This Port is the busiest in Africa and covers a wide range of exports as well as imports; exports outweighing the imports.
The Port is home to Africa’s biggest Container Terminal as well as numerous Private Terminals and various Transnet Port Terminals. Dry Docking, Ship Repair Services and Bunkering facilities are also readily available. Durban Harbour Radio operates 24 hours a day on VHF Channel 16. A Pilot is usually picked up about 2 miles north-east of the breakwater. A helicopter service has been introduced which has reduced the awaiting Pilot's time drastically.
The entrance channel draft is currently an average of 11,9m (excluding tide) and permission from the Port Captain is required for vessels up to 12,5m. A project is however already underway to increase the width and depth of the Port entrance channel, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2009. Berthing and sailing is generally on a 24 hour basis, weather permitting.
The Port works 7 days a week, on a three shift system during week days and a two shift system on weekends. Vessel movements are subject to the following restrictions:
Daylight: Night:
Max length of vessel : 265m Max
length of vessel : 200m
Max beam of vessel : 32.5m Max
beam of vessel : 32.5m
Max draft :
11.9m Max draft :
11.9m
Max draft subject tide : 12.5m Max
draft subject tide : 12.5m
Terminal information:
DCT
– Durban Container Terminal:
Berth Length Draft Commodities
Load/Discharge Method
200 236m 11.9m Containers
Container Gantry Cranes
201 216m 11.9m Containers
Container Gantry Cranes
202 216m 11.9m Containers
Container Gantry Cranes
203 305m 11.9m Containers
Container Gantry Cranes
204 305m 11.9m Containers
Container Gantry Cranes
205 305m 11.9m Containers
Container Gantry Cranes
Durban Container Terminal is the biggest and busiest in Southern Africa, handling about 65% of South Africa’s container traffic. Approximately 2.3 million TEU’s where handled through Durban in 2007, with current expectations well over.
3 million TEU’s that will be handled per year by 2010. Various projects are on going in order to increase the capacity off Terminal, including the New Pier 1 Terminal, which is expected to handle around 600 000 additional TEU per year, helping take the pressure off the main Terminal.
Maydon Wharf Terminals:
Maydon Wharf has a unique
history and position in the Port. It accommodates 15 berths, most of
which are on long term lease with privately owned facilities. Some of the Maydon
Wharf Terminals are as follows:
SA Sugar Terminal
(Maydon Wharf 2):
3 Silos with
Storage capacity of: 520 000tons
Bagged Sugar
warehouse capacity of: 57 000tons
Load Rate: 900
– 1000mt / hour
Draft: 9m
RBT – Rennies
Bulk Terminal (Maydon Wharf 5):
Berth Length Draft Commodities Load/Discharge
Method
MW 5 201m 9.6m Agri
& Mineral Products 1 x Belt Loader
2
x Mechanical Unloaders
Load / discharge
rate: 800mt / hour (Load) / 1100mt / hour (Discharge)
Max LOA: 201m
Max Beam: 36m
Owned
and operated by South African Bulk Terminals, RBT can store 62,000 tons of
cargo in silos and another 88,000 tons of cargo in Flat Storage Bins. Products
imported/exported by RBT include fertilizer, fluorspar, maize, rice, wheat,
oil cake, soya beans and sunflower seeds. Combined planning of vessel
calling at RBT and DBS (South African Bulk Terminal’s Island View Terminal)
helps enhance overall performance.
Grain Elevator (Maydon Wharf 8):
Storage capacity: 68
000 tons
Load rate: 1000
– 1200mt / hour
Draft: 10.3m
Normal port
working hours (12 hours with extensions if required).
Brunner Mond Soda
Ash Appliance (Maydon Wharf 14):
Storage capacity : 32
000 tons
Discharge rate : 85
– 120mt / hour
Draft : 9.6m
Bulk
Connections Terminal:
Berth Length Draft Commodities
Load/Discharge Method
BC 2 185m 10m Coal,
Manganese 4 x Ship loader/unloaders
BC 3 185m 8.8m Met
Coke
BC 4 225m 10.3m Copper
Concentrate
Bulk Connections
is a multi-product bulk terminal. It specializes in handling degradation-sensitive
cargoes on Handymax vessels and has a terminal capacity of around 3.5 million
tons per year. Container equipment has been uniquely adapted to be able to
export and import bulk materials. Special storage areas have been created for
different commodities. The Terminal currently handles exports of sized and
unsized coal, anthracite, manganese ore and copper concentrate. Metallurgical
Coke is currently the main import cargo being handled. The Terminal
currently achieves and average load rate of close to 10 000m/tons and an
average discharge rate of around 5000 – 6000m/tons per day.
DBS
– Durban Bulk Shipping:
Berth Length Draft Commodities
Load/Discharge Method
Island View 3 167m 12.5m Chrome Ore, Minerals, 1 x Belt Loader
Maize,
Rice, Wheat, 2 x Pneumatic Unloaders
Oilcake,
Soya Beans,
Sunflower
seeds
Load / discharge rate: 1200mt
/ hour (Load) / 640mt / hour (Discharge)
Max LOA: 255m
Max Beam: 36m
Owned and operated
by South African Bulk Terminals, DBS can store 69500 tons in silos. DBS is
the only Sub-Saharan grain terminal capable of handling fully-laden Panamax
vessels.
Repairs:
Berth Length Draft Commodities
Load/Discharge Method
Ship Repair Jetty West 300m 7.8m Ship
Repairs only n/a
Ship Repair Jetty East 300m 7.4m Ship
Repairs only n/a
Dormac Repair Quay 195m 8m Ship
Repairs only n/a
There are a number
of large engineering and ship repair firms active in Durban, capable of
undertaking most major repair work. There are ship building facilities where
Tug Boats and Double Hulled Bunker Barges have been constructed. Divers for
underwater repairs, hull cleaning and surveys are also available.
Docking Facilities:
Transnet Port Authorities operates a Dry Dock, a Floating Dock and a Slipway for small craft. The Transnet Dry Dock can be divided into 2 compartments of 206.9m and 138.7m respectively and can be emptied within 4 hours. There are 5 electric cranes ranging from 10 to 50 tons SWL to service the vessels in dock. The Floating Dock has a lifting capacity of 4500 tons and has two 5 ton electric cranes. The Slipway can accommodate vessels up to 19.8m LOA and with a draft limit of 2.7m.
Ship repair company Elgin, Brown & Hamer, operates the privately owned ELDOCK Floating Dock, which has a lifting capacity of 8500 tons and can accommodate vessels up to 140m LOA and with a draft limit of 6.3m.
Bunkering:
Fuel oil, gas oil and marine diesel oil is available. Unfortunately there are no longer shore pipeline bunkering facilities available, but there are a number of bunker barges available for bunker delivery. For safety reasons, all bunkering has to be done with the vessel alongside a safe berth – no bunkering at anchorage is permitted.
Stores:
There are a number of reputable Ship chandlers available in the Port and a launch service for off port limits deliveries is also available.
Durban Contact Details:
Physical Address:
Kwazini House, 25 Gladys Mazibuko Road, Greyville, Durban 4001 South Africa
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 11098 Marine Parade, 4056 South Africa
Phone: +27 (0)31 309 5959
Fax: +27 (0)31 309 5969
Email: dbninfo@lbhsouthafrica.com
Management:
Mr. Athol Emerton, Managing Director
Mr. Rob Dean, Branch Manager
Mr. Richard Milligan, Marketing
Email: management@lbhsouthafrica.com
Operations:
Mr. Corrado van Dyk
Mr. Lucian Pillay
Email: dbninfo@lbhsouthafrica.com
Clearing & Forwarding:
Mr. Sam Pillay
Mrs. Gail Fisher
Mr. Clifford Nhlabathi
Email: fwd@lbhsouthafrica.com
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