Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism
Hon Masipa
With regard to the Port of Cape Town’s performance in December 2024:
(a) What was the (i) average waiting time for berth utilisation and occupancy for container ships and (ii) target for the month, (b) what was the (i) average number of twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers (aa) loaded and (bb) unloaded and (ii) target for the month, (c) what was the (i) average waiting time for trucks being (aa) loaded and (bb) unloaded at the port and (ii) target for the month, (d) what was the (i) average ship turnaround time and (ii) target for the month, (e) what was the (i) average anchorage waiting time and (ii) target for the month and (f) what was the (i) average container dwell time and (ii) target for the month?
- (i) Average waiting time to berth at Cape Town container terminals from 1 to 31 December 2024 was 3 days and 8 hours (Source: DEDAT, Port of Cape Town Digital Logistics Planning Platform, DLPP)
(ii) Target is 1 day or less.
(b) (i) (aa) TEU’s loaded at Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) from 1-15 December 2024 were 16,124
(bb) TEU’s offloaded for the same period were 17,474
(ii) Target for the period was a total of 31,280 compared to the actual total of 33,598
(Source: Transnet)
(c) (i) (aa) Average waiting time for trucks to be loaded and unloaded at Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) in first 2 weeks of December was 46 minutes
(bb) The difference between the loading and offloading of trucks is not reported.
(ii) The target for trucks to be turned around in CTCT is 40 minutes. (Source: Transnet)
(d) (i) Average ship turnaround time in all container terminals was 6 days and 11 hours (DLPP)
(ii) Target for ship turnaround time is less than 4 days.
(e) (i) Average time at berth was 3 days and 3 hours (DLPP)
(ii) Target for time at berth is less than 3 days
(f) (i) Average container dwell time at CTCT in first 2 weeks of December was 1.7 days for imports and 3.7 for exports.
(ii) The dwell time target is 3 days for imports and 6 days for exports.
(Source: Transnet)
