Port conditions of Cape Town Port

Founded in 1652, it is the second largest city in South Africa. This port has an important geographical position and is the only way for Europe to reach the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the west coast of Africa. It is the financial and industrial and commercial center of South Africa. The main industries are brewing, tobacco, oil refining, chemicals, leather, shipbuilding and paper making. The transportation is developed, the railway goes directly to Pretoria, the administrative capital, and the highway connects all parts of China. The port is about 20 kilometers away from the airport, and there are flights to Johannesburg every day, and then foreign flights are taken.

The port has a subtropical Mediterranean climate, with northwest winds prevailing from April to September in winter, and large swells at sea, and southeast winds prevailing from May 438+00 in summer to March of the following year. The highest annual average temperature is about 20℃, and the lowest is about 1 1℃. The average annual rainfall is about 500mm. Average tidal height: high tide 1.8m, low tide 0.3m ..

There is a breakwater in Hong Kong with a length of 1567m. In the table bay area near the Cape of Good Hope, even if there is no wind, there are often swells coming from the southwest, so it is not suitable for anchoring in winter.

There are all kinds of shore cranes, floating cranes, shiploaders, tugboats and ro-ro ship facilities, among which the maximum lifting capacity of shore cranes is 40 tons, that of floating cranes is 200 tons, and there is an oil pipeline with a diameter of 203.2 meters for loading and unloading. The loading and unloading area of the port area is 50,000 square meters, the warehouse capacity is about 30,000 tons, the cold storage capacity is 27,000 tons, and the container yard area is 970,000 square meters, which can store 4858TEU. Loading and unloading efficiency: per hour 1000 tons of grain. The container throughput of 1994 is 23. 1TEU, which is higher than 1993 by 14%. The annual cargo throughput is about 70 million tons. The main export commodities are wool, leather, wine, dried and fresh fruits, feed, eggs, corn, fish oil and ore, and the main import commodities are wood, machinery, wheat, automobiles, textiles, crude oil and groceries. I don't work on holidays, New Year's Day and Christmas.