Cape Town Harbour

The Port of Cape Town is the port of the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated in Table Bay. Because of its position along one of the world's busiest trade routes, it is one of the busiest ports in South Africa, handling the largest amount of fresh fruit and second only to Durban as a container port. Cape Town, as the ‘Tavern of the Seas’ caters for general cargo on a common user basis, is handling an increasing number of containers and has become an important repair facility, especially for the west coast oil and diamond mining industries. There are 34 berths in total including layby berths. The port boasts extensive ship repair facilities. The main dry dock, known as Sturrock Dry Dock has an overall docking capability of 369.6m length and is 45.1m width at the entrance top with a depth of 14m. The dock may be divided into two sections of varying lengths although the dividing inner caisson was in March 2017 requiring repair and therefore unavailable. The Robinson Dry Dock in the Victoria Basin measures 161.2m in length with an entrance top of 20.7m and a depth of 7.9m. The port also has a synchro lift capable of handling ships up to 61m in length, 15m beam and 1,806 tonnes, and a repair quay in the Duncan Dock. Berth A near the harbour entrance is given over to ship repair by private enterprise. The adjacent Victoria and Alfred Basins have a variety of berths available for ship and boat repair as well as berthing of smaller vessels, including research vessels and visiting naval ships. Cape Town has two main terminals, or business units for cargo handling purposes. The Container Terminal contains six deep-sea berths. They are served by a fleet of post-panamax gantry cranes for the larger container ships now in service. The Multi-Purpose Terminal in Duncan Dock handles fruit, steel, paper, maize, wheat, rice, timber, coal, scrap and other general cargo, as well as passenger cruise ships. The grain elevator has storage for 28,000 cubic metres. Duncan Dock also has a dedicated cold store for fish products with docking space for up to six vessels and the ability to discharge three simultaneously. The port has good rail and road connections inland to other centres. Cape Town has several bunkering points within the port supplying marine fuel oil, gas oil and blends and the port is serviced by a bunker barge. A full range of ship handling and stevedoring is available. The port, which is close to the central business district, houses a yacht club, marina, and an NSRI sea rescue base. Transnet National Ports Authority Port of Cape Town PO Box 4245 8000 CAPE TOWN Tel (+27) 021 449 3408 / 2612 Port Control (24 hours) Tel (+27) 021 449 2805 Tel (+27) 021 449 2612 (Port Manager) Rajesh Dana email rajesh.dana@transnet.net Tel (+27) 021 449 5762 (Harbourmaster) Capt. Alex Miya email alex.miya@transnet.net Tel (+27) 021 449 6173 (Port Engineer) Tel (+27) 021 449 2007 (Marine Department) Tel (+27) 021 449 3408 (Corporate Affairs Dept) Tel (+27) 021 449 2389 (Corporate Affairs Manager: email: lorraine.mabindisa@transnet.net Tel (+27) 021 419 0260 (SA Police) Tel (+27) 021 449 3500 (Sea Rescue) Contact details Transnet National Ports Authority House South Arm Road, Port of Cape Town, 8001 South Africa P O Box 4245, Cape Town, 8001 Tel: +27 21 449 2612 Fax: +27 21 449 2665 Email: Coen.birkenstock@transnet.net