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NATIONAL PORTS AUTHORITY OF SOUTH AFRICAPO Box 32696Braamfontein2017 SOUTH AFRICA

Phone: +27 11 242 4022Fax: +27 11 242 4027

Internet: www.npa.co.za

The National Ports Authority of South Africa:

Until recently, ports in South Africa were administered through PORTNET, which was theTRANSNET’s division/establishment dealing with ports matters. TRANSNET is a conglomerate ofvarious establishments dealing with various transport modes (road, rail, air, ports, pipeline andpassenger transport), and falls under the South Africa Department of Public Enterprises. In 2000,PORTNET was unbundled into two entities, namely, the Port Authority Division and the PortOperations Division.

The Port Authority Division evolved into the National Ports Authority of South Africa (NPA), whichis responsible for the development and management of the national ports system. The NPA isresponsible for all the landowner and control functions of the ports in South Africa. On the otherhand, the Port Operations Division functions focus on the cargo handling and port operations.

The National Ports Authority of South Africa covers the commercial ports of:

• Richards Bay• Durban• East London• Port Elizabeth• Mossel Bay• Cape Town

• Saldanha Bay

and also the development of the port of Coega

National Ports AuthorityPort ManagerP O Box 181Richards Bay 3900SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 35 905-3203

The Port of Richards Bay is located approximately 160 km northeast of Durban and 465 km southof Maputo on the eastern seaboard of South Africa. The Port’s main hinterland comprises theNorthern KwazuluNatal, North West and Mpumalanga regions. Initially built as a bulk port toexport 26 million tons of coal over the first ten years, the port has diversified into the handling ofother cargoes. Currently, Richards Bay handles in excess of 80 million tons, representingapproximately 57% of South Africa’s sea borne cargo. Approximately 1670 commercial oceangoing vessels call at the port’s five terminals annually.

The port is the largest in South Africa, with total land and water surface of 2,157 hectares and1,443 hectares respectively. To date only 40% of that land has been developed, and thus highpotential to expand.

Chart of the port (Courtesy of SA Navy and Ports of Southern Africa)Not suitable for navigation.

The maximum permissible draught of Richards Bay port is 17,5 metres.

Berth Type of Cargo Length Depth209 - Die Duine Chemicals (liquid bulk) 300m 13.7m301 Coal 350m 18.7m302 Coal & bunker points 350m 18.7m303 Coal 350m 18.7m304 Coal 350m 18.7m305 Coal 184m 18.7m

Umhlatuzi

Berth Type Length Depth606 General 220m 14.2m607 General 220m 14.2m608 General 204m 14.2m609 Bulk 300m 14.2m

Bay View

Berth Type Length Depth701 Bulk 300m 14.2m702 Bulk 240m 18.7m703 Bulk 240m 18.7m704 Bulk 240m 18.7m705 Bulk/General 280m 18.7m706 General 200m 14.4m707 General 200m 14.4m708 General 200m 14.4m801 Bulk/General 260m 18.7m804 Bulk/General 260m 18.7m

Small craft harbour

Berth Type Length Dredged DepthRepair Berth 300m -8.0mDredger Berth 150m -7.0mTug Berth 180m -7.0mWork Boat Berth 165m -4.0mHarbour Craft Berth 150m -4.0mLaunch Jetty 170m -4.0m

Dry Bulk Terminal 3 import berths (berths 609, 701 & 702), 5 export berths (berths 703, 704,795, 801 & 804):

• 3 bulk shiploaders• 1 woodchip loader• 4 grab unloaders• 2 pneumatic ship unloaders• 2 mobile cranes

Bulk Metal Terminal 3 berths (berths 606, 607 & 608):

• Mechanical appliances e.g. lifts, haulers and trailers

Combi Terminal - 4 berths (berth 705 to 708):

• 2 mobile harbour cranes with capacity of 200 and 150 ton• 2 reach stackers• mechanical handling appliances e.eg. forklift, haulers, trailers.

Richards Bay Coal terminal 5 berths (berth 301 to 305):

• 4 shiploaders

Richards Bay Bunker Terminal 1 berth (berth 209):

• Bunker fuel points

Dry Bulk Terminal 3 import berths (berths 609, 701 & 702), 5 export berths (berths 703, 704,795, 801 & 804):

• Open, shed, bin and silos storage available by arrangement for the pre-assembly ofexport cargo.

Bulk Metal Terminal 3 berths (berths 606, 607 & 608):

• Open storage with capacity of 60 000 to 80 000 tons.

Combi Terminal - 4 berths (berth 705 to 708):

• Covered storage area of 2x10 000 m²• Warehouses plus canopy of 8 000 m²• Open storage of 240 000 m²• Ferro terminal (open) of 55 000 m²

Richards Bay Coal terminal 5 berths (berth 301 to 305):

• Storage capacity of 6.5 million tons

Private Terminals

• Island View Storage• Richards Bay Bunker Terminal• Richards Bay Coal Terminal• Fermentech• Fedmis (Phosphoric Acid Installation)• FFS Bunkers• Strang Rennies Metal

SchinCel-Woodchip Export

• Located at the northern boundary of the port on 4.5 hectares of land.• Handles hardwood (eucalyptus) and woodchips• Handling capacity of 300 000 tons per annum (on normal shift)• Woodchip production facility linked to portent export conveyor system to DBT berth 705

Sea Munye Cargo Distribution Centre

• Core business is the development of container industry in Richards Bay port• 17 000 m² in shed storage space• 8 000 m² hard standing storage space• Rail infrastructure, road and rail weigh bridges

The port entrance channel has a width of 300m, extending seawards 400 metres beyond thebreakwater depth of 22 metres.. The maximum permitted draught is 17,5 metres. A compulsoryberthing service is provided by NPA to ensure the safe berthing of vessels

Pilotage

Pilotage is compulsory. Marine Pilots are transferred to and from vessels by helicopter. Aworkboat is on standby if the helicopter is not available..

The Port Control Centre is manned 24hrs a day. Channel 16VHF is the calling frequency , withmessages being passed on VHF channel 12. Vessels should radio the Harbour Master, RichardsBay 48 hours prior to the arrival during normal working hours advising ETA, draft, freeboard andreason for calling at Richards Bay. confirm ETA.

Working hours

The port offers a 24 hour service 7 days a week throughout the year, except on public holidays.

Excludes petroleum products

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001UNLOADEDBreak-Bulk 136,374 206,910 187,976 118,230 131,776Container Cargo 3,744 7,958 11,556 9,291 11,118Sub-total general cargo 140,118 214,868 199,532 127,521 142,894Bulk* 4,175,099 4,472,903 4,067,879 4,442,758 4,666,073TOTAL 4,315,217 4,687,771 4,267,411 4,570,279 4,808,967LOADEDBreak-Bulk 4,319,102 4,357,388 4,328,446 4,596,796 4,813,642Container Cargo 130,681 120,377 129,784 91,380 63,616Sub-total general cargo 4,449,783 4,477,765 4,458,230 4,688,176 4,877,258Bulk* 72,312,767 76,918,747 77,394,327 82,260,897 81,160,938TOTAL 76,762,550 81,396,512 81,852,557 86,949,073 86,038,196

GRAND TOTAL 81,077,767 86,084,283 86,119,968 91,519,352 90,847,163

No information available on the breakdown of cargo into liquid bulk and dry bulk

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001INFull 752 989 942 532 710Empty 970 896 1,842 912 1,561Sub-total (TEU's) 1,722 1,885 2,784 1,444 2,271Tonnage 3,744 7,958 11,556 9,291 11,118OUTFull 9,515 6,595 7,477 4,071 2,850Empty 2,234 7,489 7,731 2,984 96Sub-total (TEU's) 11,749 14,084 15,208 7,055 2,946Tonnage 130,681 120,377 129,784 91,380 63,616IN + OUTFull 10,267 7,584 8,419 4,603 3,560Empty 3,204 8,385 9,573 3,896 1,657GRAND TEU's 13,471 15,969 17,992 8,499 5,217GRAND TONNNAGE 134,425 128,335 141,340 100,671 74,734

Note: Port of Richards Bay does not handle transhipment.

Developments and strategies being considered in short term includes:

• A Strategic Environmental Assessment for long-term development• Calling proposals for the construction and operation of a ship repair facility• An additional bulk liquid handling berth and a bunker vessel berth• An additional coal export berth• Additional berths for breakbulk handling• Specialized container handling facilities at an existing berth• Improvements in the facilities for phosphoric acid exports

National Ports AuthorityPort Services ManagerPort of DurbanP O Box 1027Durban 4000SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 31 361-8795Fax: +27 31 361-8835

The Port of Durban has a total land and water area amounting to 1 854 hectares. The port isprotected by the north and south breakwaters, which are 335 m and 700 m long respectively. Thedistance around the port is 21 km. Rail tracks total 302 km. The port has 57 berths and over 4000commercial vessels call at the port each year. It was developed primarily for import cargo butover the years cargo flows have changed significantly and exports have become more important.

The port is the main South Africa ’s general cargo and container port, and handles in excess of30 million tons of cargo every year. 40% of South Africa ’s breakbulk cargo and 61% of allcontainerised cargo flows through the Port of Durban. An average of 83 000 containers per monthare handled at the Port of Durban container terminal, making it the largest in the southernhemisphere.


Pier No.1

Wharf Length (m) Max Draught(m)Remarks

Harbour craft quay 103 4,8Berth100 276 8,8Berth101 229 12,1Berth102 213 10,7Berth103 235 12,0Berth104 351 11,9Berth105 235 11,4Berth106 213 11,7Berth107 238 11,9

Island View

Berth LengthDepth1 230m12.8m2 175m10.3m3 165m11.1m4 175m 9.7m5 175m10.9m6 175m 9.2m7 230m12.2m8 230m12.3m9 245m12.5m

Point and T-jetty

Berth Length DepthTug Jetty 183m 9.1mA Extension 62m 11.5mA 288m 11.5mB 329m 9.9mC 213m 9.1m

D/E 275m 7.9mF 345mG 346mLM 305mN 262mO 310mP 310mQ 183mR 183m

Container Terminal

Deep sea berths 109 – 205 and coastal berth108. There are eight deep sea container berthstotalling 2128 m length, maximum depth 12,8 m. The terminal is served by 14 gantry cranes, 4 ofwhich are post panamax size and 10 have a safe working load of 40 tons under the spreader.

Cranes: 7 MEMAG ship to shore gantry cranes; 4 NOELL ship to shore gantry cranes; 2 DEMAGroad/road transfer cranes; 1 self-propelled floating crane with 200 tonne lifting capacity at 21.mradius, and 125 tonne lifting capacity at 35.0 m radius.

A fleet of 39 TCM 350 and 25 Noell straddle carriers are in use to move containers between ship-side and holding stack. Straddle carriers have maximum rated loaded under spreader of 35 tons,maximum height of lift of 9.03 m and stacking ability of 3 high and 2.9 m high. There are 55haulers in the fleet.

City Terminals

• Under cover in-transit storage of 43 631m² with a stacking volume of 118 750m³.• Open storage area of 50 526m².

Combi Terminal

• New Shed = 12 000 m²• Existing shed 101 and 103 = 13 542 m²• Dedicated stacking area under Goliaths = 10 567 m²• Open stacking area = 24 533m²• Container stacking area (3 high with 5 high option) = 13 736 m²

Container Terminal

• Total area = 102 hectares, 11650 TEU slots, 528 reefer plug points

General Berths

• Sheds and storage accommodation are available at several berths where bulk cargo ishandled. Fruit is stored and shipped on pallets at three berths, which are served by shorecranes.

Dry Dock/Ship Repair Facilities

The Port of Durban is equipped to handle ship repairs at the Prince Edward Graving Dock and ona Floating Dock at Bayhead, while small craft are repaired on a slipway.

Prince Edward Graving Dock: The Prince Edward Graving Dock can be divided into 2compartments of 206,m and 138,68m. The graving dock can be emptied in 4 hours. 5 electricalcranes serve this dock ranging from 50 ton to 10 ton.

Floating Dock: The floating dock has a lifting capacity of 4 500 tons and has two 5 ton electricalcranes capable of travelling the full length of the starboard and port side of the dock.

Eldock-Privately Operated Floating Dock: Operated by Elgin, Brown and Hamer Group, andoffers a full range of services.

Pilotage

Pilotage is compulsory.

Entrance Channel

• The entrance channel has a depth of 12,8 m from Chart Datum, and a width of 122 mbetween the caissons.

Stevedoring

Stevedoring aboard vessels is undertaken by private stevedoring companies.

Working Hours

Pilotage, berthing and tug services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

• Conventional quays: Monday to Friday (except public holidays) 06:00 to 22:00, Sunday07:15 to 15:15.

• Pier No. 1: Three eight-hour shifts are provided, although on a limited basis.• General cargo: Documentation: 24 hour basis, 5 days per week, Saturday and Sunday

single shift, 07:00 to 12:00. Extended hours can be arranged.• Combi Terminal: Monday to Friday, 3 shifts (06:00 – 14:00, 14:00 – 22:00, 22:00 –

06:00). Saturday and Sunday, 2 shifts (06:00 – 18:00, 18:00 – 06:00).• Container terminal: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (excluding Christmas, New Year and

Workers’ Day).• Grain elevator: Monday to Friday except public holidays: 06:00 to 14:00.

• Dry dock and Floating dock: Office hours: Monday to Friday except public holidays: 07:00to 17:00. Movement of ships in and out of docks is restricted to docking 06:00 to 18:00,undocking 06:00 to 18:00, seven days a week.

Private Terminals

Bulk Cargo

• 4 privately owned bulk handling facilities are available in the port for the import andexport of free-flowing bulk commodities.

• 4 coal berths are available for the handling of coal and anthracite.• A privately owned sugar terminal is situated at Maydon Wharf and handles bulk and

bagged sugar exports.

Numerous other privately owned facilities for the handling of specialized commodities such asforest products, granite, molasses etc. are situated in the port.

Tanker Berth

Vessels berth starboard side alongside. Generally all product/chemical tankers subject to daylightberthing only.

Island View No. 1 (draught = 12,5 m)

Used as a lay-by berth but also for bunkering (pump rate very slow). Fuel oil and diesel oil only –no gas oil or blends.

Island View No. 2 (Dolphin Berth) (draught = 10,3 m)

Chemical Terminal used for caustic soda, tallow, molasses, vegetable oils and chemicals.Simultaneous load and discharge under certain conditions. 6" lines. Berth also used for bunkeringof fuel oil and diesel oil only.


Durban Bulk Shipping privately owned grain terminal but also has limited storage for vegetableoils. When berth is not in use can be used for bunkering of fuel oil and diesel oil only.


Used for vegetable oils, chemicals and solvents. Numerous 6" lines available. Simultaneous loadand discharge under suitable conditions. Also used for fuel oil, diesel oil and gas oil.


Used for Sapref and Engen products except Avgas and Lubes. 3 lines of 8". Also used for someIsland View Storage cargo and bunkering of fuel oil, diesel oil, gas oil and blends. Nosimultaneous load and discharge.


Products handled: Avgas, Kero, Jet, Laws, Mogas, gas oil,diesel oil, fuel oil. 3 lines of 8". Nosimultaneous load and discharge.


Products handled: fuel oil, diesel oil, gas oil and Mogas. 2 booms 10" lines for white oils. 2 booms10" lines for black oils. No simultaneous load and discharge.


Products handled: Black oil only. 4 booms 10" lines. All bunkers available.


Crude Oil Berth – also bunkering of fuel oil and diesel oil.

Excluding petroleum products

Tons 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001UNLOADED

Break-Bulk 4,125,513 3,404,285 2,063,490 2,711,532 2,749,520Container Cargo 6,669,290 7,171,348 6,051,192 8,027,830 7,456,574Sub-total Gen. cargo 10,794,803 10,575,633 8,114,682 10,739,362 10,206,094Bulk 2,015,323 2,493,115 2,478,360 2,726,947 2,306,885TOTAL 12,810,126 13,068,748 10,593,042 13,466,309 12,512,979

LOADEDBreak-Bulk 6,222,599 6,002,552 5,630,464 5,268,849 5,099,072Container Cargo 4,932,000 5,477,365 5,451,330 6,816,772 6,583,988Sub-total Gen. cargo 11,154,599 11,479,917 11,081,794 12,085,621 11,683,060Bulk 4,109,157 4,174,878 3,769,512 4,630,956 5,204,335TOTAL 15,263,756 15,654,795 14,851,306 16,716,577 16,887,395

GRAND TOTAL 28,073,882 28,723,543 25,444,348 30,182,886 29,400,374

No information available on the breakdown of cargo into liquid bulk and dry bulk

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001TEU's (numbers) INFull 306,025 318,725 277,663 363,539 335,775Empty 53,043 61,731 95,870 92,367 114,605Sub-total (TEU's) 359,068 380,456 373,533 455,906 450,380Tonnage 6,669,290 7,171,348 6,051,192 8,027,830 7,456,574Transhipment

Full 109,802 118,585 96,571 132,852 117,891Empty 9,913 20,812 14,110 33,016 32,012Sub-total (TEU's) 119,715 139,397 110,681 165,868 149,903Tonnage 2,323,709 2,387,566 1,840,334 2,537,854 2,366,332Total TEU's IN 478,783 519,853 484,214 621,774 600,283Total Tonnage IN 8,992,999 9,558,914 7,891,526 10,565,684 9,822,906

TEU's (numbers) OUTFull 294,717 318,560 318,003 413,562 407,340Empty 91,414 101,882 56,187 89,896 66,075Sub-total (TEU's) 386,131 420,442 374,190 503,458 473,415Tonnage 4,932,000 5,477,365 5,451,330 6,816,772 6,583,988TranshipmentFull 109,802 118,585 96,571 132,852 117,891Empty 9,913 20,812 14,110 33,016 32,012Sub-total (TEU's) 119,715 139,397 110,681 165,868 149,903Tonnage 2,323,709 2,387,566 1,840,334 2,537,854 2,366,332Total TEU's OUT 505,846 559,839 484,871 669,326 623,318Tonnage OUT 7,255,709 7,864,931 7,291,664 9,354,626 8,950,320IN + OUT TEU'sFull 600,742 637,285 595,666 777,101 743,115Empty 144,457 163,613 152,057 182,263 180,680Sub-total (TEU's) 745,199 800,898 747,723 959,364 923,795Tonnage 16,248,708 17,423,845 15,183,190 19,920,310 18,773,226TranshipmentFull 219,604 237,170 193,142 265,704 235,782Empty 19,826 41,624 28,220 66,032 64,024Sub-total (TEU's) 239,430 278,794 221,362 331,736 299,806Tonnage 4,647,418 4,775,132 3,680,668 5,075,708 4,732,664GRAND TEU's 984,629 1,079,692 969,085 1,291,100 1,223,601GRAND TONNNAGE 20,896,126 22,198,977 18,863,858 24,996,018 23,505,890

Port of Durban Development 2005

The Port of Durban Development 2005 is an upgrade programme involving an investment ofRand 1,34 billion. Additional shore and quayside equipment will be acquired, the Pier 1 will beconverted to container terminal, and the City terminal redeveloped. Objectives of the Port ofDurban Development 2005 are set as to:

• provide additional container handling capacity to meet future demand,• consolidation of general cargo handling facilities, and• alignment of operations with best practices.

Upgrade Durban Container Terminal

The upgrade (Infrastructure improvements) will increase the capacity of the Durban ContainerTerminal from 1.3 -1.6 million TEU ’s per annum. Thereafter additional capacity will be providedby the conversion of Pier 1. To optimize the capacity, the upgrade will require:

• Additional equipment (3 quayside cranes and 20 straddle carriers)• Equipment replacement programme

City terminal Development

New deep-water quays to be developed in the City Terminal area (length -1 200 metres and 200metres reclaimation). This will result in the consolidation of general cargo operations. Thealignment of operations with the focus on best practices will result in:

• New and replaced equipment• Re-model terminal infrastructure and layout• The future relocation of the passenger terminal from an operational area to a site

adjacent to the Point Waterfront Development (improving the port/city interface), and• A future tug basin.

Convert Pier 1 for Container Handling

The conversion of Pier 1 for Container handling will encompass the following:

• The conversion of infrastructure and acquisition of equipment• Additional container handling capacity of 325 000 TEU ’s per annum• Convenient location to Durban Container Terminal

National Ports AuthorityPort Services ManagerP O Box 101East London, 5200SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 43 700-1187


Entrance channel

Port of East London entrance channel is 12,0 m.

Terminals/Berths

East Bank

West Bank

Combi Terminal

The Combi Terminal situated on the East Bank is equipped with 42 plug points for refrigeratedreefer containers.

Container slots:

• East Bank - 682 slots• West Bank - 240 slots• Ro-Ro Square for Ro-Ro ships and other conventional vessels• Trailer slots - 156 slots

The proportion of 40’ containers handled at the port is increasing as the motor industry inparticular is making use almost exclusively of the larger containers.

East Bank

• C berth – 1 electric crane with lifting capacity of 15 tons• F berth – 5 electric cranes with lifting capacity of 4.1 tons• K berth – 1 electric crane with lifting capacity of 15 tons• L berth – 4 electric cranes with lifting capacity of 4 tons• Repair quay – 1 electric cranes with lifting capacity of 4ons

Grain Elevator

• Bulk-handling facility with maximum shipping rate is 1 500 tons per hour• The facility is linked by rail to all the major maize growing areas.• The elevator has 83 silos with a total storage capacity of 76 000 tons. The intake capacity

is 1000 tons per hour via three intake belts.• Quay length under the loading spouts is 200 metres with a total length of 388 metres

available.• Vessels are loaded to a draught of 10,7

Terminal/Berth Cargo Type Storage Capacity CommoditiesGrain Elevator (BerthS&T)

Dry bulk 76 000 tons Maize and other grains

Tanker berth Liquid bulk Land based storage outside portlimits

Refined fuel products

Combi Terminal (Berth F,G ,K, & L)

Break bulk/Ro-Ro

Containers

4 170m² covered + 14 000 m²open.

62 00 TEUs per annum

General bulk cargo andContainers

West quay (Berth N,O/P, R-Ext

Break bulk 10 000 m² open quarry + 42 000m² open

Timber-rough sawn, logsand scrap metal

Pilotage

A compulsory pilotage.

Entrance Channel

A maximum length of 245 metres is permissible for sage turning in the lower turning basin. Shipsmay enter at a draught of up to 10,4 metres on any tide. 10,7 metres entry permitted on high tidein good sea.

The port is well served by road and rail links to all major centres in Southern Africa. The portprovides a competitive and quality road transport service, which transports both containerisedand breakbulk cargo within the immediate hinterland. Longer distance transport can benegotiated. A computerised tracking system is in place to monitor containers.

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001UNLOADED

Break-Bulk 201,944 70,035 70,737 196,996 193,520Container Cargo 391,630 376,678 309,773 214,266 473,840Sub-total 593,574 446,713 380,510 411,262 667,360Bulk * 6,250 2,000 5,250 4,000 1,500TOTAL ** 599,824 448,713 385,760 415,262 668,860

LOADEDBreak-Bulk 114,333 93,703 59,925 67,047 144,585Container Cargo** 61,627 42,118 10,178 28,267 493,671Sub-total 175,960 135,821 70,103 95,314 638,256Bulk * 99,498 19,435 - 62,620 79,070TOTAL ** 275,458 155,256 70,103 157,934 717,326

GRAND TOTAL 875,282 603,969 455,863 573,196 1,386,186

*= No information available on the breakdown of cargo into liquid bulk and dry bulk** = Excludes transhipment cargo handled

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001TEU's (numbers) INFull 15,564 15,025 12,788 11,593 28,483Empty 378 195 59 231 230

Sub-total (TEU's) 15,942 15,220 12,847 11,824 28,713Tonnage 391,630 376,678 309,773 214,266 473,840

TEU's (numbers) OUTFull 2,665 1,870 422 1,692 23,729Empty 5,140 8,907 5,813 9,282 5,440Sub-total (TEU's) 7,805 10,777 6,235 10,974 29,169Tonnage 61,627 42,118 10,178 28,267 493,671GRAND TOTALS

IN + OUT TEU'sFull 18,229 16,895 13,210 13,285 52,212Empty 5,518 9,102 5,872 9,513 5,670GRAND TEU's 23,747 25,997 19,082 22,798 57,882GRAND TONNNAGE 453,257 418,796 319,951 242,533 967,511

National Ports AuthorityPort ManagerP O Box 162Port Elizabeth 6000SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 41 507-1710Fax: +27 41 585-2930

The Port of Port Elizabeth is situated in Algoa Bay on the south-eastern coast of Africa, midwaybetween the Ports of Durban (384 nautical miles north-east) and Cape Town (423 nautical mileswest). The Port of Port Elizabeth is the fifth largest port in Southern Africa, based on tonnagehandled, and the third largest in terms of revenue earned.


Container Terminal:

Quay length = 635 m, maximum water depth = 12,2 m.

Bulk Terminal:

Caters for vessels drawing up to 12 metres of water.

Breakbulk

Berths 8,9,10 and 11 provide facilities for handling breakbulk cargo such as steel, fruit, timber andbagged cargo including mini-bulk such as grain and feedstock.

Container Terminal

4 container gantry cranes, with a lifting capacity of 40 tons each, serve the container terminal atan average rate of 16 containers per hour, per gantry. Straddle carriers transport containers toand from the stacking areas and do the stacking in a stack pattern of one over two.

Computer systems track the containers in NPA’s custody. The internationally acclaimedCOSMOS computer system was introduced in 1999.

General Cargo and Ro-Ro Vessels

Provision is made for stern and quarter ramp Ro-Ro vessels.

The container gantry cranes handle containers on the weather deck. NPA Ro-Ro haulers andsemi-trailers/roll trailers handle unitised general cargo on Ro-Ro vessels. Rail mounted wharfcranes (4 and 15 ton capacities) or ship’s cranes handle general cargo at general cargo berths.

Forklift trucks with capacities ranging from 3 to 28 tons or industrial tractors and trailers, transportcargo to and from the storage areas.

Bulk Installation

The Bulk Installation was originally commissioned for the export of iron ore. The terminal nowhandles approximately 1,5 million tons of manganese ore per annum.

Two tipplers, linked by conveyor belts to the storage bins and two ship loaders, tipple the gondolatype rail trucks. This installation, which caters for vessels drawing up to 11 m of water, is gearedfor handling cargo parcel sizes up to 50 000 tons with bulk densities up to ± 3 tons per m.Separate rail-mounted stackers and reclaimers serve the storage bins.

Breakbulk

Cranes – 4 ton, 15 ton.

Forklifts – 3 ton, 4 ton, 8 ton, 11 ton and 18 ton.

Tractors and a 72.5 ton mobile crane.

Container Terminal

The terminal has a total storage area of 35 hectares. The original stacking area of 5 403 TEUground slots, allowing for an average stacking height of 2 containers. This gives the terminal atheoretical

375 000 TEU’s per year. The terminal also has 128 reefer plug points.

Breakbulk

Open and covered storage areas are available, plus three general purpose sheds in theBreakbulk Terminal. Sheds 10, 11 and 12 provide a total undercover storage space of 10 300 m2or 35 500 m3. A bonded warehouse is also available outside the port area.

Bulk

The four storage bins can store up to 350 000 tons manganese ore, which constitutes the bulk ofthe cargo handled.

Outspan Fruit Terminal

The port exports deciduous and citrus fruit from nearby harvesting areas. The fruit export ishandled by a modern pre-cooling facility, which belongs to Outspan international. The pre-coolingshed, situated at berth 9, is 300 m long and 60m wide.

The under-cover floor area is 17 500 m2 and has seven rooms with a total storage capacity of 6000 pallets under cooling (5 500 m2) and 2 000 ambient pallets (2 400 m2). The moderncontainer terminal is geared to pre-cool 72 containers containing deciduous fruit en route tooverseas markets.

Palletised citrus cartons are shipped at an average rate of 45 per crane per hour. The total annualexport is approximately 10 million cartons of citrus and 1,1 million cartons of deciduous fruit.

Entrance Channel

The entrance channel has a depth of 14,5 metres Chart Datum (LAT) and a width of 310 metres.Ships intending to anchor in the bay must keep clear of the approach channel.

Pilotage and Tugs

The port is a compulsory pilotage area. Pilotage, tugs and berthing services are available until02:00 daily, 362 days a year (closed on New Year’s Day, Workers’ Day – 1 May, and ChristmasDay). There are 3 twin Z-peller tugs stationed at the port for assisting with berthing andunberthing operations. Each tug has a bollard pull of 31 tons and is maintained to the Departmentof Transport’s standards

Working Hours

A computerised ship planning programme assists with the load planning of container vessels.Container Terminal: 24 hours a day, 362 days a year. Breakbulk Terminals: 06:00 – 22:00 daily,

362 days a year. Tanker Terminal: Daylight berthing only, sailing up to 21:00. Bulk Terminal:06:00 – 22:00, Monday to Friday, 06:00 – 18:00, Saturday and Sunday.

Stevedoring

Private stevedoring companies, licensed by NPA and which activities are confined to the vesselsonly, undertake the stevedoring. 4 ton wharf cranes with a capability of 10 cycles per hour arebeing used.

Deliveries from the container terminal to the inland destinations take place either by rail or road.Road delivery vehicles have access to the general cargo wharfs for collection or delivery of loads.The rail terminal has been upgraded to accommodate longer trains of 50 rail wagons. Rail lines atthe various general cargo wharfs link the port to the rail network into Southern Africa.

The port has direct transport links with the main consumer markets and industrial zones in theSouthern African continent. Electrified railways (20 ton per axel load capacity) and the roadnetwork link the port with Gauteng as well as South Africa’s northern neighbouring states. Anational airport linked internationally via the airports of Johannesburg and Cape Town, servesPort Elizabeth.

Tons 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001UNLOADED

Break-Bulk 176,697 110,556 103,863 202,774 162,569Container Cargo** 1,848,752 2,220,585 2,754,010 2,742,926 1,342,705Sub-total 2,025,449 2,331,141 2,857,873 2,945,700 1,505,274Bulk* - - - - -TOTAL** 2,025,449 2,331,141 2,857,873 2,945,700 1,505,274

LOADEDBreak-Bulk 733,817 453,508 509,504 352,729 352,187Container Cargo** 675,652 860,146 1,271,591 1,395,293 913,218Sub-total 1,409,469 1,313,654 1,781,095 1,748,022 1,265,405Bulk* 1,801,121 1,720,784 1,548,244 1,870,196 1,381,519TOTAL** 3,210,590 3,034,438 3,329,339 3,618,218 2,646,924

GRAND TOTAL** 5,236,039 5,365,579 6,187,212 6,563,918 4,152,198

* No information available on the breakdown of cargo into liquid bulk and dry bulk** Excludes transhipment cargo handled

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001TEU's (numbers) INFull 86,202 99,134 125,341 123,612 67,695Empty 1,634 4,506 6,581 8,294 9,103Sub-total (TEU's) 87,836 103,640 131,922 131,906 76,798Tonnage 1,848,752 2,220,585 2,754,010 2,742,926 1,342,705TranshipmentFull 12,076 17,373 13,834 5,696 10,404Empty 700 1,693 739 26 3,045Sub-total (TEU's) 12,776 19,066 14,573 5,722 13,449Tonnage 287,324 400,015 296,373 111,686 76,989Total TEU's IN 100,612 122,706 146,495 137,628 90,247Total Tonnage IN 2,136,076 2,620,600 3,050,383 2,854,612 1,419,694

TEU's (numbers) OUTFull 33,369 40,491 23,896 75,596 43,139Empty 33,645 22,871 89,778 23,772 10,048Sub-total (TEU's) 67,014 63,362 113,674 99,368 53,187Tonnage 675,652 860,146 1,271,591 1,395,293 913,218TranshipmentFull 12,076 17,373 13,834 5,696 10,404Empty 700 1,693 739 26 3,045Sub-total (TEU's) 12,776 19,066 14,573 5,722 13,449Tonnage 287,324 400,015 296,373 111,686 76,989Total TEU's OUT 79,790 82,428 128,247 105,090 66,636Tonnage OUT 962,976 1,260,161 1,567,964 1,506,979 990,207GRAND TOTALSIN + OUT TEU'sFull 119,571 139,625 149,237 199,208 110,834Empty 35,279 27,377 96,359 32,066 19,151Sub-total (TEU's) 154,850 167,002 245,596 231,274 129,985Tonnage 2,524,404 3,080,731 4,025,601 4,138,219 2,255,923TranshipmentFull 24,152 34,746 27,668 11,392 20,808Empty 1,400 3,386 1,478 52 6,090Sub-total (TEU's) 25,552 38,132 29,146 11,444 26,898Tonnage 574,648 800,030 592,746 223,372 153,978GRAND TEU's 180,402 205,134 274,742 242,718 156,883GRAND TONNNAGE 3,673,700 4,680,791 5,211,093 4,584,963 2,563,879

• Completion of the NIDS project (National Inter Departmental Structures). This a R1million project, which include the fencing of terminals to improve security and to controlillegal immigrants and goods.

• Upgrading the Dry Bulk Terminal equipment worth R3,5 million to improved reliability andproductivity.

• Provision of infrastructure worth R5 million to meet the needs of the local fishing industryon the 3,5 ha of land between Baakens River and the Oil Tank Farm in the port.

• Construction of a new railway line in the port to facilitate exports of breakbulk (generalcargo) commodities worth half a million Rand.

PORT OF NGQURA

The future Port of Ngqura and adjacent Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) 20km east ofPort Elizabeth is South Africa's primary location for new industrial investments. The newdeepwater port is regarded as the catalyst that will unlock the development potential of the 12000 hectares of land at the IDZ by providing the necessary access to international markets.

The project entails the construction of a deep-water port on the mouth of the Coega River estuaryby the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) and the National Port Authority of South Africa(NPA). The harbour will have two breakwaters, with the main breakwater extending more thantwo kilometres into the sea, while the lee breakwater will be approximately 1km long.

Five berths will be constructed initially, with two berths each being allocated to the containerterminal and dry bulk materials facility and one to a bulk liquid materials facility. The mainconstruction activity associated with the building of the marine infrastructure is the dredging of theapproach channel (3km entrance channel dredged to 18m, and a width of 230m) and turningbasin; construction of the quay walls and breakwaters; land excavation to create the area for thecontainer terminal and transport corridor and the resulting transport of material to the eastheadland deposition site; and the building of a sand bypass scheme. The berths available for thefirst phase will be 620m of container terminal, 300m berth for breakbulk and 300m for dry bulk.The first berth is expected to be operated by 2004.

The main land based activities involve the development of infrastructure and service facilities forthe future Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) tenants and port users. This will involve preparingsites, transport routes, water and electricity services, waste sites and telecommunications. Thelandside development is envisaged to encompass a custom secure logistic park, an E-commercepark, areas designated for port related activities and allied industries, mixed-use corridor andelectronic and technical clusters.

National Ports AuthorityPort ManagerMossel Bay PortP O Box 1942Mossel Bay 6000SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 44 604-6271Fax: +27 44 604-6232

Mossel Bay has always been a fishing port of substance with limited commercial cargo activity.More recently, however, it has started to service the oil industry as the oil-rig supply boat base.

Mossel Bay is the only South African port that operates two off-shore mooring points within portlimits.

• Quay No. 4 - accommodates vessels with a maximum length of 130 m and a draft of 6,5m.

• 1 slipway for the repairing of vessels up to 200 tons, with the fishing industry as thebiggest user.

• The Marine Tanker Terminal (MTT), which is situated at Voorbaai, an open, unshelteredroadstead, in a depth of about 21 m of water.

• A truck-mounted crane, with a maximum lifting capacity of 35 tons, is mainly used formaintenance to equipment and handling abnormal loads within the Mossel Bay area

• Forklifts with a lifting capacity of 3 tons and 4 tons, a guillotine and plate bendingmachine, with a capacity of bending and cutting a 13 mm x 4 m steel plate

• Shunting tractors

The port owns a number of mechanical appliances including shunting tractors, forklifts andtractors and mobile cranes.

Marine Tanker Terminal

• Loading hoses: The hoses are 8" internal diameter and the ends are fitted with 8" x 8hole O.C.I.M.F.150 lb. flanges for the manifold connection and butterfly valves whichmust be locked in the open position during the whole operation.

• Mooring hawser: Consists of 45 m x 144 mm diameter braidline nylon with a 45 m x 64mm polypropylene pick up rope.

The Port of Mossel Bay is operated on a common-user basis. Ships are served on a first-come-first-served basis.

Entrance Channel

The entrance channel has a depth of 8 m. Ships intending to anchor in the bay must keep clear ofthe approach channel. The maximum draught for the port is 6,5 metres where MGO and waterare available

Pilotage and tugs

Pilotage is compulsory. One small tug with an HP of 1400 is available.

Working Hours

Berthing of tankers at CBM and SPM during daylight hours only.

Stevedoring

Stevedoring services are provided by private enterprises.

The port has direct transport links with the main consumer markets and industrial zones inSouthern Africa. Railways link the port with the Gauteng area, as well as South Africa’s northernneighbouring states.

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001UNLOADED

Break-Bulk 301 1,081 2,490 650 743LOADED

Break-Bulk 26,122 26,125 32,681 28,756 28,955

GRAND TOTAL 26,423 27,206 35,171 29,406 29,698

Note: Mossel Bay port is a predominant fishing port with a limited commercial cargo activity. Theport also serves an oil-rig supply boat base.

For future development, sites are available for leasing in the port for harbour related commercialactivities. Sites have already been leased at the current waterfront development project fortourism and recreational activities in the port and development started in April 1998.

National Ports AuthorityPort ManagerPrivate Bag X 7025Roggebaai 801219th floor, 2 Long StreetCape TownSOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 21 449-2612Fax: +27 21 425-2656

Cape Town is situated approximately 120 nautical miles north-west of Cape Agulhas, the mostsoutherly point in Africa. The Port of Cape Town is a full service, general cargo port, operating 24hours a day, 7 days a week.

The port is world renowned for its deciduous fruit, perishable and frozen product exports. Thefishing industry at the Port of Cape Town is of major proportion.


Container Terminals

Quay length = 1737 m, berths = 7, depth alongside = 14,5 m, depth in channel = 22 m.

Tanker terminals:

Vessels berth portside alongside, midships gangway required.

Ben Schoeman Dock:

1800 x 500 m, the major part of the basin is dredged to 14,0 CD.

Duncan Dock:

1800 x 600 m and provides 4 000 m berthing face. Entrance is 180 m wide and main part of basinis dredged to 12,9 m and tidal.

Victoria basin:

500 x 500 m with three jetties, provides 2200 m quayage with depths between 5,2 m and 9,9 m.Mainly used for trawlers.

Alfred Basin:

300 x 100 m, located SW of Victoria basin, dredged to average depth of 4 m, and provides 740 mof quayage and access to Robinson Graving Dock and Synchrolift.

Cruise Ships

A berth provides facilities to handle cargo or passengers, maximum length 245 m and draught10,8 m. Larger vessels can be accommodated at G or J berths.

DUNCAN DOCK, conventional cargo handling

Berth Type of cargo Length DepthA General cargo and passengers 274,3m 12,0mB Fruit exports 243,8m 12,0mC Fruit exports 213,4m 10,7m – 12,2mD Fruit exports 185,0m 9,1m – 10,7mE General cargo 225,6m 9,1m – 12,2m

F Combi Terminal 249,9m 12,2mG Combi Terminal 249,9m 12,2mH General cargo 318,5m 12,8mJ General cargo 249,9m 10,7mK General cargo 249,9m 10,7mL General cargo 249,9m 10,7mM 261,8m 10,7m

BEN SCHOEMAN DOCK, Containers and roro traffic

Berth Type of cargo Length Depth500 Coaster berths 201,4m 10,7m501 Coaster berths 183,0m 10,7m502 Coaster berths 183,0m 10,7m600 Deep sea berths 220,0m 10,7m601 Deep sea berths 236,0m 12,8m602 Deep sea berths 305,0m 14,0m603 Deep sea berths 305,0m 14,0m604 Deep sea berths 305,0m 14,0m700 Lay-up berth 173,7m 10,0m701 Lay-up berth 249,6m 10,0m702 Lay-up berth 249,6m 10,0m703 Lay-up berth 192,6m 10,0m

Container Terminal

5 deep sea and 2 coastal container berths are served by 1 x 35 ton and 6 x 40 ton gantry craneswith the following specifications:

• 1 x Demag: 35 ton capacity, 45.7 m outreach and 19 m backreach• 4 x Demag: 40 ton capacity, 37.5 m outreach and 15 m backreach• 2 x Noell: 40 ton capacity, 26.5 m outreach and 7 m backreach.

7 Quay cranes,

1 rail terminal transfer cranes,

23 straddle carriers,

1 reach stacker,

58 haulers,

68 bathtub trailers,

2 x 25 ton forktrucks, 1 x 15 ton, 4 x 3 – 4 ton,

2 OET cranes.

Multi Purpose Terminals

Type Fleet Remarks4 Ton Wharf Crane 24 C & Sheldon, Krupp, Demag, Kocks15 Ton Wharf Crane 1 Demag3 Ton Forklift 7 Mits (x8) Yale (x8)4 Ton Forklift 4 Mits (x5) TCM (x17)5 Ton Forklift 24 TCM10 Ton Forklift 2 Fantuzzi13 Ton Forklift 2 Fantuzzi18 Ton Forklift 2 Fantuzzi45 Ton Forklift 1 FantuzziClamp 2 TCMHauler Internal 8 Tergerg (x4), Mafi (x4)Hauler External 1 NissanTractor 23 BellReachstacker 4 FantuzziBathtub trailer 6 12mMulti-purpose Trailer 6 12mSkeletal Trailer 5 12mDrawbar Trailer 3 6mStreet sweeper 1 ElginMobile Crane 1 Gotttwald

Container terminal

Stacking area = 3660 TEU ground slots, 135 x 6 m reefer points, 447 x 12 m reefer points and arail terminal.

Dry bulk

The grain elevator handles grain products with a storage capacity of 28 000 m3.

Liquid bulk

Cape Town Bulk Storage

Cape Town Bulk Storage (Pty) Ltd is a joint venture between Transnet and Richards Bay BulkStorage (Pty) Ltd. The facility, located at Duncan Dock was built on reclaimed land and opened in1993. The 4 000 cubic metre liquid storage tanks are fully occupied the whole time, handling 12000 – 15 000 tonnes a year. The company plans to install extra tanks of 300 cubic metres each.The CTBS facility consists of five carbon steel storage tanks with capacities from 500 cubicmetres to 1400 cubic metres. Products stored include petrochemicals and solvents for the paint,printing and packaging industries. They are pumped via pipeline to the tanks from where they aredistributed by truck.

Cape Tank Terminal

This facility handles non-hazardous bulk liquids. It stores and distributes fats, vegetable oils, fishoils and molasses. The company is also looking at expanding its capacity and also considering

the storage and distribution of products such as fruit juice. Current capacity is 7 403 m3 andproducts are pumped via pipeline. Cape Chemicals Cape Chemicals has a chemical storagecapacity of 7 500 m3 and operates with the use of pipeline.

Oil Berth

The bunker storage capacity is 41 459 m3

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(a) Duncan Dock Cold Store: Fish terminal

This 10 000 ton quay-side facility offers the following:

2 000 ton capacity at -60 °C, 8 000 ton cold store at -30 °C with an 80 ton blast freezing capacity,specialised fish processing facilities for value added requirements, docking space for 6 vesselswith provision to offload 3 vessels simultaneously, fast sorting and weighing facilities to transferproducts from temperature controlled airlock to cold chambers, fully computerised confidentialstock records, 8 docking bays for road transport, top security within harbour area.

(b) International Harbour Services: Fruit terminal

IHS is a subsidiary company of Unifruco Limited. It handles chilled perishable products at asophisticated facility situated within Cape Town harbour. Services carried out include receiving,cold storage (at one of 6 stores, with a total capacity of 12 000 pallets), loading and shipping intocontainers and reefers for export, the majority of the country’s deciduous fruit crop and aproportion of the citrus crop. The company receives 420 000 pallets of deciduous and 150 000pallets of other produce each year, of which 134 500 are citrus for Outspan. A sophisticatedtracking system ensures the exact location of the perishable cargo at all times from delivery atIHS to markets abroad.

The facility has a large off-loading area allowing the handling of up to 180 trucks a day. Inaddition to the 20 000 trucks per year, 75 train loads of 300 pallets each are unloaded by IHS.Throughout the handling process, deciduous fruit is kept at -0,5 °C. The cold stores can maintaintemperature from -5 °C to +20 °C which satisfy the requirements of a wide range of produce. Thecompany’s fast loading rate of 26 pallets an hour ensures that a 5 000 pallet reefer vessel can beloaded in just two days utilising the 14 rail mounted shore cranes which can be used even in theextremely windy conditions common in Cape Town harbour.

(c) Breakbulk

Terminal Commodity handled Storage capacity (m2)A General/passengers Covered: 12 013

Open: 11 350Extra: 23 200

B-D Fruit See specialized terminalsE Container/general Covered:18673

Open: 10 200F Timber/steel Open: 27 000G Maize/paper/machinery Shed: 5 699

Open: 14 625

H Clinker/coal/gypsum/ cement/agriculture Shed: 3 447Open: 21 175

J Rice/paper/timber/general Shed: 6 685Open: 15 825

K Fish & related products See Duncan Dock C.SL Coal/scrap steel Open: 28 800

(d) Bonded warehouses

There are no bonded warehouses in the port. Containerlink and SA Container Depot are CustomsLicenced Depots situated in the port.

Cape Town is operated on a common user basis and ships are handled on a first-come-firstserved basis. Special quays are provided for the handling of specific commodities such as grain,ore, containers and bulk or unitised cargo. Vessels are not permitted to enter harbour unlessagents have been appointed.

Entrance Channel

Maximum limitation of depth at entrance channel is 15,4 m.

Pilotage and Tugs

Pilotage is compulsory. The port operates 4 Voith Schneider propelled tugs, each with a bollardpull of 41 tonnes.

Working Hours

• Port Control: For emergencies and handling of ships – 24 hours a day, 365 days peryear.

• Cartage – 24 hours per day.• Breakbulk – 06:00 – 22:00, Monday to Friday.• Containers – 24 hours a day, 362 days per year (not 1 January, 1 May and 25

December).• Office hours (including Revenue) 08:00 to 16:30 Monday to Friday, not public holidays.

Stevedoring

Stevedoring services offered includes:

• stowage of cargo• lashing and securing of cargo• breaking out of cargo• planning of cargo to stowage plan• operating ships equipment• cleaning of hatches and tanks

National Ports Authority’s Cartage Department provides services to the container, Combi andBreakbulk Terminals. The normal area of operation is a 25 km radius from the port but BreakbulkCartage

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001UNLOADEDGeneral CargoBreak-Bulk ** 1,683,786 1,126,261 1,116,471 1,222,966 962,871Container Cargo** 1,767,320 1,880,085 1,791,034 2,289,145 2,149,763Sub-total 3,451,106 3,006,346 2,907,505 3,512,111 3,112,634Bulk* 306,215 119,520 180,699 301,822 73,278TOTAL** 3,757,321 3,125,866 3,088,204 3,813,933 3,185,912LOADEDGeneral CargoBreak-Bulk ** 1,738,012 1,773,648 2,261,985 1,680,060 2,037,436Container Cargo** 1,461,425 1,626,883 1,667,764 1,782,843 2,043,643Sub-total 3,199,437 3,400,531 3,929,749 3,462,903 4,081,079Bulk* 54,224 72 220 7,641 4,424TOTAL** 3,253,661 3,400,603 3,929,969 3,470,544 4,085,503

GRAND TOTAL** 7,010,982 6,526,469 7,018,173 7,284,477 7,271,415

* = No information available on the breakdown of cargo into liquid bulk and dry bulk** = Excludes transhipment cargo handled

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001TEU's (numbers) INFull 86,202 99,134 125,341 123,612 67,695Empty 1,634 4,506 6,581 8,294 9,103Sub-total (TEU's) 87,836 103,640 131,922 131,906 76,798Tonnage 1,848,752 2,220,585 2,754,010 2,742,926 1,342,705TranshipmentFull 12,076 17,373 13,834 5,696 10,404Empty 700 1,693 739 26 3,045Sub-total (TEU's) 12,776 19,066 14,573 5,722 13,449Tonnage 287,324 400,015 296,373 111,686 76,989Total TEU's IN 100,612 122,706 146,495 137,628 90,247Total Tonnage IN 2,136,076 2,620,600 3,050,383 2,854,612 1,419,694

TEU's (numbers) OUTFull 33,369 40,491 23,896 75,596 43,139Empty 33,645 22,871 89,778 23,772 10,048

Sub-total (TEU's) 67,014 63,362 113,674 99,368 53,187Tonnage 675,652 860,146 1,271,591 1,395,293 913,218TranshipmentFull 12,076 17,373 13,834 5,696 10,404Empty 700 1,693 739 26 3,045Sub-total (TEU's) 12,776 19,066 14,573 5,722 13,449Tonnage 287,324 400,015 296,373 111,686 76,989Total TEU's OUT 79,790 82,428 128,247 105,090 66,636Tonnage OUT 962,976 1,260,161 1,567,964 1,506,979 990,207

IN + OUT TEU'sFull 119,571 139,625 149,237 199,208 110,834Empty 35,279 27,377 96,359 32,066 19,151Sub-total (TEU's) 154,850 167,002 245,596 231,274 129,985Tonnage 2,524,404 3,080,731 4,025,601 4,138,219 2,255,923TranshipmentFull 24,152 34,746 27,668 11,392 20,808Empty 1,400 3,386 1,478 52 6,090Sub-total (TEU's) 25,552 38,132 29,146 11,444 26,898Tonnage 574,648 800,030 592,746 223,372 153,978GRAND TEU's 180,402 205,134 274,742 242,718 156,883GRAND TONNNAGE 3,673,700 4,680,791 5,211,093 4,584,963 2,563,879

• Move the Ro-Ro shed so as to increase the annual TEU capacity by 50 000. The currentthroughput capacity at the container terminal stands at 420 000 TEU’s a year, with TEU’sground slots of 4500 (with average stacking height of two containers).

• Plans are also underway to have a permanent integral reefer stacking area with 1000reefer points.

• Commissioning of two post-Panamax cranes useful for working ships stacked five-highand able to handle container vessels of more than 4000 TEU’s.

• Upgrading of the equipment at the breakbulk facility by phasing in of either vessel gear ormobile harbour cranes while lowering the usage of existing general and 4 ton cranes.

National Ports AuthorityPort of SALDANHAPort ManagerPrivate bag X1SALDANHA 7395SOUTH AFRICA

Phone: +27 22 701-4303Fax: +27 22 714-4219

Situated on the west coast of Africa, 60 nautical miles north-west of Cape Town, the port ofSaldanha is the deepest and largest natural port in Southern Africa and is partly protected by an

artificial breakwater. The port was primarily developed in the 70’s to export the iron ore from theSishen area. The bulk crude oil and breakbulk terminals were subsequently added to the facilitiesin the port. The Port of Saldahna is the only iron ore handling port in South Africa.


Port facilities consist of a 990 m long jetty with two iron ore berths and one crude oil berth joinedto the north shore of the harbour by a 3 100 m causeway. In addition, a 874 m multipurposeterminal quay, facilitates break-bulk cargo handling. The iron ore and oil jetties are fendered withYokohama pneumatic (floating) fenders of 3,3 m in diameter and vary in length from 6,5 m to 10,6m, whereas the multi-purpose terminal quay is fendered with tyre fenders.

Berth Type of cargo Length DepthBerth n°1 Oil terminal 365m 21.25mBerth n°2 Iron ore jetty 630m 21.25mBerths n°201, 202, 203 Multipurpose terminal 874m 12.0m to 13.5m

Berth EquipmentBerth n°1 Storage tanks outside the port area (discharge rate of up to 10 000 tons per

hour)Berth n°2 ~ 7km of conveyor belts, two ship loader with a handling rate of 8000t./h.Berths n°201, 202, 203 2 x 15t. cranes on berth n°201

Oil terminal (berth 1)

Situated at the end of the ore jetty.

Tanker jetty length = 365 m (maximum permissible draught = 21,25 m).

Pipeline to handle liquid bulk crude oil.

The tanker berth

The tanker berth is equipped with 3 x 16" connection Chicksan hydraulic arms, placed 11 m aparton the jetty.

Iron ore jetty

Ore jetty length = 630 m (maximum permissible draught = 21,25 m).

The Port of Saldanha is operated on a common-user basis and infrastructure as well assuperstructure is managed and maintained by NPA.

Entrance Channel

The port can accommodate vessels with a maximum arrival or sailing draught (on tide) of 20,5 m,with Port Captain’s permission required for a maximum sailing draught up to 21,5 m (idealconditions) which may be restricted to 21,25 m if swell is unsuitable.

Quay channels both sides of the ore and oil jetty are dredged to a nominal depth of 23,0m belowChart Datum. The depth of the navigation channel seaward of the jetty is 23,0 m CD and 23,7 mCD at the start of the main entrance channel.

A turning basin is situated seaward of the jetty with a diameter of 580 m and a depth of 23,2 mbelow CD. The width of the main entrance channel (at its narrowest point ) is approximately 400metres.

Maximum draught at the multipurpose terminal quay: berth 201= 12 m. 202 & 203= 13,5m< /P>.

Pilotage and Tugs

Pilotage and tugs attendance is compulsory. 3 tugs are available, each with a bollard pull of 42tons.

Working Hours

Port control is manned 24 hours a day.

Stevedoring

SA Stevedores has been appointed to manage the storage of Blackmountain commodities andthe conveying thereof. Loading and berthing for all other commodities is undertaken by NPA.

The railway line to the mining area is operated by OREX, a division of Spoornet. Transportation ofiron ore from Sishen to Saldanha bay on a 861km long line has reached the halfway mark of itsRand 542 million expansion programme (to expand the capacity from 22 million tons to 29 milliontons per year). The project will be completed in 2003.

Harbour tons

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001UNLOADEDGeneral CargoBreak-Bulk 13,960 135,221 491,013 768,313 643,868Container Cargo - - - - -TOTAL 13,960 135,221 491,013 768,313 643,868LOADEDGeneral CargoBreak-Bulk 236,072 274872 726,147 1,328,041 1,686,450

Container Cargo - - 4,678 - -Sub-total 236,072 274,872 730,825 1,328,041 1,686,450Bulk* 21,623,912 22,179,673 21,187,695 21,457,895 24,046,844TOTAL - - 21,187,695 21,457,895 24,046,844

GRAND TOTAL 21,873,944 22,589,766 22,409,533 23,554,249 26,377,162

* No information available on the breakdown of cargo into liquid bulk and dry bulk

A +/- R650 million upgrade to the Iron Ore export plant is currently in full swing and the project,which is aimed at maintaining and increasing the carrying capacity of the plant, will beimplemented in three stages over the next three to four years.

Phase I includes

• the expansion of the stockpile area, for Rand 170 million, to increase its capacity from 2.6to 3.6 million tons;

• addition of a third stacker reclaimer and two shiploaders.

Phase II is expected to begin in 2002, and will involve the refurbishment of the existing conveyorstructure and the acquisition of a second tippler as well as a shunt line (tippler and shunting lineat Rand 125 million).

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