Inside South Africa’s Ports: Live Terminal Data Reveals the Scale of the Challenge — and the Response

Real-time vessel schedules from every Transnet container terminal show 79 ships carrying 145,000 containers queuing for berths over the next three weeks. Official January 2026 throughput data confirms 305,775 TEU handled across the system — ICTSI’s first full month at Durban’s Pier 2. With Liebherr rebuilding the crane fleet and Beira doubling capacity to capture diverted cargo, February 2026 marks a pivotal moment for Southern African port logistics.

Container Management | 15 February 2026

Transnet Port Terminals published real-time vessel berthing schedules across all ten South African terminal facilities on 14 February 2026. Container Management has compiled and analysed the complete dataset — covering Cape Town, Durban, Ngqura, Port Elizabeth, and Richards Bay — to produce the most granular snapshot of South African port operations available anywhere.