Southern Africa terminal and service update week 44

29 10月 2025

Latest news regarding our AMEX service – we will continue to serve the North American market with a transhipment product utilising our SAECS service in combination with our Gemini Network – with global leading reliability. Reminder: AMEX Service Transition from 1st October 2025.
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Ports and Terminals Situation

Terminal	Commentary
Terminal Cape Town CTCT	Commentary No waiting time. Strong wind and expected high swells on the 29th.
Terminal Cape Town MPT	Commentary No waiting time.
Terminal Port Elizabeth PECT	Commentary No waiting time. Intermittent winds and high swells for the rest of the week.
Terminal Port Elizabeth COEGA	Commentary No waiting time.
Terminal Durban DCT Pier 2	Commentary No waiting time. Weather is clear for the rest of the week
Terminal Durban Pier 1	Commentary 0-1 Day waiting time
Terminal Reunion (Port Reunion)	Commentary 5-4 waiting time due to operational challenges. Weather is clear for the rest of the week
Terminal Namibia (Walvis Bay)	Commentary No waiting time. Expected Intermittent winds gust for the week
Terminal Mozambique (Maputo)	Commentary 2 days waiting time. Intermittent winds gust for the rest of the week
Terminal Port Louis (Mauritius)	Commentary 0-7 waiting time due to weather conditions in the region and operational challenges in the terminals.
Terminal Mozambique (Beira)	Commentary 11 days waiting time. Intermittent wind gust and rain for the week
Terminal Madagascar (Toamasina)	Commentary No waiting time.
Terminal Rail DUR to JNB (City Deep and GLO Denver)	Commentary Rail is partially operational with maintenance taking place.
Terminal Rail JNB (City Deep and GLO Denver) to DUR	Commentary Rail is partially operational with maintenance taking place.

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. CAPE TOWN 20’dry stock – tight food grade/Flexi stock – priority list in place. JOHANNESBURG- good stock levels 40 dry 40HR equipment position - good stock levels and strengthened resupply to all ports. Tight stock in Eastern Cape

Vessel Operations

Service	Commentary
Service SAECS (278)	Commentary COEGA: Vessel on time into Coega, 1-2days delay expected due to back-to-back berthing congestion and weather DURBAN: Vessels arriving on time into Durban +/- 2 to 3 days berth delays expected. CAPE TOWN: Vessels on time.
Service AMEX (040)	Commentary DURBAN: Oslo Trader 547W is only loading 16 imports for Cape Town discharge. This is due to FILOTIMO 537S Cape Town omission. This is last AMEX vessel as per service end. New products available on SAECS PORT ELIZABETH: Oslo Trader 539S is 2 days late and is only discharging imports as per service end. New products available on SAECS. CAPE TOWN: FILOTIMO 537S has omitted Cape Town. Oslo Trader 547W is 3 days late for import discharge
Service SAFARI (160)	Commentary PORT LOUIS WB : Current waiting time 7 days vs proforma. Expected recovery CMA CGM Volga week 44 due to golden week blank. PORT LOUIS EB : Toconao calling this week. Vessel is slightly delayed due to rough weather conditions on route. Delayed by 8 hours. DURBAN: 9 days delayed vs proforma due to crane outages and Port Louis waiting time. Expect recovery week 46 post Golden Week blank. CMA CGM Volga to berth on PSR.
Service CPT Express (163)	Commentary PORT LOUIS: 0 days Waiting time. Possibility of RJ7 being delayed due to delayed 160. Connection will need to be feasible from 160 – 163 CAPE TOWN: Terminal waiting time currently at 0 days.
Service MW1 and PROTEA (251)	Commentary MESAWA (MW1) CAPE TOWN: all vessel departing WAF on time, No concern. COEGA: No concerns. PROTEA DURBAN: R8G Cussler 542N currently 7 days delayed in Durban due to weather in region, berth plan is improving and next week currently showing 2 days delay from BFAD PACIFIC 543N onwards, should berth plan continue to recover like this we will be on window from week 46 . No impact to arrival in JEA.
Service M Express (164)	Commentary REUNION- 5 days waiting time. MAPUTO- 2 days waiting time BEIRA- 11 days waiting time
Service IOI (293)	Commentary PORT REUNION: Berthing delays due to cruise ships. PORT LOUIS : Terminal swop done on K1x in order to mitigate berthing delays Toamasina: No terminal challenges Victoria- no terminal issues

Service	Commentary
Service Export Bookings	Commentary Open on all services SAECS 278 – fully open for business –DG restrictions lifted for Santa Isabel. AMEX- last export voyage AS STINE 539N ETD PLZ 01ST Oct, DUR 04TH Oct and CTCT 13TH Oct.
Service Import Booking	Commentary Fully open for business on all services – no constraints

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