Technical Data
Port Specifications
- UNLOCODE
- ZACPT
- Port Type
- General
- Terminals
- 12
- Berth Count
- 37
- Max Draught
- 15.3 m
- Country
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
Conditions
Current Weather
Overview
About This Port
South Africa's main container port for the Western Cape, located at the foot of Table Mountain. A key port of call on the Asia-Europe route via the Cape.
Location
Coordinates
33.9167°S, 18.4167°E
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Live Data
Port Congestion
30-Day Berth Occupancy Trend
Waiting Vessels Trend
Expected arrivals
8 inboundVessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals); the computed ETA is at the vessel’s passage speed. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | ETA (computed) | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL PEARL RIVER | Bulk Carrier | 10 nm | 11.4 kn | 30 Jun | 29 Jun |
| ACRUX | Crude Oil Tanker | 10 nm | 9.8 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| KALAHARI EXPRESS | Container Ship | 10 nm | 12.9 kn | 30 Jun | 16 Jul |
| MAERSK VALENCIA | Container Ship | 875 nm | 9.5 kn | 4 Jul | 1 Jul |
| MATSON MAGNOLIA | Container Ship | 875 nm | 17.7 kn | 2 Jul | 30 Jun |
| MSC FALCON III | Container Ship | 875 nm | 13.1 kn | 3 Jul | 2 Jul |
| BALTIC PEARL | Reefer | ~4163 nm | 17.5 kn | — | 6 Jul |
| COOL SPIRIT | Reefer | ~4682 nm | 17.1 kn | — | 3 Jul |
Network
Connectivity & hub role
How central Cape Town sits in the sea-route network we cover — a connectivity score across navigable distances. A higher score means the port is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports, the maritime signature of a hub.
Directly routable to 179 other covered ports.
- NAWalvis Bay748 nm
- ZAPort of Durban875 nm
- ZARichards Bay995 nm
- MZMaputo1,199 nm
- AOLuanda1,667 nm
- CGPointe Noire1,889 nm
- CDMatadi1,898 nm
- MUPort Louis2,365 nm
Method. A connectivity score across our own route network: a port reads higher when it is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports. The score is rescaled 0–100 within the snapshot, so the single most-connected port reads 100. Distances are Suez / Panama / Malacca-aware navigable sea miles.
Coverage. The route network spans the 180 largest commercial ports, so this ranks hubs within that covered network, not against every port on earth. The number is deterministic — no confidence grade is invented. Computed Jun 30, 2026.
Risk & quality
Port risk & quality
A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Cape Town. Higher means more risk exposure for a ship calling here — it is a count of recorded events, not a judgement of the port's management.
Built from 33% of the three signals (scored on a single signal — treat as indicative).
Method. Each signal is normalised to 0–10 against an empirical cap, then blended weighting safety (detentions 0.40, casualties 0.35) above operational congestion (0.25). A port is scored only on the signals it has data for, and the weights renormalise — a missing signal is never credited as a safe 0.
Coverage. PSC and casualty data here is regional (US, UK, Canada), so most ports show only congestion and carry a low-confidence flag. Detention/casualty counts come from a country-scoped name match (≈60% of US detentions resolve); unmatched records are dropped, not force-fit.
Detention and casualty signals are screened against open port-state-control and marine-casualty records, combined with our own AIS-derived congestion. Updated Jun 23, 2026.
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