Con una red integral de 12 puertos, South Africa cuenta con una potente infraestructura marítima. Centros clave como Cape Town, Durban, East London son fundamentales para gestionar grandes volúmenes de comercio, ofrecen diversas opciones logísticas y garantizan una conectividad resiliente con las rutas marítimas internacionales de todo el mundo.

Country snapshot

South Africa port and trade overview

Live country-level traffic, partner mix, and global context to complement the port directory below.

Listed ports

12

Ports shown on this page

Avg monthly traffic

412.1k TEU/mo

3 tracked ports in the live dataset

Latest week

13.8k TEU/wk

23 Feb 2026

Share of global trade

1.67%

Against 24.6M TEU/mo in tracked global container flow

Partner mix

Snapshot 01 Jan 2026

Top export regions

China37%
North West Europe37%
India20%
Middle East6%

Top import regions

China50%
North West Europe23%
India15%
South east Asia7%

Popular port pairs

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