Finance and Economic Opportunities
With regard to the Port of Cape Town’s performance in August 2023:
(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 am informed of the following:
- (i) Average waiting time to berth from 1 to 31 August 2023 was 3.5 days (DEDAT, Port of Cape Town Planning Dashboard)
(ii) Target is 1 day or less.
- (i) (aa) Twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU’s) loaded at Cape Town Container Terminal from 29 July to 1 September were 15,994
(bb) TEU’s offloaded from 29 July to 1 September were 19,478
(ii) Target for the period was 56,392
WEEK | TEU's Loaded | TEU's Unloaded | TEU Total | TEU Target |
29 July - 04 Aug 2023 | 3474 | 3228 | 6702 | 9928 |
05 - 11 Aug 2023 | 2670 | 4304 | 6974 | 10696 |
12- 18 Aug 2023 | 3118 | 4753 | 7871 | 13574 |
19 - 25 August 2023 | 2351 | 3742 | 6093 | 11402 |
26 Aug - 01 Sept 2023 | 4381 | 3451 | 7832 | 10792 |
Total | 15994 | 19478 | 35472 | 56392 |
Source: BUSA Weekly Cargo Movement Updates, 29 July to 1 September 2023
- (i) (aa) Average waiting time for trucks to be loaded and unloaded was 58.6 minutes
(bb) The difference between the loading and offloading of trucks is not reported.
(ii) The target for trucks to be turned around in Cape Town Container Terminal is 40 minutes.
- (i) Average ship turnaround time was 7.4 days
(ii) Target for ship turnaround time is less than 4 days.
- (i) Average time at berth was 3.9 days
(ii) Target for time at berth is less than 3 days
- (i) Average container dwell time was 1.3 days for imports and 4.3 for exports.
(ii) The dwell time target is 3 days for imports and 6 days for exports.
