No immediate need for second Durban port
South African state transport company Transnet has dismissed the need to build a second port at Durban.
This would have been built on a 560 hectare site currently occupied by an airport.
However, the capacity requirements of major customers suggest that a new terminal won’t be necessary for at least another 20 years, says Transnet.
Instead, additional capacity will be provided at new facilities at Ngqura, Cape Town, Richards Bay and at the existing port in Durban.