TRANSNET’S forthcoming project to create deeper berths at Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2’s North Quay will enable the Port of Durban to accommodate newer generation container vessels by 2023.
Addressing stakeholders at a recent business breakfast in Durban, representatives of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) and Transnet Group Capital (TGC) provided a project update to stakeholders ahead of anticipated site establishment by the end of October this year.
Transnet Chief Capital Officer, Krishna Reddy, said the R7 billion mega project would help to sustain the existing container operations at the Port of Durban.
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“In the Port of Durban which handles approximately 65 per cent of the total containerised cargo of South Africa, we have a critical need to provide modern, safe, deeper and longer container berths to accommodate the ever-increasing size of container vessels we are now servicing. This will ensure that our flagship Port of Durban and South Africa as a whole remain competitive within the industry, while catering safely for the needs of the marine sector,” he said.
The main marine construction works to be carried out include the reconstruction, deepening and lengthening of berths 203 to 205 to provide safe docking capacity.
Currently Super Post Panamax vessels 9200 TEU and larger take up two berths on the North Quay, shrinking port capacity, while larger vessels can only enter the channel at high tide. This results in delays and vessel queues at outer anchorage.
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