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Our Southern African Ports

Richards Bay

South Africa

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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.

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Richards Bay, ZA
17°
Partly Cloudy
06:2417:11 SAST
Feels like: 17°C
Wind: 6km/h SSW
Humidity: 78%
Pressure: 1026.08mbar
UV index: 0
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Durban

South Africa

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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.

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Durban, ZA
16°
Clear
06:3017:14 SAST
Feels like: 16°C
Wind: 10km/h WSW
Humidity: 68%
Pressure: 1026.41mbar
UV index: 0
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East London

South Africa

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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.

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East London, ZA
Clear
06:4817:21 SAST
Feels like: 8°C
Wind: 6km/h NW
Humidity: 75%
Pressure: 1024.72mbar
UV index: 0
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Ngqura

South Africa

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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.

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Coega, ZA
Fair
06:5917:28 SAST
Feels like: 6°C
Wind: 13km/h WNW
Humidity: 84%
Pressure: 1025.06mbar
UV index: 0
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Port Elizabeth

South Africa

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An important port for agriculture and farming, Port Elizabeth includes a temporary storage site for abnormal cargo.

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Port Elizabeth, ZA
Fair
06:5917:29 SAST
Feels like: 7°C
Wind: 3km/h NW
Humidity: 84%
Pressure: 1025.06mbar
UV index: 0
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Mossel Bay

South Africa

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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.

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Mossel Bay, ZA
11°
Partly Cloudy
07:1417:41 SAST
Feels like: 9°C
Wind: 13km/h NW
Humidity: 79%
Pressure: 1025.4mbar
UV index: 0
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Cape Town

South Africa

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Ideally positioned along one of the world's busiest trade routes, Cape Town Harbour is also home to significant repair and maintenance facilities.

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Cape Town, ZA
13°
Mostly Cloudy
07:2817:57 SAST
Feels like: 12°C
Wind: 11km/h N
Humidity: 79%
Pressure: 1026.75mbar
UV index: 0
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Saldanha Bay

South Africa

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Saldanha Bay is the largest natural, deep-water port in South Africa and has been developed to enable the export of iron ore.

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Langebaan, ZA
10°
Clear
07:2818:00 SAST
Feels like: 9°C
Wind: 8km/h NE
Humidity: 89%
Pressure: 1026.41mbar
UV index: 0
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Walvis Bay

Namibia

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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.

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Walvis Bay, NA
13°
Clear
07:2518:31 CAT
Feels like: 13°C
Wind: 6km/h S
Humidity: 89%
Pressure: 1017.27mbar
UV index: 0
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Maputo

Mozambique

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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.

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Maputo, MZ
19°
Mostly Cloudy
06:1717:14 CAT
Feels like: 19°C
Wind: 18km/h SSW
Humidity: 70%
Pressure: 1025.06mbar
UV index: 0
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Beira

Mozambique

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The second largest port in Mozambique, Beira includes a multi-purpose Container Terminal and Grain Terminal.

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Beira, MZ
23°
Fair
05:5917:14 CAT
Feels like: 23°C
Wind: 3km/h S
Humidity: 97%
Pressure: 1017.95mbar
UV index: 0
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Nacala

Mozambique

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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.

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Nacala, MZ
24°
Partly Cloudy
05:2816:58 CAT
Feels like: 24°C
Wind: 13km/h S
Humidity: 95%
Pressure: 1015.24mbar
UV index: 0
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