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Transnet Port Terminals’ Durban Car Terminal handled more than 700,000 fully built vehicle units during the 2025/26 financial year, as the port operator continues to improve productivity and cargo-handling operations.
This was revealed during a media briefing hosted by the port operator in Durban on Thursday, where executives outlined the performance of its terminals and plans to improve operations through equipment upgrades and better coordination with logistics partners.
Transnet Port Terminals manages the commercial loading and offloading of maritime freight across South Africa’s major seaports, playing an important role in the country’s import and export supply chains.
Vehicle handling improves at Durban terminal
Prince Manganyi, terminal manager at Durban RoRo Terminal, said improved vehicle-tracking systems had helped reduce turnaround times.
“We have a system that assists us to quickly locate automotives. That speaks to the quicker turnaround time,” he said.
Manganyi said cooperation with vehicle manufacturers and logistics providers had also helped improve productivity and the movement of vehicles through the port.
Meanwhile, Durban Container Terminal handled 728,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the 2025/26 financial year, exceeding its design capacity of 700,000 TEUs.
The terminal is targeting 750,000 TEUs in the current financial year.
Transnet also plans to introduce six new ship-to-shore cranes, expected to arrive in the second quarter of the next financial year, and three mobile harbour cranes in the first quarter of 2027.
Previn Govender, executive manager for capital projects, said the new ship-to-shore cranes would feature twin-lift technology, allowing them to lift two containers simultaneously.
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