Southern Africa Terminal and Service Update Week 18

1 五月 2025

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Cape Town’s vessel line-up is recovering with better weather forecast this week. All other services and terminals remain in green status across Southern Africa and Islands.

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Ports and Terminals Situation

Terminal	Commentary
Terminal Cape Town CTCT	Commentary 0-11 days waiting time, depending on service. Weather forecast is good this week.
Terminal Cape Town MPT	Commentary No waiting time.
Terminal Port Elizabeth PECT	Commentary No waiting time. Strong winds expected Tuesday 29th into Thursday the 1st with the rest of the week being clear. Terminal maintenance planned. Terminal closure 1st May holiday as well as for ZAPLZ NCT.
Terminal Port Elizabeth COEGA	Commentary No waiting time. Strong winds expected for week 18 with the rest of the week being clear. Terminal maintenance planned.
Terminal Durban DCT Pier 2	Commentary No waiting time. Clear week ahead with no stoppages expected.
Terminal Durban Pier 1	Commentary 0-3 days waiting time. Clear week ahead with no stoppages.
Terminal Reunion (Port Reunion)	Commentary 0-2 days waiting time. Terminal maintenance planned. Terminal closure 1st May holiday
Terminal Namibia (Walvis Bay)	Commentary 0-1 days waiting time. Terminal recovered.
Terminal Mozambique (Maputo)	Commentary 1 day waiting time. Weather is clear for week 18. Terminal maintenance planned.
Terminal Mozambique (Beira)	Commentary 8 days waiting time. Weather clear for week 18. Vessel unable to berth due to bad weather.
Terminal Madagascar (Toamasina)	Commentary No waiting time, productivity target met. Terminal closure 1st May holiday
Terminal Rail DUR to JNB (City Deep and GLO Denver)	Commentary Rail services are fully operational
Terminal Rail JNB (City Deep and GLO Denver) to DUR	Commentary Rail services are fully operational

Terminal	Commentary
Terminal Depots	Commentary No restrictions on empty turn ins – all depots available Please refer to our to our local information pages https://www.maersk.com/local-information/imea/south-africa/import and our daily advisory for our latest empty turn in depot information Click Here
Terminal Equipment	Commentary Tight 20’ dry stock levels DURBAN and JOHANNESBURG – priority list in place. JNB 20 GP Equipment Priority List DURBAN 20 GP Equipment Priority List CAPE TOWN 20’dry stock – good stock levels 20’ and 40’ dry. JOHANNESBURG- good stock levels 40 dry

Vessel Operations

Service	Commentary
Service SAECS (278)	Commentary COEGA: Santa Isabel 7 days late DURBAN: Santa Isabel arriving late will cause delays. Expect recovery in week 20 CAPE TOWN: weather remains unpredictable. Recovery underway and productivity constraints. Santa Isabel omission confirmed Santa Isabel/251N : Cape Town Omission and SAECS Schedule update Santa Cruz/251N: Cape Town Split Call
Service AMEX (040)	Commentary DURBAN: Berthing on ADHOC basis. Oslo Trader 516N will be calling DUR11/Point. Split reefer stacks due to capacity PORT ELIZABETH: Oslo Trader 216N 7 days late CAPE TOWN: Delays due to weather and congestion. Filotimo 514N 8 days delayed, and 5 days delayed into NWK COLD TREATMENT (REEFER) USA PACKOUT SCHEDULE
Service SAFARI (160)	Commentary PORT LOUIS: Terminal recovered. On time for both IMPORT and EXPORT calls DURBAN: Waiting time 0 days.
Service CPT Express (163)	Commentary PORT LOUIS: Terminal recovered. CAPE TOWN: Terminal recovery expected in week 22
Service MW1 and PROTEA (251)	Commentary MESAWA (MW1) CAPE TOWN: CMA CGM Kribi 2-day delay COEGA: No concerns PROTEA – On schedule CITRUS SEASON : RESTRICTION OF DG :PROTEA
Service M Express (164)	Commentary REUNION- All vessels arriving late from Asia. No operational challenges MAPUTO- waiting time 0 days. BEIRA- waiting time 0 days
Service IOI (293)	Commentary PORT REUNION: 2 day waiting time PORT LOUIS. No waiting time

Service	Commentary
Service Export Bookings	Commentary Fully open for business on all services – no constraints SAECS 278 – reopened for SPOT 20’s and DG bookings AMEX – open for SPOT
Service Import Booking	Commentary Fully open for business on all services – no constraints

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