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The Performance of Seaport Clusters
seaports is generated in Rotterdam (Nationale Havenraad, 2003). Table 14 shows the
throughput figures of Rotterdam.
Table 14: Throughput in the port of Rotterdam (2002)
Commodity Throughput * 1000 ton
Dry bulk 83,427
Liquid bulk 155,925
Ro-Ro 9,669
Containers 65,849
General Cargo 7,235
Total 322,107
Source: RMPM (2003)
7.6.2 The port of Durban
Durban is situated in the South East of South Africa in the province of Kwazulu-Natal. The
port is predominantly a general cargo port and handles 20% of South Africa's total port
traffic. The port of Durban serves a large hinterland: cargo with origin or destination in other
regions of South Africa as well as other countries such as Zimbabwe and Botswana are
handled in Durban. The majority of imports for and exports of Gauteng (the most
industrialized and populated region of South Africa, in the proximity of Johannesburg and
Pretoria) move through the port of Durban. The size of the port area, the diversity of port
facilities, the size and diversity of its traffic base, and the large support network of ancillary
industries make Durban the leading port of Southern Africa and the largest port of Africa 56 .
Durban's Container Terminal is the busiest in Africa and handled more than 1.200.000 TEU
in 2002 (National Port Authority of South Africa, 2003).
56 In terms of throughput volume Richard’s Bay is larger, but Richard’s Bay is a pure bulk port,
over 90% of the cargo is handled by one coal terminal.