Durban: port calls and disruption history

Name: Durban daily port calls and volume estimates
Creator: World Freight Monitor

Durban recorded a mean of 5.8 port calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026), compared with 6.2 in the previous 28 days (-7.7%). The archive records 3 disruptions at this port.

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Key facts

Country: South Africa
UN/LOCODE: ZADUR
Rank by daily calls: 150 of 2,065 PortWatch ports
Mean daily calls, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026: 6.8
Recorded events: 3
Data through: 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026)

Durban averaged 5.8 port calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11.
Durban ranks 150 among IMF PortWatch ports by mean daily calls between 1 September 2025 and 31 August 2026.

Disruption history

3 recorded events, newest first.

Events at Durban
Start	Event	Type	Status	Severity
2026-08-15	Durban Gateway Terminal backlog follows terminal operating system cutover	Congestion episode	ongoing	2 Moderate
2023-10-01	Vessel congestion at the Port of Durban container terminals	Congestion episode	ended	3 Significant
2021-07-22	Cyberattack on Transnet disrupts South African container terminals	Cyber incident	ended	2 Moderate

Full event history for Durban

Port calls

Durban, port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2026-07-24 to 17 calls per day on 2026-08-31, with a mean of 6.4 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 6 calls per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026).

Durban, port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	7
2026-05-18	7
2026-05-19	4
2026-05-20	9
2026-05-21	7
2026-05-22	4
2026-05-23	9
2026-05-24	9
2026-05-25	4
2026-05-26	8
2026-05-27	7
2026-05-28	4
2026-05-29	8
2026-05-30	6
2026-05-31	3
2026-06-01	10
2026-06-02	9
2026-06-03	7
2026-06-04	7
2026-06-05	7
2026-06-06	6
2026-06-07	8
2026-06-08	6
2026-06-09	8
2026-06-10	7
2026-06-11	6
2026-06-12	3
2026-06-13	9
2026-06-14	4
2026-06-15	4
2026-06-16	9
2026-06-17	10
2026-06-18	11
2026-06-19	9
2026-06-20	4
2026-06-21	5
2026-06-22	10
2026-06-23	11
2026-06-24	7
2026-06-25	6
2026-06-26	7
2026-06-27	7
2026-06-28	4
2026-06-29	11
2026-06-30	5
2026-07-01	5
2026-07-02	7
2026-07-03	5
2026-07-04	5
2026-07-05	8
2026-07-06	6
2026-07-07	6
2026-07-08	10
2026-07-09	5
2026-07-10	4
2026-07-11	7
2026-07-12	3
2026-07-13	6
2026-07-14	6
2026-07-15	8
2026-07-16	10
2026-07-17	6
2026-07-18	8
2026-07-19	5
2026-07-20	10
2026-07-21	7
2026-07-22	4
2026-07-23	7
2026-07-24	0
2026-07-25	10
2026-07-26	5
2026-07-27	7
2026-07-28	7
2026-07-29	8
2026-07-30	2
2026-07-31	4
2026-08-01	7
2026-08-02	3
2026-08-03	9
2026-08-04	7
2026-08-05	8
2026-08-06	8
2026-08-07	8
2026-08-08	2
2026-08-09	9
2026-08-10	0
2026-08-11	7
2026-08-12	7
2026-08-13	8
2026-08-14	8
2026-08-15	10
2026-08-16	7
2026-08-17	6
2026-08-18	2
2026-08-19	6
2026-08-20	4
2026-08-21	6
2026-08-22	5
2026-08-23	8
2026-08-24	5
2026-08-25	4
2026-08-26	10
2026-08-27	0
2026-08-28	5
2026-08-29	0
2026-08-30	9
2026-08-31	17
2026-09-01	2
2026-09-02	8
2026-09-03	3
2026-09-04	4
2026-09-05	9
2026-09-06	7
2026-09-07	5
2026-09-08	3
2026-09-09	4
2026-09-10	6
2026-09-11	6

Container ship port calls

Durban, container ship port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2026-05-18 to 6 calls per day on 2026-06-16, with a mean of 1.7 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 2 calls per day.

Durban, container ship port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	3
2026-05-18	0
2026-05-19	2
2026-05-20	3
2026-05-21	3
2026-05-22	2
2026-05-23	2
2026-05-24	1
2026-05-25	1
2026-05-26	2
2026-05-27	3
2026-05-28	0
2026-05-29	2
2026-05-30	1
2026-05-31	1
2026-06-01	3
2026-06-02	4
2026-06-03	2
2026-06-04	1
2026-06-05	2
2026-06-06	3
2026-06-07	0
2026-06-08	2
2026-06-09	4
2026-06-10	1
2026-06-11	1
2026-06-12	1
2026-06-13	3
2026-06-14	1
2026-06-15	1
2026-06-16	6
2026-06-17	2
2026-06-18	1
2026-06-19	1
2026-06-20	3
2026-06-21	2
2026-06-22	2
2026-06-23	2
2026-06-24	2
2026-06-25	2
2026-06-26	2
2026-06-27	2
2026-06-28	1
2026-06-29	3
2026-06-30	2
2026-07-01	2
2026-07-02	1
2026-07-03	2
2026-07-04	2
2026-07-05	0
2026-07-06	2
2026-07-07	2
2026-07-08	3
2026-07-09	2
2026-07-10	1
2026-07-11	1
2026-07-12	0
2026-07-13	2
2026-07-14	3
2026-07-15	1
2026-07-16	2
2026-07-17	3
2026-07-18	0
2026-07-19	0
2026-07-20	3
2026-07-21	2
2026-07-22	1
2026-07-23	4
2026-07-24	0
2026-07-25	3
2026-07-26	1
2026-07-27	1
2026-07-28	3
2026-07-29	4
2026-07-30	0
2026-07-31	1
2026-08-01	2
2026-08-02	0
2026-08-03	3
2026-08-04	3
2026-08-05	1
2026-08-06	3
2026-08-07	1
2026-08-08	1
2026-08-09	3
2026-08-10	0
2026-08-11	1
2026-08-12	3
2026-08-13	0
2026-08-14	4
2026-08-15	2
2026-08-16	2
2026-08-17	1
2026-08-18	0
2026-08-19	1
2026-08-20	1
2026-08-21	1
2026-08-22	2
2026-08-23	3
2026-08-24	1
2026-08-25	1
2026-08-26	4
2026-08-27	0
2026-08-28	0
2026-08-29	0
2026-08-30	4
2026-08-31	3
2026-09-01	0
2026-09-02	1
2026-09-03	0
2026-09-04	0
2026-09-05	4
2026-09-06	1
2026-09-07	3
2026-09-08	1
2026-09-09	1
2026-09-10	0
2026-09-11	2

Tanker port calls

Durban, tanker port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2026-05-19 to 6 calls per day on 2026-06-29, with a mean of 1.7 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 4 calls per day.

Durban, tanker port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	3
2026-05-18	2
2026-05-19	0
2026-05-20	3
2026-05-21	1
2026-05-22	1
2026-05-23	2
2026-05-24	1
2026-05-25	1
2026-05-26	2
2026-05-27	1
2026-05-28	1
2026-05-29	4
2026-05-30	3
2026-05-31	0
2026-06-01	1
2026-06-02	2
2026-06-03	1
2026-06-04	3
2026-06-05	1
2026-06-06	1
2026-06-07	5
2026-06-08	1
2026-06-09	0
2026-06-10	3
2026-06-11	1
2026-06-12	0
2026-06-13	2
2026-06-14	1
2026-06-15	2
2026-06-16	2
2026-06-17	3
2026-06-18	3
2026-06-19	3
2026-06-20	0
2026-06-21	0
2026-06-22	3
2026-06-23	3
2026-06-24	2
2026-06-25	3
2026-06-26	1
2026-06-27	2
2026-06-28	1
2026-06-29	6
2026-06-30	1
2026-07-01	2
2026-07-02	4
2026-07-03	1
2026-07-04	2
2026-07-05	0
2026-07-06	3
2026-07-07	3
2026-07-08	2
2026-07-09	1
2026-07-10	0
2026-07-11	3
2026-07-12	1
2026-07-13	1
2026-07-14	2
2026-07-15	1
2026-07-16	3
2026-07-17	1
2026-07-18	2
2026-07-19	4
2026-07-20	3
2026-07-21	2
2026-07-22	2
2026-07-23	0
2026-07-24	0
2026-07-25	3
2026-07-26	3
2026-07-27	2
2026-07-28	2
2026-07-29	1
2026-07-30	0
2026-07-31	0
2026-08-01	2
2026-08-02	0
2026-08-03	4
2026-08-04	1
2026-08-05	2
2026-08-06	2
2026-08-07	4
2026-08-08	0
2026-08-09	4
2026-08-10	0
2026-08-11	3
2026-08-12	2
2026-08-13	3
2026-08-14	0
2026-08-15	2
2026-08-16	2
2026-08-17	2
2026-08-18	1
2026-08-19	1
2026-08-20	2
2026-08-21	2
2026-08-22	1
2026-08-23	2
2026-08-24	1
2026-08-25	0
2026-08-26	3
2026-08-27	0
2026-08-28	2
2026-08-29	0
2026-08-30	3
2026-08-31	4
2026-09-01	0
2026-09-02	2
2026-09-03	1
2026-09-04	0
2026-09-05	2
2026-09-06	1
2026-09-07	1
2026-09-08	1
2026-09-09	1
2026-09-10	2
2026-09-11	4

Dry bulk port calls

Durban, dry bulk port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2026-05-17 to 7 calls per day on 2026-08-31, with a mean of 1.5 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 0 calls per day.

Durban, dry bulk port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	0
2026-05-18	3
2026-05-19	0
2026-05-20	1
2026-05-21	3
2026-05-22	1
2026-05-23	3
2026-05-24	3
2026-05-25	0
2026-05-26	2
2026-05-27	3
2026-05-28	1
2026-05-29	2
2026-05-30	1
2026-05-31	1
2026-06-01	1
2026-06-02	3
2026-06-03	2
2026-06-04	1
2026-06-05	2
2026-06-06	1
2026-06-07	2
2026-06-08	0
2026-06-09	4
2026-06-10	2
2026-06-11	2
2026-06-12	1
2026-06-13	4
2026-06-14	1
2026-06-15	0
2026-06-16	1
2026-06-17	2
2026-06-18	3
2026-06-19	4
2026-06-20	0
2026-06-21	2
2026-06-22	1
2026-06-23	5
2026-06-24	1
2026-06-25	0
2026-06-26	2
2026-06-27	2
2026-06-28	0
2026-06-29	1
2026-06-30	2
2026-07-01	1
2026-07-02	1
2026-07-03	1
2026-07-04	1
2026-07-05	3
2026-07-06	0
2026-07-07	0
2026-07-08	2
2026-07-09	0
2026-07-10	2
2026-07-11	0
2026-07-12	1
2026-07-13	3
2026-07-14	0
2026-07-15	3
2026-07-16	5
2026-07-17	1
2026-07-18	3
2026-07-19	1
2026-07-20	2
2026-07-21	3
2026-07-22	0
2026-07-23	0
2026-07-24	0
2026-07-25	2
2026-07-26	1
2026-07-27	4
2026-07-28	2
2026-07-29	1
2026-07-30	2
2026-07-31	1
2026-08-01	2
2026-08-02	2
2026-08-03	2
2026-08-04	0
2026-08-05	4
2026-08-06	2
2026-08-07	1
2026-08-08	1
2026-08-09	1
2026-08-10	0
2026-08-11	0
2026-08-12	0
2026-08-13	3
2026-08-14	2
2026-08-15	2
2026-08-16	2
2026-08-17	1
2026-08-18	1
2026-08-19	2
2026-08-20	1
2026-08-21	2
2026-08-22	0
2026-08-23	2
2026-08-24	1
2026-08-25	1
2026-08-26	2
2026-08-27	0
2026-08-28	0
2026-08-29	0
2026-08-30	0
2026-08-31	7
2026-09-01	1
2026-09-02	2
2026-09-03	1
2026-09-04	2
2026-09-05	2
2026-09-06	3
2026-09-07	0
2026-09-08	0
2026-09-09	1
2026-09-10	2
2026-09-11	0

Estimated import volume

Durban, estimated import volume, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 0 metric tons per day on 2026-07-24 to 335,248 metric tons per day on 2026-08-04, with a mean of 100,423.8 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 115,667 metric tons per day.

Durban, estimated import volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-05-17	69,413
2026-05-18	58,181
2026-05-19	23,620
2026-05-20	275,799
2026-05-21	100,012
2026-05-22	86,358
2026-05-23	94,734
2026-05-24	42,768
2026-05-25	142,516
2026-05-26	85,510
2026-05-27	134,973
2026-05-28	33,791
2026-05-29	22,382
2026-05-30	192,988
2026-05-31	46,889
2026-06-01	238,331
2026-06-02	102,468
2026-06-03	145,801
2026-06-04	96,401
2026-06-05	117,535
2026-06-06	67,500
2026-06-07	168,537
2026-06-08	70,671
2026-06-09	148,152
2026-06-10	70,644
2026-06-11	85,123
2026-06-12	29,989
2026-06-13	188,578
2026-06-14	525
2026-06-15	7,098
2026-06-16	131,659
2026-06-17	84,304
2026-06-18	36,261
2026-06-19	125,456
2026-06-20	276,212
2026-06-21	55,067
2026-06-22	93,273
2026-06-23	149,041
2026-06-24	262,540
2026-06-25	95,593
2026-06-26	59,271
2026-06-27	181,353
2026-06-28	35,639
2026-06-29	265,322
2026-06-30	40,953
2026-07-01	21,099
2026-07-02	234,900
2026-07-03	87,293
2026-07-04	143,463
2026-07-05	91,277
2026-07-06	110,661
2026-07-07	135,079
2026-07-08	206,994
2026-07-09	58,283
2026-07-10	17,743
2026-07-11	64,526
2026-07-12	63,620
2026-07-13	67,029
2026-07-14	54,897
2026-07-15	76,256
2026-07-16	233,635
2026-07-17	100,842
2026-07-18	164,158
2026-07-19	81,585
2026-07-20	137,391
2026-07-21	121,367
2026-07-22	288,613
2026-07-23	23,069
2026-07-24	0
2026-07-25	219,499
2026-07-26	34,299
2026-07-27	32,283
2026-07-28	105,903
2026-07-29	122,724
2026-07-30	11,958
2026-07-31	20,587
2026-08-01	8,873
2026-08-02	64,319
2026-08-03	180,162
2026-08-04	335,248
2026-08-05	136,193
2026-08-06	51,947
2026-08-07	49,029
2026-08-08	0
2026-08-09	219,364
2026-08-10	0
2026-08-11	62,403
2026-08-12	117,922
2026-08-13	201,641
2026-08-14	128,408
2026-08-15	131,879
2026-08-16	46,174
2026-08-17	122,657
2026-08-18	17,033
2026-08-19	67,981
2026-08-20	116,681
2026-08-21	84,243
2026-08-22	38,563
2026-08-23	150,235
2026-08-24	83,857
2026-08-25	6,073
2026-08-26	190,345
2026-08-27	0
2026-08-28	91,289
2026-08-29	0
2026-08-30	130,570
2026-08-31	150,492
2026-09-01	1,771
2026-09-02	108,267
2026-09-03	18,911
2026-09-04	22,847
2026-09-05	223,734
2026-09-06	80,312
2026-09-07	106,612
2026-09-08	46,545
2026-09-09	85,472
2026-09-10	86,021
2026-09-11	115,667

Estimated export volume

Durban, estimated export volume, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 0 metric tons per day on 2026-05-25 to 272,424 metric tons per day on 2026-05-24, with a mean of 75,054.5 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 79,857 metric tons per day.

Durban, estimated export volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-05-17	81,675
2026-05-18	74,830
2026-05-19	6,359
2026-05-20	28,867
2026-05-21	86,415
2026-05-22	69,018
2026-05-23	9,554
2026-05-24	272,424
2026-05-25	0
2026-05-26	50,019
2026-05-27	186,983
2026-05-28	57,052
2026-05-29	148,725
2026-05-30	47,698
2026-05-31	30,777
2026-06-01	229,992
2026-06-02	47,607
2026-06-03	57,126
2026-06-04	22,670
2026-06-05	49,008
2026-06-06	63,757
2026-06-07	82,154
2026-06-08	37,002
2026-06-09	166,528
2026-06-10	135,067
2026-06-11	52,389
2026-06-12	0
2026-06-13	132,149
2026-06-14	137,612
2026-06-15	18,731
2026-06-16	50,282
2026-06-17	173,276
2026-06-18	183,103
2026-06-19	65,965
2026-06-20	27,059
2026-06-21	159,427
2026-06-22	98,223
2026-06-23	131,597
2026-06-24	3,032
2026-06-25	101,922
2026-06-26	78,339
2026-06-27	16,141
2026-06-28	17,875
2026-06-29	43,578
2026-06-30	88,537
2026-07-01	87,100
2026-07-02	2,976
2026-07-03	127,219
2026-07-04	81,187
2026-07-05	21,489
2026-07-06	24,766
2026-07-07	22,410
2026-07-08	76,537
2026-07-09	95,608
2026-07-10	52,390
2026-07-11	0
2026-07-12	4,422
2026-07-13	144,091
2026-07-14	135,220
2026-07-15	14,377
2026-07-16	216,989
2026-07-17	126,853
2026-07-18	14,057
2026-07-19	0
2026-07-20	121,981
2026-07-21	73,270
2026-07-22	472
2026-07-23	35,082
2026-07-24	0
2026-07-25	42,495
2026-07-26	26,132
2026-07-27	245,031
2026-07-28	243,350
2026-07-29	117,302
2026-07-30	53,685
2026-07-31	43,780
2026-08-01	234,675
2026-08-02	0
2026-08-03	67,342
2026-08-04	42,114
2026-08-05	27,679
2026-08-06	266,091
2026-08-07	15,578
2026-08-08	35,846
2026-08-09	10,669
2026-08-10	0
2026-08-11	1,063
2026-08-12	49,293
2026-08-13	1,962
2026-08-14	61,269
2026-08-15	214,511
2026-08-16	62,550
2026-08-17	33,560
2026-08-18	2,460
2026-08-19	58,787
2026-08-20	38,467
2026-08-21	147,357
2026-08-22	13,140
2026-08-23	140,768
2026-08-24	6,287
2026-08-25	79,470
2026-08-26	63,422
2026-08-27	0
2026-08-28	5,956
2026-08-29	0
2026-08-30	267,063
2026-08-31	190,649
2026-09-01	8,074
2026-09-02	13,192
2026-09-03	60,283
2026-09-04	26,380
2026-09-05	114,833
2026-09-06	241,531
2026-09-07	39,067
2026-09-08	210,414
2026-09-09	40,429
2026-09-10	13,525
2026-09-11	79,857

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