Ports and harbours in South Africa

Ports and harbours in South Africa, A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbours where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land. Port locations are selected to optimize access to land and navigable water, for commercial demand, and for shelter from wind and waves. Ports with deeper water are rarer, but can handle larger, more economical ships. Since ports throughout history handled every kind of traffic, support and storage facilities vary widely, may extend for miles, and dominate the local economy. Some ports have an important, perhaps exclusively military role. Some are just marinas.

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List of ports and harbours in South Africa

Port/Harbour name	Province	Town name	Coördinates	Remarks
East London Harbour	Eastern Cape	East London
Gans Bay Harbour	Western Cape	Gans Bay
Gordon's Bay Harbour	Western Cape	Gordon's Bay
Gordon's Bay Island Harbour	Western Cape	Gordon's Bay
Hermanus Harbour	Western Cape	Hermanus
Hout Bay Harbour	Western Cape	Hout Bay
Kalk Bay Harbour	Western Cape	Kalk Bay
Knysna Harbour	Western Cape	Knysna
Koeberg Nuclear Power Station Harbour	Western Cape	Koeberg
Lamberts Bay Harbour	Western Cape	Lamberts Bay
Mossel Bay Harbour	Western Cape	Mossel Bay
Mouille Point Marina	Western Cape	Mouille Point
Port Alfred Marina	Eastern Cape	Port Alfred
Port Elizabeth Harbour	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth
Port Nolloth	Northern Cape	Port Nolloth
Port of Cape Town	Western Cape	Cape Town
Port of Durban	KwaZulu-Natal	Durban
Port of Ngqura	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth
Richards Bay Harbour	KwaZulu-Natal	Richards Bay
Robben Island Harbour	Western Cape	Robben Island
Saldanha Bay Harbour	Western Cape	Saldanha Bay
Simon's Town Harbour	Western Cape	Simon's Town		Marine Base
Struis Bay Harbour	Western Cape	Struis Bay near Cape Aghulas