5. HISTORY:
The Port of Beira was
created
by
the
Portuguese in 1890.
Paive de Andrade, a
Portuguese
explorer,
identified the site as a
possible port, and the
Portuguese
moved
quickly to gain an
advantage
over
the
British in dominating
6. Port Cargo Handling Equipment:
• Two Ship to Shore Gantry cranes available each with
50 tons under hook lifting capacity
• One Rail Mounted Gantry crane available with 50
tons for loading and off loading of wagons
• Reachstackers - 45 tons
• Kalmar Forklifts - 16 - 45 tons
• Terminal tractors with 60 tons capacity and four wheel
drive
• Payloaders for multiuse
• Shunting tractors
• Mobile cranes - 35 and 45 tons
• Normal trailers and skeletons
• Bagging units (for grain and fertiliser)
• Grabs (for general cargo)
7. Container Storage and Stacking
Facilities:
• 200,000 m² well illuminated container
yard; accommodating 3117 TEU'S
including 144 electrical reefer points
and dedicated IMDG dangerous
goods storage area
• One bonded transit warehouse of
8400 m² for stuffing and stripping
containers, fully secured
• 3650 m² covered storage area
• Dedicated granite storage area
8. Multi Purpose Container Terminal:
The multi-purpose and Container Terminal
is one of the most modern in southern Africa
and covers 645 metres of berth length,
comprising of berth numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 with
a designed depth alongside of about 12
General Cargo Terminal:
metres. The terminal design capacity is
The General per year
100,000 TEU'sCargo Terminal covers 670
metres berth length, comprising berth numbers
6, 7, 9 and 10. The terminal design capacity is
2,300,000 metric tonnes per year.
The designed depth alongside of the quays is
10 metres.
9. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS:
EXPORTS:
• TOBACCO
• ORES
• COTTON
• SKINS AND HIDES
IMPORTS:
• Fertilizers
• Wheat
• Fuel
• Textiles
• Heavy equipment
• Beverages
10. CONNECTIVITY:
Centrally located on Mozambique’s
eastern shores, the Port of Beira is an
important trade and transportation centre
for Central African products and coastal
goods. Railways from Zimbabwe, Congo,
Zambia, and Malawi end in the Port of
Beira, and it serves as the main port for
those inland nations.
11.
12. PORT OF ELIZABETH
• Introduction
• Construction: port consists of a main eastern
breakwater, 2.7 km in length extending into
Algoa Bay to a maximum water depth of 18
metres, and a secondary western breakwater
1.125 km in length.
• Modern Port
• Port Limitations
13. Marine Craft
• The port has a fleet of three tugs and Pilot
services are performed by a pilotboat (named
Tsitsikama) or workboat
• The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI)
maintains a base at Port Elizabeth.
• Port Volumes
• Port Facilities
17. Richards Bay Coal Terminal
(RBCT)
largest export coal terminal in the world.
Opened in 1976
capacity of 12 million tons per annum
grown into an advanced 24-hour operation with a
design capacity of 91 million tons per annum.
14 cargo working berths
18. Terminals:
Dry bulk terminal
Multipurpose terminal
Privately operated coal terminal
Several woodchip exports terminal
Bulk liquid terminal
Working hours
The Transnet National Ports Authority Administrative offices hours:
0800-16:00 (Monday to Friday)
The Transnet National Ports Authority Marine Services
:
24-hour service, 7 days a week, except Christmas Day.
Terminals: 24-hours, 7 days a week.
(Note: Closures over public holidays vary per terminal)
19. • The terminal has undergone an upgrade and has increased
its capacity to 91 million tonnes annually. Ships are
handled at six berths (301-306) each 350m in length with
a -19m water depth alongside and a permissible draught
of 17.5m. The adjacent 209 chemical berth is 300m long
and has a depth alongside of -14m with a permissible
draught of 12.5m.
The daily Panamax coal freight rate from South Africa's Richards
Bay to India's west coast at $17.10/mt and to the east coast at
$17.70/mt.
20. • RICHARD BAY-INDIA FIXTURES
A fixture was concluded at $17/mt for a Panamax coal cargo
loading from Richards Bay in mid-October and arriving at
Visakhapatnam or Gangavaram ports along the east coast of
India
Another Supramax coal cargo traveling from Richards Bay to the
West Coast of India was concluded at $17.50/mt, loading in
October.
24. Marine Craft:
• The port operates a fleet of tugs owned and
operated by the National Ports Authority
(NPA)
• The major work is conducted by a trailing
suction hopper dredger named ISANDLWANA,
assisted by the INGWENYA or the PIPE
• Hydrographic Survey Vessels
• floating cranes
25. • Port Volumes: greatest volume of sea-going
traffic of any port in southern Africa
• Port Facilities: operates on a common user
basis and consists of five business units
managed by Transnet Port Terminals or TPT
• Passenger Terminal
• Ship Repair
• Yachting marinas
