80
BUNKERING OPERATIONSPER YEAR
100
SAFE TRANSFERSPER MONTH
5
SHIPMENTSPER WEEK
24
OPERATING HOURSPER DAY
12
SOUTHERNAFRICAN PORTS
INTRODUCTION
Welcome on Board
Mentor Shipping is Southern Africa's shipping and transport agency of choice. Our highly experienced officials are equipped to safely handle your cargo and take care of your personnel at each port that we operate from.
We are the appointed agents for many local and international shippers and receivers and handlers of oils, chemicals, granite, project cargo including heavy lift cargoes and bulk shipments such as coal, maize, wheat and chrome ore.
Primarily a shipping agency, we are now proud to include the full service from cargo handling, to clearing, forwarding, transport and hospitality.
Ports
Richards Bay is a modern, multi-purpose deep water terminal. Built primarily for the export of coal and other bulk and breakbulk cargoes, it is South Africa’s premier bulk port.
Richards Bay
South Africa
Durban is the largest and busiest port in South Africa and the 9th largest harbour in the world. It handles up to 31.4 million tons of cargo each year and is the 4th largest container terminal in the Southern Hemisphere.
Durban
South Africa
This port offers diversified cargo handling facilities for automotives, containers, bulk liquids and dry bulk, and it caters for the ship repair industry with a dry-dock capable of accommodating vessels up to 200 metres in length.
East London
South Africa
A deepwater port on the East coast of South Africa, 20km northeast of Port Elizabeth, it offers world-class port facilities to businesses situated in the adjacent Coega Industrial Development Zone.
Ngqura
South Africa
An important port for agriculture and farming, Port Elizabeth includes a temporary storage site for abnormal cargo.
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Situated halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, it is the smallest commercial harbour and primarily caters for fishing, oil and gas industries. Plans have been released to expand the port's infrastructure to become the premier port for supporting oil and gas exploration and extraction.
Mossel Bay
South Africa
Ideally positioned along one of the world's busiest trade routes, Cape Town Harbour is also home to significant repair and maintenance facilities.
Cape Town
South Africa
Saldanha Bay is the largest natural, deep-water port in South Africa and has been developed to enable the export of iron ore.
Saldanha Bay
South Africa
Namibia’s largest commercial port, it links Namibia and its landlocked neighbours to the Americas, Europe and Asian markets. A new port terminal extension will increase the country’s port capacity from 350,000 containers to 750,000 containers per year.
Walvis Bay
Namibia
Mozambique's biggest port, it has two main components: the Maputo Cargo Terminals for handling containers, bulk minerals, citrus, sugar and molasses, and the Matola Bulk Terminals for handling coal, fuel, lubricants, aluminium and grains.
Maputo
Mozambique
The second largest port in Mozambique, Beira includes a multi-purpose Container Terminal and Grain Terminal.
Beira
Mozambique
This is the deepest natural bay on the East coast of Africa. The main components of the port are general cargo berths, container berths, the Liquid Bulk Terminal and the Coal Terminal.
Nacala
Mozambique
Ports
Richards Bay is a modern, multi-purpose deep water terminal. Built primarily for the export of coal and other bulk and breakbulk cargoes, it is South Africa’s premier bulk port.
Richards Bay
South Africa
Durban is the largest and busiest port in South Africa and the 9th largest harbour in the world. It handles up to 31.4 million tons of cargo each year and is the 4th largest container terminal in the Southern Hemisphere.
Durban
South Africa
This port offers diversified cargo handling facilities for automotives, containers, bulk liquids and dry bulk, and it caters for the ship repair industry with a dry-dock capable of accommodating vessels up to 200 metres in length.
East London
South Africa
A deepwater port on the East coast of South Africa, 20km northeast of Port Elizabeth, it offers world-class port facilities to businesses situated in the adjacent Coega Industrial Development Zone.
Ngqura
South Africa
An important port for agriculture and farming, Port Elizabeth includes a temporary storage site for abnormal cargo.
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Situated halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, it is the smallest commercial harbour and primarily caters for fishing, oil and gas industries. Plans have been released to expand the port's infrastructure to become the premier port for supporting oil and gas exploration and extraction.
Mossel Bay
South Africa
Ideally positioned along one of the world's busiest trade routes, Cape Town Harbour is also home to significant repair and maintenance facilities.
Cape Town
South Africa
Saldanha Bay is the largest natural, deep-water port in South Africa and has been developed to enable the export of iron ore.
Saldanha Bay
South Africa
Namibia’s largest commercial port, it links Namibia and its landlocked neighbours to the Americas, Europe and Asian markets. A new port terminal extension will increase the country’s port capacity from 350,000 containers to 750,000 containers per year.
Walvis Bay
Namibia
Mozambique's biggest port, it has two main components: the Maputo Cargo Terminals for handling containers, bulk minerals, citrus, sugar and molasses, and the Matola Bulk Terminals for handling coal, fuel, lubricants, aluminium and grains.
Maputo
Mozambique
The second largest port in Mozambique, Beira includes a multi-purpose Container Terminal and Grain Terminal.
Beira
Mozambique
This is the deepest natural bay on the East coast of Africa. The main components of the port are general cargo berths, container berths, the Liquid Bulk Terminal and the Coal Terminal.
Nacala
Mozambique
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