Cape Town
ZACPTSouth AfricaAfrica Reefer
Cape Town (ZACPT) is a sea port in South Africa. What follows is what an exporter checks before booking: how the port handles cargo, what it requires on arrival, and who works there.
Agri-food handling
- Reefer traffic
- Yes
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Quarantine and pratique
- Yes
- Container handling
- Yes
- Ro-ro handling
- Yes
Providers near Cape Town
Storage, freight, customs brokers, inspection and treatment providers listed in Cape Town.
Freight forwarders
See allCustoms brokers
- Cargo Compass SA
- Pronto Clearing
- ShipChain
- Kenco Clearing and Forwarding
- Daigon Clearing and Forwarding
- Macro Clearing
Port facts
- Harbour size
- Large
- Harbour type
- Coastal (breakwater)
- Shelter
- Good
- Channel depth
- 15.9 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 15.5 m
- Anchorage depth
- 23.2 m
- Maximum vessel length
- 339.6 m
- Maximum vessel beam
- 63.1 m
- Maximum vessel draft
- 15 m
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Large
- Rail connection
- Yes
- Supplies
- provisions, potable water, fuel oil
Source: NGA World Port Index (Pub 150). A row is absent where the dataset records nothing for this port.