Finance and Economic Opportunities
With regard to the Port of Cape Town’s performance in February 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?
According to the information available to us, I am informed of the following:
- (i) Average waiting time to berth at Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) from 1 to 29 February 2024 was 2.5 days (DEDAT, Port of Cape Town Planning Dashboard)
(ii) Target is 1 day or less.
- (i) (aa) TEU’s loaded at CTCT from 4 February to 3 March 2024 were 20,084
(bb) TEU’s offloaded from 4 February to 3 March were 12,439
(ii) Target for the period was 54,598
WEEK | TEU's Loaded | TEU's Unloaded | TEU Total | TEU Target |
4 to 10 Feb | 5116 | 3268 | 8384 | 15683 |
11 to 17 Feb | 5749 | 2476 | 8225 | 11792 |
18 to 24 Feb | 5641 | 4261 | 9902 | 13280 |
25 Feb to 3 March | 3578 | 2434 | 6012 | 13843 |
Total | 20084 | 12439 | 32523 | 54598 |
(Source: BUSA Weekly Cargo Movement Updates, 4 February to 3 March 2023)
- (i) (aa) Average waiting time for trucks to be loaded and unloaded in February 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.
- (i) Average ship turnaround time in CTCT was 9 days
(ii) Target for ship turnaround time is less than 4 days.
- (i) Average time at berth was 4.4 days
(ii) Target for time at berth is less than 3 days
- (i) Average container dwell time was 2.2 days for imports and 5.6 for exports.
(ii) The dwell time target is 3 days for imports and 5 days for exports.
