South African ports handled a total of 178.915 million tonnes of cargo in 2006

South African ports handled a total of 178.915 million tonnes of cargo during the financial year ended 31 March 2007 (179.535mt in 2005/06). This figure excludes the tonnage of containers handled which the National Ports Authority no longer records by weight.
The figures reflected below include an estimated average container weight of 13.5 tonnes per TEU (a conservative estimate) and when taken into account the figure handled by South Africa’s seven ports becomes 225.97 million tonnes handled (2005/06 was 221.54Mt).
Including the calculated figure for containers, the respective ports handled the following:
Cargo handled by tonnes

Richards Bay	83.065 million tonnes (prev 89.262Mt)
Durban	73.006 Mt (prev 69.074)
Saldanha Bay	41.220 Mt (prev 36.664)
Cape Town	14.173 Mt (prev 13.667)
Port Elizabeth	5.692 Mt (prev .4.484)
East London	1.600 Mt (prev 1.820)
Mossel Bay	1.756 Mt (prev 1.483)

                                                                                                
Containers measured by TEUs
(TEUs include Deepsea, Coastal, Tranship and empty containers and subject to being invoiced by NPA)

Durban	2,334,999 TEU (prev 1,955,803) + 19.38 percent
Cape Town	764,753 (prev 736,943) + 3.77 percent
Port Elizabeth	407,278 (prev 370,849) + 9.82 percent
East London	41,836 (prev 42,545) – 1.66 percent
Richards Bay	3,332 (prev 4,981) – 33.1 percent

                                
Total handled 3,552,198 TEU (prev 3,111,121) + 14.17 percent