East London Port

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The Port of East London is South Africa’s only remaining river port and is situated at the mouth of the Buffalo River in the East Cape Province.

East London port operates from 06h00 to 22h00 for marine services. On request 24-hour service is available. Port office hours are between 08h00 and 16h00 Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).

The port boasts the largest export grain elevator in South Africa, which has recently been converted to handle imports in addition to exports.

New car terminal

A car terminal on the West Bank, which includes a four-storey parking facility connected by dedicated road to the adjacent Daimler (Mercedes Benz) factory, has transformed the port. The terminal has a theoretical design throughput of 50,000 units a year with 2,800 parking bays. The parkade has been designed to be increased in size to 8 storeys to raise the throughput to 180,000 vehicles a year. Provision of a third berth is also a possibility.