Durban still a way off".defenceWeb.Retrieved2015-12-10.
- ^Helfrich, Kim (2015-12-09)."Minister says it's Naval Base Durban, not Station".defenceWeb.Retrieved2015-12-09.
- ^ab"South Africa Unveils Expansion Plan for Port of Durban".The Maritime Executive.Retrieved2021-06-18.
- ^"Unions express fear over R100bn Durban port expansion project".www.iol.co.za.Retrieved2021-06-18.
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