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Pre Arrival:  Overview | Location | Charts | Limits   ...
Arrival:  Approaches | Pilotage | Anchorages
Communications:  Pratique | Pre-Arrival | VHF | VTS/Radar
Berthing Ops:  Tugs | Berths
Cargo:  Bulk | Containers | Other | Tankers | Gas | Stevedores   ...
Pollution:  Pollution | Waste | Slops
Facilities:  Medical | Water | Fuel | Drydock | Repairs
Security:  Police etc | Emergency | Security
Local Info:  Weather
Misc:  Authority

Summary

Max. Size:  Draft 10.5 m. Containers:  Draft 11.7 m. Passengers:  Draft 10.5 m. Bulk:  LOA 250 m., draft 12.1 m. Tankers:  LOA 203 m., draft 9.4 m. Gas:  Draft 9.4 m.
Fuel:  Fuel and gas oil.
Airport:  Port Elizabeth Domestic, 4 km. Cape Town Int'l, 720 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:  Slipway capacity 1,200 tons, depth over blocks 7.5 m. (HWOS). LOA 82 m., beam 12.0 m.
Medical:  Facilities available.
Port Elizabeth
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ZAPLZ

Also known as Gqeberha
Including
  • Algoa Bay - ZAAOB - 33° 57.00′ S, 025° 38.00′ E
Also see Ngqura
OVERVIEW:  The fifth largest port in southern Africa, based on tonnage handled, and the third largest in terms of revenue earned. Port has one container terminal, bulk and oil terminals.
LOCATION:  In Algoa Bay, on the SE coast of Africa, 384 n.m. NE of Durban and 423 n.m. west of Cape Town.
CHARTS:  Digital: ZA300070, ZA400120, ZA500120 and ZA500125.
Paper: BA 4156, 4157 and 4160.
US 61060, 61061 and 61062.
Publications:  NP3, Africa Pilot Vol 3.
PORT LIMITS:  Bounded on the southward by a line drawn from Cape Recife, east (true) to a point in the Indian Ocean, distant 1,609 m. on the northward by a line drawn from the extreme point of the east bank of the Swartkops River, east (true) distant 1,609 m. on the eastward by a